Venice (Italy)

L.A.-to-Boston Relay Starts Tomorrow, and You're Invited

A baton will make its way from Venice to the East Coast to honor and raise money for victims of April's bomb blasts in Boston. The epic, cross-country relay, called One Run for Boston, starts in Venice at 10 a.m. tomorrow and will travel 3,300 miles via more than 800 runners to Boston where it will ... More >>

Terror in Boston Tightens Security for CicLAvia

Both this weekend's bike ride and other outdoor L.A. events could see new precautions in light of deadly attacks at marathon

RG Club: There's a New Jazz Spot in Venice!

Late last year, a modest billboard along Lincoln Boulevard in Venice started touting the pending residency of saxophonist Azar Lawrence... 50 feet below. The newly christened RG Club -- a former dive bar located between an AT&T store and a Jewish community center -- opened in November with Lawrenc ... More >>

Jeremy Fox's Newest Project: Old Soul at Square One Dining (Don't Call It A Pop-Up)

If you were already a little confused about how the whole Jeremy Fox/Barnyard thing was playing out after the announcement earlier this month that Fox would no longer be involved in the upcoming Venice project, then today's newest announcement doesn't simplify things. Up next for Fox is a project ... More >>

23: The Tasting Kitchen's Pork Rillettes

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 23. The Tasting Kitchen's Pork Rillettes: Deciding what to order at The Tasting Kitchen, the Abbott Kinney restaurant run by chef Casey Lane that ha ... More >>

CIM Group Erects 'More Blight' at Midtown Crossing, Long-suffering Neighbors Furious

Mid-City resident Robert Portillo and his neighbors can't catch a break, and developer CIM Group seems to only want more. The newest clash between these two sides started last Friday, when Portillo and his neighbors saw construction workers at the CIM-owned Midtown Crossing shopping center suddenl ... More >>

Restaurant Wine Pricing: A Rebuttal

With respect to Los Angeles wine list prices, my colleague Besha Rodell appears to be experiencing some sticker shock lately. I don't altogether blame her. L.A.'s wine menus are expensive, and markups are often egregious, especially for popular items you could find in a retail shop for a fraction o ... More >>

Ronald Weekley Jr.'s Claimed Injuries in Skateboard Take-Down by LAPD Fake?

An LAPD officer who writes under the psuedonym of Jack Dunphy is questioning the injuries claimed by Venice skateboarder Ronald Weekley, Jr. in a take-down by Los Angeles cops that was captured on video. Dunphy writes a fresh critique of news coverage of the controversy, singling out KTLA News for ... More >>

Los Angeles is The Least-Honest City in America

Bolstering our claim once more that L.A. is America's douchiest city are the results of a survey today that show Los Angeles is also the least-honest metropolis in America. Yep, we did it. After coming in as the second least-honest town last year, L.A. tops or, rather, bottoms this year's list from ... More >>

Oscar Duncan Murder in Venice Sees 2 Arrests: Kevin Dwayne Green and Hopeton Bereford Parsley

[Update: Gang member Kevin Dwayne Green, 28, will be arraigned later today at the LAX courthouse, according to the D.A. He's charged with Oscar Duncan's June 4 murder (with gang enhancement), along with an alleged May 21 robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The D.A. says Green was k ... More >>

2012 L.A. Father's Day Dining Guide

With Father's Day approaching this weekend, we bring you your Los Angeles dining guide for Dad's special day. From grilling classes to bottomless craft beer to dad-themed cupcakes to truffle agnolotti from one of the best pasta kitchens in town, turn the page.

High Surf, Dangerous Rip Currents, Breezy Coolness For Holiday Weekend at L.A. Beaches

So it's been a hot spring and you're ready to burst forth get your toes wet for summer's traditional opening weekend? Well, Mother Nature is playing a cruel joke on you for the Memorial Day holiday. Not only are we expecting cooler temps, clouds and even drizzle along the coast, but the Pacific Oc ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Urasawa #2 Most Expensive U.S. Restaurant, New Obama Food Initiative Health Food Cheaper Than Junk

L.A. Observed: The Daily Meal calculates the country's most expensive restaurants -- with L.A.'s Urasawa No. 2. Melisse is No. 11. CBS News: Obama announces a food initiative aimed at improving food security in needy African countries. MedPage Today: A U.S. Department of Agriculture study finds t ... More >>

WET: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing, Which Celebrated Hot Tubs as a Metaphor in '70s Venice, Gets a New Book (NSFW)

It was in 1977, in a bathroom in Berkeley, that architect Mark Mack put his body on the line for his fellow man. As a photographer stood by to record the action, a naked Mack gingerly lowered himself, ass first, into a bathtub. The shoot had a simple objective: Demonstrate how a man could enter a b ... More >>

Pacific Resident Theatre, Succeeding Where Reprise Failed

Venice Homeless Being Pushed off the Boardwalk, Advocates Say

Advocates for the homeless are steaming over what they say is a homeless crackdown in one of L.A.'s last bastions of free living -- Venice. The last two nights along the boardwalk and beyond LAPD officers have been contacting homeless people, warning them they can't sleep there, according to David ... More >>

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Lady Victoria Hervey Stole Our Jewels, Says Beverly Hills Store: Interestingly, She's a Friend of Lindsay Lohan

She calls herself Lady Victoria Hervey. And she's a model with high-end English heritage to back up her blonde, tanned self. In 2010 she admitted to a British newspaper that she had come to L.A. to "make it" but that success has been elusive. Another sign that the lady has a way to go in Tinselto ... More >>

Openings and Closures Around Town: A November Restaurant Roundup

In an often frantic attempt to track the many openings and closings around town, we scribble notes while driving down Santa Monica Boulevard, eavesdrop while in line at the movies, get tips from colleagues and friends, and troll the Web for restaurant obits and births. And sometimes we come across g ... More >>

Hollywood Bowl Invites Helicopter Pilots to L.A. Philharmonic Rehearsal, Arranges for Noisy Chopper to Fly Over

Professional Helicopter Pilots AssociationBullseye.​The L.A. County Board of Supervisors picked up the hot-button helicopter noise issue this week, adding their (somewhat meaningless) endorsement to the recently proposed House of Representatives bill that would "force the Federal Aviation Admi ... More >>

Photo of the Day: Cheese Sculpture at Whole Foods

David Fromme.A top student from Sparkle Boys Modeling Academy next to Whole Foods' cheese sculpture.​Over at the Whole Foods mothership on Lincoln Avenue in Venice, things are not only getting real in the parking lot, they're getting real in the dairy section. Somebody at the store has gone to ... More >>

Venice 311 Founder Launches Koreatown 311

PHOTO BY SHANNON COTTRELLAlex Thompson, armed with her scanner and LA Weekly's "Best Police Blog" award.​Alex Thompson, that very controversial lady behind the Venice 311 police blog and Twitter account, has begun to expand her online empire -- just as she told the LA Weekly she would in "Clam ... More >>

Billy Al Bengston: Art Takes Balls

Firefighter Porn: LAFD Employees Being Investigated For Adult Videos That Used Fire Trucks as Props

davidMonroy​Public employees have been under attack lately for their lavish retirement packages that are mostly funded by you, the taxpayer. But moonlighting in porn seems to be an extreme way to fight back. First L.A. parking enforcement officers did it. Now NBC Los Angeles is reporting that ... More >>

CIM Group's Bitter Lesson to Mid-City

Neighborhoods must sue L.A. City Hall to avert Lowe's-like disasters

Shawn Tischler, TV Extra and Venice Denizen is Missing; Dad Seeks Help Finding Schizophrenic Son

Shawn Tischler, missing denizen of Venice Beach ​By Carly Klein Schizophrenic former TV extra Shawn William Tischler went missing May 27 in Pacoima, and his father is asking the Los Angeles public's help in finding the slight, tattooed Venice regular who "doesn't know who he is and gets confus ... More >>

Protesters Plan 'Go Topless Day' in Venice Beach, Because Aliens Told Them To

PHOTO BY ERIN BROADLEYThe Venice Beach Boardwalk is about to get a little weirder.​What could be more fun-lovin' and lighthearted than a local celebration of national Go Topless Day, in which a bunch of free-titted gals (save for pasties, some engineered to look "EXACTLY like nipples") march d ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 7/11-7/15

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "But the idea that a tip is optional, or variable, is a useful fiction, even when the soup goes tumbling into your lap." 10 Handy Rules For Tipping. "Before every neighborhood boasted its own gela ... More >>

Lowe's Home Improvement Fiasco

A ruined working-class neighborhood in Mid-City demands answers

Top 10 Artworks Inspired by Cult Movies From the 'Crazy 4 Cult' Book and Art Show, Including Fight Club, TRON and Back to the Future

​Sometimes life imitates art. Or maybe it goes the other way around. But at Gallery 1988, art imitates art at the annual "Crazy 4 Cult" exhibit, a conglomeration of pieces inspired by some of the most celebrated cult films in history. The show, which opens again on July 8, has featured art ri ... More >>

Stumptown in the Alley: Coffee for the Real Intelligentsia

Stumptown coffee comes to Venice​ Once upon a time, hitting the cool, independent coffee shop in Venice Beach did not require a twenty minute see-and-be-seen line with an ear-thrumming soundtrack for a four dollar cup of organic Peruvian roast. You're shaking your head, aren't you? You don ... More >>

The Lives of Angie and Johnny

The Tourist gawks at its stars, visits Venice, has twist

[Map] Drunk Drivers Beware: DUI Checkpoint Near Abbott Kinney In Venice On Friday Night

Venice EntrepreneurNot so glamorous once they pull the breathalyzer out​Don't let your tax dollars go toward your own arrest this weekend. If you happen to find yourself driving down Washington Boulevard between Abbot Kinney Boulevard and Yale Avenue between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. on Friday night ... More >>

Lays Cement, Needs a Break

Was L.A. Downtown Art Walk Just An Excuse To Party? One Commenter Thinks So

Bistrosavage via Flickr​The demise of downtown's monthly Art Walk has bummed many a boho (or boo-hoo) hipster who feels the event was L.A.'s great "Kumbaya" moment. But not everyone is sad. For some critics, the event became another excuse for bros in Minis and women toting Kate Spade bags t ... More >>

Neighbors Opposed To Santa Monica Airport Noise To Hold Vigil Monday

Santa Monica Airport.​Venice and Mar Vista activists fed up with noise from jets taking off and landing at nearby Santa Monica Airport will hold a "Peace and Quiet Vigil" Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. as the airport goes dark for runway maintenance. The vigil will be held at the northwest corner of ... More >>

Plate Spinning: Listings From the Past Week

Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- Can food companies and their millions of ad dollars do anything to fix the obesity epidemic? [Zester Daily] -- An op-ed by Jonathan Gold on why we should save Los Angeles' food trucks. [Los Angeles Ti ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of News from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- The invention of the pub library: Gyopar, a Communist-era pub outside Budapest. [Reuters] -- Tarte Tatin bakery, coming soon to Beverly Hills. [Grub Street] -- If you're still hungry after watching Mad Men's season premier last night: a recipe for Chicken Kiev. [Eatocracy] -- Why mini cows ... More >>

Drownings And Near Drownings Reported Amid Southern California Summer Heat

Google MapsVenice Breakwater.​A fisherman died as he was fishing on the rock pile known as the Venice Breakwater over the weekend, reportedly as he bent down to wash his hands in the ocean. He fell in and people flagged down police about 11 p.m. Saturday, according to Fox 11 News and other rep ... More >>

FEELIN' . . . WHAT'S THAT WORD?

Comme As You Are

The flexi-hang, West Hollywood style

It's Shaping Up To Be A Chaotic Season On Venice Boardwalk

​City officials are preparing for a contentious summer among Venice boardwalk vendors and say the early spring has already shown that a slow economy and confusing rules add up to chaotic conditions along the famed oceanfront community. Weekly lotteries for city-regulated performance and nonpr ... More >>

Dance Club Pick: Roller-Boogie Nights

Liberty Inn: The Musical

Best of L.A.: Food and Drink

Fideua: The Poor Man's Paella

The Spanish staple with a Catalan accent

Anatomy of an Aesthetic Criminal

Ask Mr. Gold

Monterey Park After Dark

Welcome to the Chinese Beverly Hills

The Clove That Dares Not Speak Its Name

A jug of wine, a bulb of garlic and . . . whither goest thou, my pet?