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Beverly Hills (California)

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Yorba Linda Sushi Bar Among Finalists of Restaurant Design Awards

    The Los Angeles Times reports that the list of finalists for the annual Restaurant Design Awards were announced this week. The Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) narrowed it down to mostly LA-area restaurants including Roy Choi's A-Frame, designed by Sean Knibb; b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Little Saigon Cocaine Dealer Seeks Leniency After DEA Sting

    A 30-year-old Vietnamese American woman seeking leniency for her involvement in an international cocaine distribution network and operating in Little Saigon, Beverly Hills and Santa Ana didn't get her way.U.S. District Court Judge Gary A. Feess in Los Angeles this month sentenced Linda Pham to a ter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    On the Line: Austin Lee of Itriya Cafe, Part Two

    Austin manages to bring food into the non-food portion of our interview, but what can you do? At least he taught us another combination to order at In-n-Out. This jack of all trades keeps us interested with anecdotes that ultimately lead back to great cuisine. On a completely unrelated note, Lee als ... More >>

  • Food

    April 19, 2012

    Mission Ranch Market Keeps Growing

    [Hole In the Wall] The best little Persian supermarket in OC makes Mission Viejo sumptuous for the first time

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    [UPDATED with Already Out of Jail:] Jeffrey Hubbard, Ex-Newport-Mesa Schools Chief, Gets 60 Days, Probation, Restitution

    ​UPDATE, FEB. 27, 1:58 P.M.: After serving four days of his 60-day sentence, former Newport-Mesa Unified School District superintendent Jeffrey Hubbard was reportedly released from jail early this morning. The judge had previously indicated Hubbard would be freed by mid-March due to overcrowding. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    What We Learned, Feb. 11-17

    ​A look back at the last week and the snark that came from it all.FEB. 11: Whitney Houston dies in Beverly Hills, and a shrine goes up in . . . Laguna Hills? It's at the home of Mike and Mahi Pasha now, but in 2006 the legendary singer rented the place to be closer to her drug counselor. What We L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Karen Anne Christiansen Gets 4 Years for Corruption Tied to Newport-Mesa Schools Chief

    ​Karen Anne Christiansen, the former Beverly Hills School District official who received racy emails and secret financial bonuses from future Newport-Mesa Unified School District Superintendent Jeffrey Hubbard, was sentenced today to fours years and four months in state prison for felony co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Ladera Ranch Woman is the Latest in a String of Post Lap-Band Surgery Deaths

    Coming to a billboard near you. ​​​Los Angeles Times reporters have been staying on top of Lap-Band clinic practices like that maple bacon donut stays on top of your would-be waistline.    The Lap-Band, of course, is Allergan's surgically-implanted weight-loss device obnoxiously ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Pat Boone Jumps Aboard Orly Taitz's Birther Crazy Train

    ​Pat Boone, obviously wanting to have something more embarrassing on his resume when he retires from the singing stage than having kept Wally George on the air as station owner of KDOC/Channel 56 for years, has now jumped about "Birther Queen" Orly Taitz's crazy train. See the photo of the conjoin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    'The Real Housewives' Go On Tour

    ​On the list of things you need less of, The Real Housewives probably hovers somewhere in the top five. Bravo disagrees: The corporation plans to renew The Real Housewives of Orange County for a seventh season. 

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Weezer at the Pacific Amphitheater Last Night

    Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly Click here to see more images.​WeezerAugust 4, 2011Pacific AmphitheaterSo that was weird.Seeing front man Rivers Cuomo run, jump and dance around; start and finish the set in the audience; sing a track off Pinkerton; touch his band mates ... it was a different Weezer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Willy Wonka Caps an Unusually Chocolaty Anaheim Weekend

    ​Anaheim does not make Parliament's "Chocolate City" roll call, but that would be an apt name this weekend for the box that holds Disneyland. "Chocolate: The Event" features three days of sweet-making to pimp "Chocolate: The Exhibition" that's up through Sept. 11 at Muzeo Museum. Capping the festi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    On the Line: Renzo Macchiavello of Renzo's A Taste of Peru, Part Two

    Photo by Kevin Lara​Family is a recurring theme in our interview with Renzo Macchiavello: influencing his past, supporting his present and inspiring him to excel at what he does best. His expertise earns him gold medals, and here, he offers a few good anecdotes in part two of his On the Line inter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Bill Gross Reportedly Buys Jennifer Aniston's House for $37 Mil; Chris Cox Settles Down in Laguna Niguel

    ​Bill Gross, the Newport Beach financial manager who co-founded Pacific Investment Management Co. (PIMCO) and is worth a billion and change, has reportedly bought a Beverly Hills estate Jennifer Aniston bought in 2006 for $13.5 million, gutted and rebuilt to the fawns of Architectural Digest and p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    OFWGKTA's Frank Ocean Arrested, Released and Working With Nas

    ​Odd Future's R&B crooner Frank Ocean unleashed some angry tweets in the direction of LAPD after an apparent arrest on April 28. Read Ocean's early-morning tweets, which have since been removed from his Twitter page, after the jump.

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    New High-Concept Restaurants Slated for Laguna Beach

    Starfish​Ah, Laguna Beach.  If there was a rallying point where the high-concept restaurants flock, it'd be here.  There are at least three new restaurants slated for the Laguna coast this year, all of them fit for a town that seems to demand a new restaurant or bar to go to every weeken ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Golden Globe Musical Winners

    Diane Warren​Ahhh . . . awards season is upon us. The Golden Globes, everyone's favorite Hollywood drunk self-celebration, happened in Beverly Hills last night, and the music side of film received its share of accolades. The two categories were Best Original Song, Motion Picture and Best Original ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Karen Ann Christiansen, Tied Up in Scandal With Newport-Mesa Schools Chief Jeffrey Hubbard, Provides Ugly Police Mug of the Week

    ​Karen Ann Christiansen, why the long face?Could it be because not only are you dealing with the embarrassment of serious financial misconduct charges but the publication of sexy-time emails exchanged between you and co-defendant Jeffrey Hubbard, the Newport-Mesa Unified School District superinten ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2010

    Yelp Savages Red Medicine

    "Real people, real reviews," my hind foot.​Gustavo wrote on Wednesday about S. Irene Virbila being unmasked by the partners at Red Medicine; I agree with him, with the following clarification: the restaurant was perfectly within its rights to decline her review and her reservation. Posting her pic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Weezer at the Gibson Amphitheater Over The Weekend

    Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyJorge Garcia makes a cameo at Weezer's first night in LA​Check out our Weezer slideshow here!WeezerNovember 26, 2010Gibson AmphitheaterUnderstandably dubbed the "Memories" tour, Weezer dug up plenty of memorable older tunes to go along with a tidal wave of flashbacks at the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Octomom Nadya Suleman Fertility Doctor's License Revocation Hearing Continues

    ​The California Medical Board hearing that could result in the revocation or suspension of Beverly Hills fertility doctor Michael Kamrava's license to practice resumes today in Los Angeles.Damning details have already come out, including the admission by the in-vitro fertilization "internationally ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Newport Beach Takes Top Spot on Expensive Home List

    ​The housing market has taken a battering around the country, but a new report shows one local city can brag about having the most expensive homes in the country.After surveying regional prices for four-bedroom, two-bathroom homes across the country, Coldwell Banker ranked Newport Beach No. 1 in i ... More >>

  • Music

    August 19, 2010

    Weezer and Antoine Dodson . . .

    [Mental Notes] . . .Top our list of Reasons We Love the Internet

  • Film

    June 10, 2010

    (100) Days of Summer Movies

    [Summer Guide] Flicks to help you enjoy the great indoors

  • Culture

    April 8, 2010

    Loehmann's Hits a High Note

    [Trendzilla] The new Metro Pointe location is your designer bargain-hunting destination

  • Film

    December 31, 2009

    'Up In the Air' Director Jason Reitman Has a Good Sense of Where He's From and Where He's Headed

    [Trendzilla] The new Metro Pointe location is your designer bargain-hunting destination

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2009

    Playlist: Songs about Southern California

    ​The sun finally reappeared today and I decided to play tourist. I've been promising my family pictures of where I live for the past two weeks. I'm from Florida. My parents have never been to California. Only one of my three younger siblings has visited the state. So, I got on my bicycle and clic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    Live Nation's Latest Promotion: 'Twitter Scavenger Hunt'

    ​The folks behind Beverly Hills-based concert promoters Live Nation have been promoting the heck out of themselves lately, with the company unleashing a variety of P.T. Barnum-esque stunts to drum up attention for their events in this flagging economy.

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2009

    The Jakes, Shiny Toy Guns Set For 'Aldrich Park After Dark'

    ​When the Jakes announced their big-time major label deal with Roadrunner (a subsidiary of Warner) last month, their official comment advised that a couple of LA shows at Spaceland and the Viper Room would likely be their last area shows before holing up in the studio, working on their full-length ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    Last Night: Blink-182, Weezer at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

    Andrew YoussefNo, you da man.​Last Night: Blink-182, Weezer, Taking Back Sunday, Asher Roth at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine; September 17, 2009.Better Than: Growing up.Hostile Territory: Blink-182 is doing a huge promotion with the T-Mobile Sidekick, and advertisements were plastered ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    Spying Charlie Palmer's & Complaining About Crustacean

    I don't shop at Bloomingdale's, but I like going through its front entrance to get to the mall. Why? In the store's entryway, you can see into Charlie Palmer's kitchen through this eye-slit of a peep-hole. From it, you can spy all the cooking action and the Top Chef dreamers doing it, and that's ex ... More >>

  • Music

    November 27, 2008

    [CD Review] The (International) Noise Conspiracy, 'The Cross of My Calling' (Vagrant)

    I don't shop at Bloomingdale's, but I like going through its front entrance to get to the mall. Why? In the store's entryway, you can see into Charlie Palmer's kitchen through this eye-slit of a peep-hole. From it, you can spy all the cooking action and the Top Chef dreamers doing it, and that's ex ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2008

    Apartment owner loaned $500,000 by city of Stanton settles state discrimination suit for $614,000

    Owners of the Plaza Court Apartments in Stanton agreed to dish out $618,000 to settle a fair housing lawsuit with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), it was announced today. After investigating numerous complaints that management at the 120-unit complex was discriminati ... More >>

  • Film

    December 27, 2007

    Hit List

    WEB EXCLUSIVE! The top movies of 2007

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2007

    LYT's Film Pick of the Weekend 11-30-07

    Ooooh yeah, dig it...THE SAVAGES. The name of the movie is one of those insufferable cutesy puns – these characters have the surname of “Savage” and they behave poorly! Why, that's ironic! -- but don't let that deter you from the rest of the movie, a film that achieves the rare balance of bei ... More >>

  • Film

    November 29, 2007

    Savage Love

    Testing the limits of familial bonds, one nursing-home application at a time

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2007

    Sunday's Headlines & Surprises: The Shame of Wayne Gross

    Dana Point Gets a Celebrity! Earvin “Magic” Johnson and his wife, Cookie, have purchased a $7.6 million gated-community “vacation” home in Dana Point, according to the Times. Though “Hot Property” reporter Ruth Ryon didn’t share more details about the location, you can assume it’s a ... More >>

  • Film

    July 6, 2006

    Skater Boyz N the Hood

    Teen rebels rule in Larry Clarks Wassup Rockers

  • News

    June 2, 2005

    The Only Canvas That Bleeds

    Laser removal specialists and tattoo artists love the skin youre in

  • Film

    March 17, 2005

    Whatever floats your boat

    Fans wont let The Poseidon Adventure sink

  • Music

    June 24, 2004

    The Car Crash Set

    Five more musicians who put the pedal through the metal

  • Film

    April 29, 2004

    Less Sugar, More Spice

    Mean Girls, though entertaining, could be meaner

  • Food

    November 27, 2003

    Tax Shelters, Riding Crops and Grand Marnier

    Dining With the Swells at Gemmells in Dana Point

  • Music

    October 2, 2003

    Sweet Dreams

    Dining With the Swells at Gemmells in Dana Point

  • Columns

    December 19, 2002

    Letters

    Dining With the Swells at Gemmells in Dana Point

  • Columns

    October 10, 2002

    Diary of a mad county

    Dining With the Swells at Gemmells in Dana Point

  • News

    July 25, 2002

    I Know Where You Lived Last Summer

    Woodbridge is still a scary place

  • Culture

    March 14, 2002

    What a Riot!

    University Players Twilight

  • Columns

    October 4, 2001

    Bad Hair Day

    University Players Twilight

  • Features

    January 7, 1999

    July-September

    University Players Twilight

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