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Donny Most transforms ‘Ralph Malph’ into sweet, swinging sounds

Dining & Entertainment / 0 Comment / March 5, 2015
Heavy rain didn’t stop hundreds of jazz, swing and big band aficionados from attending a sold-out performance by former “Happy Days” actor Donny Most last Sunday night at the Catalina Bar and Grill...

Controversy continues over cat motion

Featured / News / 1 Comment / February 26, 2015
Daniel Chen, a downtown Los Angeles resident and cat owner, came to the West Los Angeles Shelter on Tuesday, Feb. 24, to adopt a third cat. If he could, he would’ve gone home with more than one cat that...

Board of Supervisors backs deferred action extension plan

News / 0 Comment / February 26, 2015
In the midst of contention around the country toward President Barack Obama’s executive action protecting undocumented immigrants, the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to support his deferred...

Attorney general gives green light to sale of hospitals

News / 0 Comment / February 26, 2015
California Attorney General Kamala Harris conditionally approved the contested purchase of six California hospitals — two of which are in Los Angeles County — by Prime Healthcare Services on Feb. 20. Some...

Civil rights activists honored for courage

Featured / News / 0 Comment / February 19, 2015
The National Council of Jewish Women/Los Angeles (NCJW/LA) celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act with former 1960s-era civil rights activists as guest speakers on Wednesday, Feb....

Manzanar milestone sparks memories

Featured / News / 0 Comment / February 19, 2015
When he was 7 or 8 years old, Jim Matsuoka remembers hating himself for being Japanese. Hundreds were gathered outside his elementary school during the winter listening to an administrator who was lecturing...

Black History Month celebrated at CAFAM

News / 0 Comment / February 19, 2015
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) will host an outdoor celebration of Black History Month with music, food and art and craft workshops on Sunday, Feb. 22. Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles...

Fairfax High School loses but remains a contender

News / 0 Comment / February 19, 2015
Last Saturday, the Fairfax High School boys varsity basketball team, the Lions, ended the season with their second loss. The Lions faced off against their rivals, the Westchester Comets, and ultimately...

Fairfax suffers first loss of the season

News / 0 Comment / February 12, 2015
The once-undefeated Fairfax High School boys varsity basketball team, the Lions, suffered their first loss of the season last Saturday against Mater Dei’s Monarchs, 34-47. The Monarchs, currently...

V-Day puts focus on violence against women

News / 0 Comment / February 12, 2015
The city of West Hollywood is joining the nation in a growing movement to raise awareness about violence against women and girls for the third year in a row. One Billion Rising Revolution, or #1billionrising,...

Wells Fargo gallops to Wilshire Boulevard

News / 0 Comment / February 12, 2015
Wells Fargo opened a new retail store — the bank refers to all of its branches as retail stores — on Wilshire Boulevard last week. Representatives of Wells Fargo, Miracle Mile residents, community...

LaBonge to offer reward in Windsor Square murder

News / 0 Comment / February 5, 2015
Councilman Tom LaBonge, 4th District, and authorities with the Los Angeles Police Department’s West Bureau Homicide Division are announcing a reward today for anyone with information leading to the arrests...

Levantine Center examines Palestinian culture

News / 1 Comment / February 5, 2015
The Levantine Cultural Center will host a night of art and activism in support of Palestinians, featuring the work of several Los Angeles-based artists, on Thursday, Feb. 5. “Art and Activism...

Council cracks down on graffiti vandals

Featured / News / 0 Comment / February 5, 2015
The Los Angeles City Council is cracking down on graffiti vandalism by doubling the reward for the capture and conviction of vandals who deface public property and increasing the penalties for graffiti...

Three family members found dead in apartment

News / 0 Comment / February 5, 2015
Three family members were found dead in an apartment in Mid-Wilshire last weekend and one of the family members may have committed suicide, according to police. On Saturday, Jan. 31, Los Angeles Fire...

Suspicious package investigated outside mayor’s official residence

Featured / News / 0 Comment / February 5, 2015
The Los Angeles Police Department was called to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s home in Windsor Square on Monday just after 5 p.m. after witnesses noticed a suspicious package nearby. Helicopters,...

Cyber safety symposium centers on seniors

Featured / News / 0 Comment / January 29, 2015
Hundreds of seniors, their advocates and family members were informed on the dangers of cyber crime targeting the elderly earlier this week. The city attorney’s office led a day-long workshop...

Samsung name removed from Art Deco building

Featured / News / 1 Comment / January 29, 2015
On the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue stands the Samsung tower, a 12-story building originally built around 1929. The Art Deco office building marks Central Los Angeles’ skyline, and is home...


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