It’s been 15 years since I lived directly across the street from the infamous La Bianca murder house, the Los Feliz residence and crime scene where Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were killed in grisly fashion by the brainwashed minions of Charles Manson back in 1969....
Just like the San Fernando Valley, the South Bay city of Manhattan Beach didn’t have much to brag about in the culinary department until recently....
Like an internet coelacanth, Craigslist swims along unapologetically unchanged....
When you live in a county encompassing 4,084 square miles, a map sure comes in handy....
It’s not often that you can enjoy dinner and a movie alfresco on the grounds of a National Registry of Historic sites while amid the graves of former Hollywood notables from Cecil B....
Lest you believe there isn’t any humor to be found in the business of death, there on the second floor of the old Los Angeles General Hospital in Boyle Heights, respectfully behind a closed door, the city’s Coroner’s Office operates an inconspicuous…...
I took my first trip to Los Angeles as an adult in the middle of January. I was living in Chicago at the time, where a “mild” winter meant that the average high was seven degrees....
Who hasn’t called in sick at least once with a malady more psychological than actually physical in nature?...
Last week Monterey Park joined fellow LA county cities Santa Monica, Arcadia, and the city of Los Angeles itself by banning the artificial glow of e-cigarettes from being “puffed” on public or city property....
My dearly departed father resides in one of the more historic cemeteries in Los Angeles, Forest Lawn Memorial Park....
I understand. During the first dot.com bubble, I too ran away to Hollywood, in the emotional way a person bails after a terrible breakup....
To quote the greatest movie of our time, “Everywhere in LA takes 20 minutes.” Once you’re here, you realize thath that’s a dirty, stinking lie....
