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The award-winning writer died Sept. 11. A celebration of the life of award-winning comedy writer Larry Gelbart, who died Sept. 11 at age 81, will be held at 7 p (Read More)
Curbed LA:
The latest dish from Eater LA, Curbed's hedonistic eating and drinking blog...WEST HOLLYWOOD: Eater updates us on the incredibly slow progress of Soho House (pictured) atop the Luckman Building on Sunset (and after plenty of (Read More)
LAist:
Japanese Pork Burger A Recession Obsession is, 1) a meal so great that it sticks in your mind long after digestion's end, and, 2) plays nice with your sensitive wallet. Is there a better place than Los Angeles to eat a wi (Read More)
Curbed LA:
Christopher Hawthorne takes a look at both of the known proposed sites for the Broad Art Foundation museum (those would be the southwest corner of Wilshire and Santa Monica in Beverly Hills and in Santa Monica between the Civ (Read More)
LAist:
So that odd shaped flower-painted tower sticking up behind Beverly Hills High School is not some weird sculpture - it's actually an oil well. And there is one behind the Beverly Center as well. And at the Farmer's Market. And (Read More)
Curbed LA:
Today VBS.tv launched its new show Uneven Terrain ("[D]evoted to urban exploration and uncovering the hidden, underground and forgotten corners of the world's leading metropolises.") with an episode on LA's hidden but still i (Read More)
LA Times:
A visit to the Beverly Hills and Santa Monica sites under discussion as the location for his Broad Art foundation museum and headquarters.
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Photo by spcaLA via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr Shortly after confirming Charlie Beck as the new Chief of Police, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to ban cat declawing within city limits, joining a group (Read More)
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Barbara Kingsolver at Red Hen Press Mondays SWAP SHOP*The LA Vintage Swap Party takes place tonight from 7-9 pm at What Goes Around Comes Around (at Space15Twenty). Co-hosts Alexi Wasser of imboycrazy.com, stylist Monica (Read More)
Curbed LA:
The Los Angeles Times reports that Eli Broad, who'd originally entertained dropping down his new art museum in Beverly Hills, is also considering Santa Monica, as well as a third unnamed city, as the site for his museum. And (Read More)
LA Times:
Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and a third, unnamed Westside location are vying to be the contemporary art institution's home. The arts benef (Read More)
LAist:
Will the SaMo City Council put their seal of approval on the Broad Foundation's proposal? (Photo by GarySe7en via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) It was just a year ago that wealthy philanthropist Eli Broad came (Read More)
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Bathroom in the Mandrake. | Photo by Shawnté via LAist's flickr pool. BAD POETRY To celebrate the book launch of Pam Russell's new collection B is for Bad Poetry, the Better Off Dead Poets Society and ForYourArt presents (Read More)
Curbed LA:
Arriving just as the push to legalize marijuana in California gains traction, the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Law (NORML), announced yesterday its opening a new chapter in Beverly Hills. They launched a new site (Read More)
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Not too long ago, every new site you joined on the Web forced you to provide a daunting array of details about you in order to join. Full pages of pull-down menus asking about your date of birth, your marital status, your hom (Read More)
LA Times:
For nearly two years, celebrityaddressaerial.com operated with little notice. But a warrant revealed that a member of an alleged burglary ring had used it to case the homes of young Hollywood stars. (Read More)
Curbed LA:
Someone is finally doing something about awful abuses of valet power, at least in one small area. The West 3rd Street Business Association and the 5th District City Council office are introducing a universal public valet serv (Read More)
LAist:
Local sex and relationships blogger AV Flox has launched a new naughty site, appropriately called Sex and the 405. It's tagline: "What your newspaper would look like if it had a sex section." It's a mix of local and nation (Read More)
LAist:
View 2010 LA Marathon Course in a larger mapThis morning, as the countdown clock to the 2010 LA Marathon declares there's 131 days until the big event, the official "Stadium to the Sea" course map was released. Beginning at (Read More)
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Zeke's Smokehouses in Montrose and West Hollywood are offering an amaaaazing deal (imagine me waving my arms around like in a Crazy Eddie commercial right now)! For only 9.95 you can choose 2 meats and 2 sides! (Read More)