Westwood

'Gangnam Style' Singer Psy Seeks Personal Chef

Korean pop sensation (and part-time Westwood resident) Psy is looking for a personal chef. Somehow, he's leveraged this staffing need to include a sponsorship opportunity with a major food brand, a competition and a concert where all 50,000 attendees will wear white. Let us explain...

Attari Sandwich Shop: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

Assembly-Line Pizza Fight: Clusi Batusi vs. PizzaRev

Some have it called the "Chiptole-ization of pizza." Some have described it as the city's "next big one" in the world of casual dining. Whatever you call it, quick service pizza joints, which specialize in customizable pizzas cooked in minutes flat and served counterside, are quickly becoming the ne ... More >>

Is Westwood Really 'Dying'? Twitter Account Mourns Neighborhood's Decline

Ever since the beginning May, a morbid Twitter account called @westwoodisdying has been forming an unofficial file of all "the closed and closing storefronts in Westwood Village," and just documenting the neighborhood's cultural decline in general. (For example: the buffing-over of a Shepard Fairey ... More >>

Food News Roundup: New Farm Food Bill, Gluten-Free Restaurants Dario Cecchini at Valentino

The Associated Press via the Washington Post: A new farm and food bill is in the works, but it faces an uphill battle. Gilt Taste: More chefs learn to cook without gluten. Daily Dish: A recap of Dario Cecchini's visit to Valentino last night. Loud and meaty.

'April Fools,' Says L.A. Weekly

If you visited L.A. Weekly's home page yesterday, you might have noticed a few stories that seemed a little off -- our contribution to April Fool's Day. For those of you who want to relive the moment, click on the image above to see it bigger, and links to all the stories are here:

Bibigo Opening Soon in Beverly Hills: More Bibimbap for You Photos

Expanding its "healthy Korean barbecue" empire, Bibigo, with seven locations in Korea and now two in the U.S. is opening Monday, April 2 on South Beverly Drive, replacing Mako. A more upscale version of its Westwood location, Bibigo Beverly Hills is welcoming in friends, family and the media to samp ... More >>

Yamadaya Word Cloud: Pig, Pig, Noodle Opening in Sherman Oaks

If this does not make you hungry, well, then there's not much we can do for you. The ramen -- they also have rice bowls and gyoza and tsukemen -- at Yamadaya is of the kind that won't leave you needing more food for some time. It is a study in pork more than noodles, although the noodles are excelle ... More >>

Man on Westwood Rooftop in Standoff With Cops After Short Car Chase

KTLA News​Updated at the bottom: It's over. First posted at 11:46 a.m. Another day, another crazy guy perched high in the sky. Following yesterday's fun with a naked man who climbed atop a radio tower behind a city building downtown, a car-theft suspect this morning hopped atop a roof in Wes ... More >>

Mormon Temple Fire in Westwood Sparks 'House of Worship' Arson Investigation

A midnight fire on the grounds of the Los Angeles California Temple -- the gargantuan Mormon structure that can be seen from all over the city -- has given the Los Angeles Fire Department's arson investigators their highest-profile job since the Hollywood car-fire debacle. Awesomely, the department ... More >>

Five Guys: Coming to Miracle Mile, Westwood

Five Guys Burgers and Fries continues its rapid westward expansion, moving from outlying suburbs to denser Los Angeles neighborhoods, with new locations planned for Miracle Mile and Westwood. Though it serves much cheaper burgers at a much lower price point, the Miracle Mile Five Guys at 5500 Wilsh ... More >>

Tyler, the Creator Costumes For Sale At Urban Outfitters: Sign Of The Apocalypse?

Kai Flanders​By Kai Flanders If you want to be Tyler, The Creator for Halloween this year -- and who doesn't? -- just head over to Urban Outfitters. The Westwood and Santa Monica locations, in any case, feature ready-to-wear outfits almost certainly directly inspired by the Odd Future leader ... More >>

The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

Flickr/dubh​ What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of ... More >>

Oh Say, Cabernet?

Rhino Records Pop-Up Store Returns

Rhino's back!​Once upon a time, there were not one, but two physical Rhino Record stores in Westwood: The first was a 2,000 square foot space that opened in the late '70s and then transitioned into the "Blow-it-Outlet"--selling used and discontinued merchandise--upon the opening of the newer l ... More >>

City Council Pays for Needless Study By Not Doing Its Homework

Council Tweaks Parking Deal To Please Plaintive Merchants

​The L.A. City Council just changed the proposed deal to lease nine parking garages, responding to criticism from business groups in Hollywood and Westwood.The details have not been released, but City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana said the new agreement would be presented next week to pote ... More >>

Borders' Denouement

L.A. Anti-Billboard Activist Dennis Hathaway Named In Billboard Company Suits Against City

Speak up against billboards and you might just end up in a lawsuit.​One of L.A.'s most-outspoken activists against "billboard blight" was named in lawsuits brought against the city by some of the largest billboard companies, Clear Channel Outdoor and CBS Outdoor. But Dennis Hathaway says it's ... More >>

UCLA Basketball Players Contract Food Poisoning from Westwood Chili Fries

Flickr user Ron DolleteThese are not the fries in question​If you thought this season's UCLA men's basketball team needed more obstacles to overcome (remember the Kansas game?), you're in luck. The Los Angeles Times reports that, after beating Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 72-61 on Saturday night, ... More >>

Record High Of 113 In Dowtown Los Angeles: Westside Sees Triple-Digit Temps Too

​Downtown Los Angeles posted a record all-time high temperature for the area -- 113 degrees, beating June 26, 1990 temp of 112 and reaching a peak not seen since record keeping began in 1887. The high was recorded at 12:15 p.m. It's the first full week of fall. In Westwood -- an area normally ... More >>

Food Q & A With Clippers All-Star Baron Davis: L.A. Native Talks South Central, Crossroads, UCLA and More

2009 Eric RichardsonBaron Davis at Clippers media day​Baron Davis is a rarity in this city. He is a true Los Angeles athlete, having grown up in South Central, playing high school basketball at Crossroads in Santa Monica, then in Westwood at UCLA, where after two years, he was chosen with the ... More >>

Nine Arrested At Westwood Rally Fueled In Part By Arizona Immigration Law

The Westwood Federal Building.​Nine people were arrested for blocking traffic at an immigration rally in Westwood Thursday, a California Highway Patrol spokesman confirmed to LA Weekly. About 200 demonstrators gathered outside the Federal Building on Wilshire Boulevard to show their support fo ... More >>

Rhino Records Returns as Pop-Up Store

​Variety (via LA Observed) reports that local-oddball-hangout-turned-global-reissue-leader Rhino Records will return as one of these newfangled "pop-up stores" for a brief spell from May 17 to May 31, at 1740 Westwood Blvd. The temporary Rhino will be located three doors down from its origina ... More >>

A Fifth Barney's Beanery to Open in Westwood Village

In the original laid back style of Barney's Beanery, there will be no grand opening for its new Westwood location. The fifth branch of the classic American restaurant and bar, which originally opened on historic U.S. Route 66 in 1920, is set to open in about two weeks and will be "newer, bigger and ... More >>

LA Film Fest Moves to LA Live

​ This morning the Los Angeles Film Festival announced that they're moving the show downtown. LAFF had been based in Westwood for the past four festivals, but the event's growing size and the concurrent reduction in potential screening venues in the area (the seats were torn out of the Festiva ... More >>

Regency Rescues 2 Westwood Movie Theaters

​Regency Theaters, the movie theater chain that was recently forced to leave the Fairfax Theatre when the building's landlord opted not to fix the theater's roof, announced this morning that they've taken over two historic Westwood theaters in danger of abandonment and subsequent demolition, t ... More >>

Industry Titans To Discuss Fossil Fuel Alternatives For Auto Industry

Ahead of this week's Los Angeles International Auto Show, a select group of industry titans is gathering at the Hammer Museum in Westwood Tuesday to discuss alternative fuels and new technologies for the auto industry. Scheduled attendees include Henrik Fisker, CEO of Fisker Automotive, John Krafci ... More >>

The Jewing of Westwood

Westwood Expansion: Sunnin Lebanese Opens Another Westwood Café

A new, more formal version of Sunnin Lebanese Café will be opening soon, directly across the street from the original on Westwood Blvd. According to employees, the new cafe will mimic the Long Beach location, with a more extensive menu, a 90-seat dining room, and an alcohol license. (See Eater LA's ... More >>

Today in Photographs: October 6, 1989

​Four hundred protesters demonstrate for more AIDS research funding outside the Federal Building in Westwood.Michael Haering, LA Herald-Examiner/LAPL

Best of L.A.: Sandwiches

Grauman's Chinese Theater for Sale?

Base image: Carol Highsmith/Wikipedia ​​It may not be a state monument or an historical city-owned property, but Grauman's Chinese Theater is an integral part of Hollywood -- both of its history and its daily commerce as part of the Mann Theater chain. That's why a Hollywood Reporter story is in ... More >>

Today in Photographs: January 12, 1932

LAPD Detective Lt. Hugh A. Crowley lies dead on the office floor of Westwood's Village Theater, allegedly ambushed by two robbers. The movie house still stands today at 961 Broxton Avenue. (Photo: Herald-Examiner/LAPL Photo Collection)

Gendy Alimurung Recalls September 11, 2001, at L.A. Weekly

The rumbling

A Changing of the Guard at the Westwood March

Fore more photos, view Ted Soqui's Westwood protest slideshow. Related Posts: Patrick Range McDonald's "The Last, Passionate Rant of a Long Night in West Hollywood" Patrick Range McDonald's "The Long March to the Mormon Temple" Joe Donnelly's "Election 08: What Happens To A Dream Deferred? Prop ... More >>

LAFF 2008: Red Rum! Red Room!

I'm taking the day off from the festival today due to other business (L.A. Press Club Awards and L.A. Film Critics Association stuff, all in one day), so to tide you over before I talk about BAGHEAD and X-CROSS (maybe by tomorrow morn, if you're lucky), I have a couple photos of the Target Red Roo ... More >>

Glamour Shots

Shameless self-promotion alert: Yours truly will be deejaying tonight at the 5th Annual All Girl Hang the DJs event at the Echo. Peep the flyer below. An illustrious roster of mix mamas indeed, three of whom will also be manning the decks at the LA Film Fest's Target Red Room, the place to party i ... More >>

L.A. Architecture: What We Lost in 2007

In a tear-down city, bulldozers and redesigners reigned

Flavor Zone

Baran in Westwood

Mish-Mash

Danube Bulgarian cuisine is all over the map

Narcotraficante

Home Is Where the Concierge Is

The return of the residential hotel

Jack Weiss, City Council District 5

8 Flags

Art & Commerce

At an intersection near you

Broke on Pay Day

The life of a $6.80 janitor with two kids

First Bites

A Taste of Some of the City's Newest Restaurants

1988 Timeline

Westwood Can’t Dance

Ghost of conflict past drives duel over nightclub