So Joan of Arc is back for her first big screen depiction this century…did I say Joan of Arc? I meant Alice of Wonderland, but you’d never know from the third act of Disney’s effort with director Tim Burton where the once 2-D animated character now wields a sword against a dragon in her dreamland. [...] [...more]
For the first time in the history of the Los Angeles Marathon, the race will wind its way through Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood and Santa Monica. The new “Stadium to the Sea” route, which starts at Dodger Stadium – no surprise since Dodgers owner Frank McCourt recently bought the L.A. Marathon – has [...] [...more]
The West Hollywood City Council unanimously approved a mixed-use hotel/condominium project at 9040 Sunset Boulevard on Monday, March 15, but not before asking for changes to the development agreement due to the bankruptcy of one of the presumed development partners. Changes to the agreement were also made to ensure that union workers would be employed [...] [...more]
While many college students gear up for spring break excursions involving beachwear and partying, UCLA senior Rachel Barton is preparing for a service-based trip to Israel. Barton will visit Israel next week from March 22-27, on a trip created by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) that aims to get young people involved in development there. [...] [...more]
Nowhere in Los Angeles is the Spanish tavern experience more authentic than at El Cid. The cavernous restaurant has it all: Flamenco dancing, tasty tapas, to-die-for sangria by the pitcher and several dining spaces, both indoors and outside. Descend the three flights of stairs into the basement and you’ll find a room where nightly comedy, [...] [...more]
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) arrested a male transient on March 10 at 2:00am while he was in the act of spray painting a racial epithet at a parking lot on Ivar Street and DeLongpre Avenue. The same graffiti was also painted on a wall surrounding a parking lot at the corner of Cahuenga [...] [...more]
Yeshivath Torath Emeth Academy, a Jewish school at the corner of Clinton Street and Sycamore Avenue with buildings to the east and west of La Brea Avenue that abut residential neighborhoods, is proposing an expansion that has neighbors concerned about traffic, design conformity and safety. The proposed project calls for construction of a three-story, 8,300 [...] [...more]
An illegal supergraphic placed on a building at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue was taken down piecemeal over two days, with the entire sign gone by 6:00am Wednesday, March 3. The giant sign caused huge buzz since it went up last week in violation of the City of Los Angeles sign ordinance [...] [...more]
California Attorney General Jerry Brown formally announced his gubernatorial bid on March 2 in a video outlining his experience. Noting that he is a lifelong Californian who has held the job of governor in the past, Brown said he has the experience and knowledge to get the job done and “fix” California. “When I was [...] [...more]
She’s everybody’s favorite Southern cook, and this week she was lending a hand locally, giving a whole new meaning to the term “comfort food”. Deen doled out 150,000 servings of protein – including bologna, ham and other products produced by Smithfield Foods – at the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank on Wednesday, flanked by scores of [...] [...more]
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