Growing up in the Pico/La Cienega neighborhood of Los Angeles in the 1950s, I longed to be the corner newsboy. At rush hour, he stood proudly at that busy
It seems that with the arrival of candy corn comes the deluge of invitations to charity balls, gala fundraisers and holiday parties for the latest cause du jour. Being a
JAMS — Almost everyone has been subjected to the bouncy strains of "Gangnam Style," but it's not really worth it until you see several hundred middle school
One year after Tanya Chen's mother died of pancreatic cancer she decided to put healthy living on the forefront and in the storefront. With help from her daughter
If you have an extra $5,000, you can kick it with former President Bill Clinton and Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant at Santa Monica-based Step Up on Second's
Each day as I watch the morning news I see that the poor Lakers are still in free fall, the Dodgers are still spending money like Saudi princes and, with
LOSANGELES — It was supposed to be a slow but smooth journey to retirement, a parade through city streets for a shuttle that logged millions of miles in space.
But Endeavour&
Over the years I’ve written about dozens of “colorful” local characters. Perhaps none was more “eccentric” than Lawrence Kates, the former co-owner of the then Santa Monica Shores.
DOWNTOWN — Santa Monican Mark Verge can remember the exact day he fell in love with horse racing. It was March 22, 1981. His coach at St. Monica Catholic High School, Mike Amodei, took Verge and his best friend Doug O’Neill on a field trip to Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif.
It was a Tuesday night around 6:30. I felt like a steak with a glass of red wine. So I walked into Boa steakhouse on Ocean Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard.
Being a UCLA alum, I planned on selecting a fellow Bruin grad at random and writing a “where are they now” column. But with the Super Bowl, a de facto national holiday, just 48 hours away, I figured I’d better make some comment.
