Why do certain smells unlock certain memories? Case in point: Sitting in front of me at a window-side table inside Hidalgo’s Cocina & Cócteles, with…
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When Santa Barbara County opened the doors to large-scale cannabis cultivation, a largely unregulated rush led by moneyed interests ensued. Source: Los Angeles Times
Measure EE, the parcel tax for L.A. Unified schools, got crushed at the polls last week. But it wasn’t as big a loser as my…
Kim Goldman wrote to O.J. Simpson a few years ago, asking to visit him in the Nevada prison where he was being held for robbery…
A longtime Los Angeles police officer died after complications in surgery to repair an injury tied to a 2015 traffic collision while on duty, police…
In a damning report on the excessive use of pepper spray in Los Angeles County’s juvenile detention facilities, an internal watchdog in March made numerous…
Two teenage girls were sexually assaulted in Santa Ana in incidents that happened 25 blocks apart and within hours of each other. But investigators have…
There’s a moment every year at Desert Daze when Phil Pirrone stands on stage with a poncho, a guitar, and curly locks of long hair…
As I walk up to a hidden building, I see Evan Geesman and he’s barefoot. His studio is located somewhere in Santa Ana. It’s an…
Joynoise might just be proof of the old adage that the third time’s the charm. Although the band is technically only about a year old,…