The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved increased speed limits on dozens of streets in the San Fernando Valley, which will allow the city to begin actively enforcing speeding [ … ]
Category: Others
10 theater productions to see in Southern California this week, Dec. 14-20
LOS ANGELES COUNTY ‘Impro Theatre’s Jane Austen Unscripted’ Audience suggestions lead to unusual situations for marriageable young ladies and available, or unsuitable, partners. When: Opens 8 p.m. Dec. 14. Show [ … ]
LA approves nearly $98 million for AEG’s Convention Center/hotel project
LOS ANGELES — The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved the use of nearly $98 million in public funds for an expansion of the Los Angeles Convention Center and the [ … ]
Where to Find the Best Christmas Lights in L.A.
Your tree at home is probably great, but we love making a holiday season outing to view decorations. The best Christmas lights in L.A. can be found in neighborhoods that [ … ]
Should We Replace Homeless Shelters With Tiny Houses?
Earlier this year, Mayor Garcetti announced a plan to fund 15 temporary shelters in every City Council district to help ease the region’s homelessness crisis. The first of these—a cluster [ … ]
We’re Digging the Japanese-Style Sandwiches at Konbi in Echo Park
In true Japanese fashion, Akira Akuto and Nick Montgomery obsess over the tiny details at Konbi, their 10-seat Echo Park café inspired by Tokyo-style kissaten (coffee shops). Sandwiches include crisp [ … ]
A Santa Monica Tech Startup Has “Hacked” Meditation
You’re ascending through a vortex of psychedelic color. It’s not unlike the phantasmagoric climax of Speed Racer, come to think of it, or the trippy 2001 “Star Gate” sequence, or [ … ]
L.A.’s Most Interesting and Unusual Streets
According to the Bureau of Street Services, there are over 6,500 centerline miles of streets in the City of Los Angeles; that’s a lot of pavement. You probably find yourself [ … ]
We Went for a Ride-Along on a Cannabis Tour Through L.A.
Tour buses are a ubiquitous presence in Los Angeles, from tinted-windowed vans navigating between celebs’ houses in the Hollywood Hills to the double-decker behemoths that shuttle Midwesterners up and down [ … ]
Some of California’s most stunning natural wonders are on the brink of oblivion
It is time to imagine a California bereft of its most wondrous natural assets, from the giant sequoia to the coast redwoods to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta — the [ … ]