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The San Francisco-based chain Café Gratitude just invaded Los Angeles, opening a new outpost on Larchmont Boulevard. For the uninitiated, Café Gratitude speciali Read full Post
There were rumors that a surprise special guest would open Emmylou Harris' show Thursday night at El Rey Theatre. Beforehand, fans tried to guess who the secret Read full Post
Updated below: Frank McCourt readies his weary legal armies for battle. MLB Commissioner Bud Selig, who has sat in Sphinx-like silence as the Dodgers have unraveled Read full Post
Devil's Playground graced the stage of downtown club Bordello for the final time with a sexy robots-themed burlesque show. Characters included a Hajime Sorayama Read full Post
Former Mayor Richard Riordan endorsed fellow rich guy Austin Beutner this morning in the 2013 mayor's race. Beutner limped into Pear Garden, a factory that makes Read full Post
The city budget is here! The city budget is here! (Much like the Royal Wedding. Almost.) It's not the finalized budget for 2011-2012 — many grueling meeti Read full Post
When it housed Test Kitchen, the dim, low-ceilinged restaurant space below the old Orlando-Orsini had a kind of cheerful rec-room vibe, like a pop-up jazz club wher Read full Post
“The first thing I am going to do is something that Dave Barry, the great comedy writer, said never to do unless you have medical records from a doctor and a Read full Post
Stoners' Delight (Spruce; $9.99) isn't the first pot-centric cookbook to cross our desk, but it was one of the few that did so without fanfare. No c Read full Post
Ah, tax day. Don't let the complicated line items and nonsensical deductions get you down. That's all gravy compared to this fact: Nearly half of U.S. househ Read full Post
I've got a professional – and HOT – stripper within arm's reach, so I thought to ask her to give strip club fans across the country some advice. Read full Post
After a little more than a year in government, private equity baron Austin Beutner has resigned from the office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a move that frees him Read full Post