EL SEGUNDO – The Los Angeles Lakers have assigned guard Rajon Rondo to the South Bay Lakers on rehab assignment, it was announced today. Rondo appeared in 11 games this season before suffering a right hand injury on November 14 vs. Portland, averaging 8.5 points, 6.5 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 1.2 steals in 25.2 minutes […]
Blog: Vintage LA Forever: This Archivist is Preserving Los Angeles Pop History in a Massive Digital Archive – lataco.com
Before he started preserving vintage Los Angeles, J. J. Englender visualized his life as a vintage movie montage. When he was 22, he got on a motorcycle in Venice Beach, hit the clutch, turned the throttle, and rolled right onto a 405 traffic jam. “I envisioned it being more of a cinematic journey across the […]
Blog: Yusei Kikuchi Holding Free Agency Meetings In Los Angeles, Has Yet To Receive Contract Offer – DodgerBlue.com
The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images While the Los Angeles Dodgers have been tied to a multitude of trade scenarios involving a starting pitcher, another potential option for them and other clubs is Japanese star Yusei Kikuchi. As expected, he was officially posted by the Seibu Lions on Dec. 3. That marked […]
Blog: ‘Black Panther,’ ‘A Star Is Born,’ ‘Roma’ included on nine Oscar nominations shortlists
Out of 87 films that had been considered in the foreign language category, nine films made the short list, including “Birds of Passage” (Colombia), “The Guilty” (Denmark), “Never Look Away” (Germany), “Shoplifters” (Japan), “Ayka” (Kazakhstan), “Capernaum” (Lebanon) “Roma” (Mexico), “Cold War” (Poland), and “Burning” (South Korea). Source: L.A. Times – Entertainment News
Blog: Wirsthaus Team Brings Big-Booted Beer Garden to Mar Vista
Rasselbock debuts in mid-2019 The team behind Hollywood’s Wirsthaus and sister concept Rasselbock in Long Beach are taking their biergarten brainchild to Mar Vista. It’ll be named Rasselbock, and opens in mid-2019. Thanks to a tipster, Eater learned the company took over the shuttered the former modern gastropub, Louie’s Of Mar Vista, and construction is […]
Blog: Blue Line shutdown set to start January 26
Buses will replace trains from downtown Long Beach to Willowbrook Attention, Long Beach commuters: The southern half of the Blue Line will shut down for about four months beginning at the end of January. The Source reports today that Metro will halt rail service between downtown Long Beach and the Willowbrook station from January 26 […]