The Dodgers, headed to their worst May in their history, face one of the best teams in baseball tonight at Chavez Ravine. The St. Louis Cards (30-16) are coming off two wins in a row, and the Dodgers are coming off a big victory over Milwaukee two nights ago. The Cardinals are also the...
Update: Former City Councilmember Eric Garcetti has defeated his former city council colleague Wendy Greuel in the race for Mayor of Los Angeles, 181,995 to 155,497, for a seven percent margin of victory. Former state senator Gil Cedillo beat former Council chief of staff for Ed Reyes Jose Gardea handily, sleepwalking to a five...
Summer is coming. For locals, that’s come to mean the Annual Lummis Day event at Heritage Square. The free event will include music, dance, poetry and art representing a rainbow of cultural traditions at two sites on Sunday, June 2. The Festival runs from 10:30am-7:00pm. The main stages for Lummis Day’s performances will again...
Has it really been that long? Cyndi Lauper is coming to the Greek Theatre June 13th to celebrate the thirty-year anniversary of her album, She’s so Unusual, and perform the record-setting album in its entirety. The show will also feature special guest Hunter Valentine. Recorded and released in 1983, Lauper’s debut solo album is...
Ah, the mid-size wars. This is perhaps the most savagely fought car war out there, since most Americans buy mid-size cars, from the Impala to the Camry, and from the Optima to the Accord. The Nissan Altima has long been near the top of this pack, and for good reason. Though others, especially the...
When I was at another publication so many years ago, there were a few clichéd and worn phrases it was universally agreed upon that we should never use. To wit: Ending a story with “Stay tuned,” or any form of the phrase, “If you build it, they will come,” and of course, “This is...
Verano, as you may know, is Spanish for “summer,” and the new 2013 Buick Verano, what Buick calls a luxury sport sedan, feels like summer, at least a grown up version of it. Take it on a long drive, get out in the open, and push through all six gears of its manual transmission,...
The 2013 Infiniti FX35 has to be the Mack Daddy of the luxury SUV segment. It’s the Escalade with panache. If that sounds like an oxymoron, it’s just that the FX takes everything in the luxury mix, and gives it a seriously stylish home. Since its 2003 launch, the Infiniti FX35 was the immediate...
The Dodgers are trying to improve on their current record of 13-13, against the Rockies who thumped them, 12-2, on Sunday. The Dodgers got even last night behind the pitching of Hyun-Jin Ryu, who also helped along the Dodger cause with an RBI of his own. The Dodgers’ Josh Beckett pitches against Colorado’s Juan...
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