Posts Tagged ‘West LA’
West LA fencer Michael Costin wins double gold at North American Cup
November 16, 2011 at 11:41 pm
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Culver City fencer Michael Costin, 16, achieved thebiggest victory of his extraordinary career thus far, earning two gold medals after a series of tense and thrilling bouts during the weekend of November 11, 2012.Costin won two gold medals in the cadet and junior events at the prestigious USFA (United [...]
405 Freeway Contractor To Remove 60 Foot Beams At Santa Monica Boulevard
November 14, 2011 at 1:20 pm
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The I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project contractor is anticipated to begin loading out 60 foot beams from the construction area along the southbound 405 Freeway off-ramp to Santa Monica Boulevard, starting tonight, Nov. 14 for approximately two nights.
The contractor will also be removing beams and steel plates from the corner of Beloit and ...
96-year-old man arrested for allegedly killing elderly wife in West L.A.
November 12, 2011 at 10:51 pm
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A 96-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his elderly wife in West Los Angeles, police said Saturday.
Police said that they had no motive for the slaying and that the man, Milton Weiss, suffered from dementia.
They were called to the apartment in the 3100 block of Sepulveda Boulevard at about 8:30 a.m. Saturday, and found the woman, whose name was not [...]
West L.A. Gets Its Own Hokkaido
November 11, 2011 at 2:25 pm
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Thanks to the good ol' U.S. postal service, Midtown Lunch sounds the alarm that Hokkaido Seafood Buffet is opening for lunch in West L.A.. The news is somewhat bittersweet; welcome because we love gorging ourselves on all-you-can-eat sushi, sausages, ribs, ice cream, and crab legs that make the grade under one roof for a nominal fee, bad because the next time you see us, you may very well fall under the impression that King Kong Bundy has been named the new editor of Grub Street L.A. Bring it on Hokkaido!
Tsujita L.A.: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011
November 10, 2011 at 1:00 pm
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Not long ago, I had barely heard of tsukemen, a Tokyo-born dish of bare noodles, served with a superconcentrated dipping sauce of reduced, fish-flavored pork broth, which apparently is to regular ramen what Intelligentsia is to Folgers. Los Angeles is going through a ramen boom at the mo...
Two West LA Bicycle Thieves Arrested
November 10, 2011 at 8:16 am
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Two men linked to several West Los Angeles
burglaries were arrested today.
Marvin Herrera, 36, and Julian Herrera, 23, are suspecting of entering
an unlocked garage in the 100 block of South Bentley Avenue, near Sunset
Boulevard, in Westwood, and stealing two high-end bicycles, police said.
Chego: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011
November 10, 2011 at 12:00 am
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Looking for a good time on the Westside? Stop by the back room at Chego sometime, where customers assemble their own takeout packages with the ease and grace of Keystone Kops. You really haven't lived until you've seen a young corporate attorney trying to fit his Ooey Gooey Fries into biodegradable organic packaging, unbleached napkins going where they've never gone before.
West LA Advocates Urge Rec. and Parks Commission to Support Re-Opening Bundy Triangle Park
November 5, 2011 at 7:21 pm
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Activists toured the shuttered park with Councilman Rosendahl's staff earlier this year. Photo by Carter Rubin.
For those just joining the discussion, a group of activists in West Los Angeles has been working with the office of Los Angeles Dist. 11 Councilman Bill Rosendahl since April to re-open Bundy Triangle Park. This rare swath of green [...]
Paloma Selestial – Pico & Sepulveda, West LA
October 29, 2011 at 1:11 am
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Sometimes all you need is a couple of tacos, a grilled jalapeno, a bottle of Mexican coke, and the sun in your face.
Sharrows Appear on Motor Avenue
October 3, 2011 at 5:30 am
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Photos: Jonathan Weiss
When Jonathan Weiss emailed me two weeks ago announcing that Sharrows placeholders appeared on Motor Avenue, I didn’t think too much of it. After all, stencils marking a place for bike racks have been on the ground next to my Big Blue Bus stop for almost five months.
However, apparently LADOT contractors were working [...]
Body found in ravine may be that of missing 88-year-old West LA man
October 1, 2011 at 11:00 pm
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A body was found in a car by a man injured in a similar accident. Although the body had not yet been identified, the man's daughter says the car belonged to her father.The body of a dead motorist discovered recently when a second driver plunged over the same roadside cliff but survived may [...]
Shaved Ice Wars on Sawtelle: Blockheads vs. Brian’s Shave Ice
September 26, 2011 at 1:00 pm
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Bustling Sawtelle Boulevard will soon see the battle of the shaved ice sellers, as two new shops are set to open. There's Blockheads Shavery Co. (@blockheadsla) on Mississippi Avenue, a couple ...
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