Valley Village
Playoff football is officially in full swing in Southern California as all four divisions in the CIF LA City Section playoffs will play this week after a bye we
A warehouse that started as a single meat stall in 1969 now packs roughly 2,000 products under one giant roof. And nobody asks you for a membership card at the door. That detail alone changes everything. Restaurant owners shop here for wholesale prices, yet regular home cooks can push a cart right alongside them.
Concerned residents and La Crescenta city leaders are urging Los Angeles County to take another look at a proposed five-story affordable housing site. They say Briggs Avenue and Foothill Boulevard offer only one way out, and with the proposed development, there would be a dangerous evacuation bottleneck and no safe way to escape danger. The neighborhood is in an area designated as a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone by the state fire marshal. The proposed five-story apartment complex would replace an 80-year-old motel at the corner of Briggs Avenue and Foothill Boulevard. The development would include 66 units and potentially house hundreds of residents. Tatyana Esmaelian, a La Crescenta resident, said the location could create serious problems during a wildfire evacuation. “I see this as a disaster happening, where it’s a repeat of Palisades Fire meets Eaton Fire, where people will get gridlocked to come out,” Esmaelian said. Residents say the intersection is already a potential evacuation choke point. Above the proposed development are already hundreds of homes, with Briggs Avenue serving as a primary evacuation route. Chris Kilpatrick of the Crescenta Valley Town Council called the proposed location particularly problematic. “This is probably the worst place in the
The smell of fresh tortillas can ruin a perfectly good grocery list. You walk in needing tomatoes and onions, then suddenly you’re carrying enough tortillas to feed the entire neighborhood. Some Mexican markets in California take their tortillas seriously enough to dedicate entire production areas to making them. You...
Welcome to the SoCal Sound's Rockstar Rescue page - where we're highlighting some of the amazing animal rescue organizations in Southern California. For the month of NOVEMBER we’re highlighting kitties from Tail Town cat rescue. Their mission is to help save cats from high-kill shelters, the streets, or situations...
Route 66 in California is the last stretch of the Mother Road, running about 345 miles from the Colorado River at Needles to the Pacific at Santa Monica, according to the National Park Service. It packs the whole Route 66 story into one state: empty desert highway, a neon-lit ghost town, a silver-mining boomtown, and a pier at the end. And 2026 is the road’s centennial year, a hundred years since U.S. Route 66 was designated on November 11, 1926.
Mayor Karen Bass spoke publicly for the first time since her election defeat one week ago when she visited the scene of an industrial business fire Tuesday in Vernon. Speaking at the site of a fire that started Monday in the southern Los Angeles County community and flared up Tuesday, Bass was asked about the election result that saw her become the first incumbent mayor of Los Angeles to be ousted by a challenger since Jim Hahn lost to Antonio Villaraigosa in 2005.
The Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station brought spooky fun for the whole family with its annual trunk or treat event held at the sheriff station on Oct. 30. Hundreds of families attended the event, which featured Smokey Bear, screenings of “Nacho Libre” and “Scooby Doo,” a dance party, spirited decorations, air lift rides and pictures with the Montrose Search and Rescue Team, and photos with the Grim Reaper at the site of an untimely “car accident”: a display featuring a wrecked car with skeletons and a police vehicle.
Principal Kim D'Aloisio outlined El Rodeo's i-Ready growth results and a reported 8% increase in English language arts proficiency as students received awards at the November 10 board meeting.
One of Broadway’s most popular shows in years, Oh, Mary! is now at the Ahmanson Theatre through Dec. 6. It stars drag performer extraordinaire Alaska Thunderf*ck 5000, known mononymously as Alaska, who rose to fame as a competitor and fan favorite on RuPaul's Drag Race. Alaska talked to LAist host Julia Paskin to talk about taking the Tony Award-winning dark comedy on the road, how competing on Drag Race has changed over the years and where to see a great drag show in Los Angeles.
