Producer J. Dilla died eight years ago this month, at his home in L.A. His importance in the hip-hop canon is undisputed, but how, exactly, was his legacy built?
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Espresso lovers, drinkers, and connoisseurs alike celebrated all things coffee this past weekend at the Big Western” U.S. Barista Championship in Downtown L.A. It
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Is anyone still out there? Have we abandoned this Lakers squad to smoke wax in the Bronson Canyon Batcave? Television ratings have plummeted 38 percent from last ye
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It's been said before, about other restaurants and cafés and stores, but when sitting on the outside patio of the new Ace Hotel's restaurant, L.A. Chapter,
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Update: Brian Wilson's Bedroom Tapes: A Track-by-Track Description
The Beach Boys' 1966 Pet Sounds album overnight changed rock & roll into art. Its fol
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One of the more loathsome aspects of reading East Coast media coverage of L.A. is seeing the nation's largest county treated as a foreign oddity rife with all th
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This week, the Los Angeles DWP is the subject of an exhibition, and a boat made of ice slowly sinks.
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In Old Hollywood — that glorified era that still occupies the minds of thousands of dream-seeking L.A. newcomers both young and old — ideas were born, s
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The L.A. City Council this week decided to give 11 current and former LAPD officers $5.9 million after they alleged they were ordered to write a certain amount of tr
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The holiday season brings with it a smattering of specialty beers from every corner of the beer-making world. Rare, small-batch releases are just as anticipated as s
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