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This Is Why The Revitalization of the LA River Is Taking So Long
Sandwiched between Rio de Los Angeles State Park and an unusually verdant meander of the L.A. River in Glassell Park, you will find the crumbling remains of a railroad empire. Littered with rocks,...
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Know Your Streets: Van Nuys Boulevard
In the 1870s, had you walked the southern length of what is now Van Nuys Boulevard, you’d have been separating wheat from chaff. Isaac Newton Van Nuys and his future father-in-law, Isaac Lankershim,...
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What Percentage of Major Movies Are Filmed in L.A.?
Q: What percentage of major movies are filmed in Los Angeles? A: Last year a scant 7 percent of the 100 top-grossing live-action movies were shot here, ranging from the Hollywood-centric dark comedy...
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Soylent Is the Latest Arrival in the Ever-Expanding Arts District
In a drab office building on Broadway near 2nd Street downtown, Rob Rhinehart is holding forth on how Soylent, his lab-made, pro-GMO protein drink, should be considered no less natural than bread,...
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11 Women Who Are Making L.A. a Better Place
Luz Rivas Want to teach young women how to create products and code using STEM concepts? There’s a non-profit for that Luz Riva’s fate as a STEM crusader may have been sealed by the time she was in...
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Here’s The Story on Those Towers Rising Up by Staples Center
The downtown skyline is inching south as high-rise housing starts to fill in the low-lying area below the financial district. While a lot of the projects focus on “luxury,” one that stands out is the...
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These Female Animators are Redrawing an Industry’s Gender Lines
In the 1930s and ’40s, if an aspiring female animator wanted to work at Disney — then one of the few games in town — she would find herself relegated to the studio’s ink and paint department, where she...
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Can We Just Stop with the Whole Charcoal Food Thing Now?
I have no issue with black food that is meant to be black: I enjoy forbidden rice, black truffles, black garlic, and squid ink pasta. I also don’t have a problem with tasteless food coloring being...
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Inside the Audacious Plan to Eliminate Traffic Deaths in L.A.
Valentina D’Allesandro was 16 the night she died three years ago. A passenger in a Ford Mustang, she was partially ejected through the passenger window when the driver ran a red light and crashed into...
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The Cop Who Became a Robber
Randy Adair was a familiar face in Rancho Santa Margarita. With a shock of white hair and a bushy white mustache, the 70-year-old grandpa was popular among the deep-sea fishermen at the harbor, where...
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This Photo Essay Captures The Faces of Raw Triumph at the L.A. Marathon
With registration for the 2018 L.A. Marathon beginning August 31, runners are already training for the March run. Photographing this past year’s event, Joe Pugliese was struck by the runners’...
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With Atomic Blonde, Charlize Theron Thrusts Another Dagger into Old Hollywood
The scene people are talking about in Atomic Blonde comes about two-thirds of the way through the picture. As a British MI6 operative in 1989 Berlin recovering a secret list while the Wall totters,...
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The Chopped Salad Is Having a Moment
The centerpiece of countless power lunches, this hearty salad has been upgraded by Italian restaurants all over town. 1. Pizzana Insalata Chop A post shared by Pizzana (@pizzana_la) on Jun 14, 2017 at...
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Chef Mirko Paderno of Estrella Shares his Favorite L.A. Dishes
Chef Mirko Paderno hails from Milan and, in the decades before he moved to L.A., he cooked with some of Italy’s most acclaimed chefs. Since arriving on our shores, the James Beard Award nominee has...
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How L.A.’s Most Influential Sushi Chef Redefined Japanese Food
Nobu Matsuhisa’s restaurant was revolutionary when it opened on La Cienega in 1987. The parking lot was a showcase for the Mercedes SL; the dining room, a runway of draped Armani fabric. Back then...
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The Last Bento-Ya in Boyle Heights Transports Diners to the Neighborhood’s Past
A restaurant like Musso & Frank’s can transport you to a different era, but a tiny one like Otomisan in Boyle Heights takes you to a lost world. A few frayed Japanese lanterns hang on the weathered...
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Chinatown’s Lasa is Redefining Filipino Cuisine in L.A.
Lasa Chinatown A post shared by LASA (@lasa_la) on Jun 9, 2017 at 5:21pm PDT If you’ve followed the city’s wave of new Filipino restaurants over the past year or two, there’s a fair chance you’ve heard...
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The Essential Guide to L.A.’s Best Japanese Food
We’re calling it now: L.A. is set to enter a new golden age of Japanese food. Yes, we’ve long been obsessed with strip mall sushi and South Bay noodle shops. But thanks to a wave of creative chefs...
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These 6 Bakers Are Saving L.A.’s Bagel Reputation
For decades our bagels were the butt of Woody Allen jokes. How times have changed. Armed with quality flour and yeast, the city’s bakers are reviving old-world traditions by slow-fermenting,...
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What Makes the Bolognese Sauce at Rossoblu So Good?
Turns out you may want to rethink your idea of Bolognese sauce. That’s what I find myself doing, anyway, soon after joining Steve Samson in the kitchen of downtown’s Rossoblu to make a batch. He’s...
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