The remarkable cuisine of the Middle East is on-trend in America (thank you, Yotam Ottolenghi and others), but what about in the region itself? Food writer Noga Tarnapolsky checks out Fawda, “a modern, irreverent and forward-looking restaurant in the heart of Bethlehem, a town associated with antiquity, momentousness and piousness.” Yes, conveniently in time for […]
Blog: The mysterious women of Rosa Loy’s paintings
Pretty quickly, Loy’s paintings came to combine the best of both. “So Near and Yet So Far,” her second solo show in Los Angeles, consists of pictures equally at home in a children’s storybook, on the walls of a museum or in the journal of a sharp-eyed woman. The shape-shifting ambidexterity of Loy’s paintings is […]
Blog: The mysterious women of Rosa Loy’s paintings
Pretty quickly, Loy’s paintings came to combine the best of both. “So Near and Yet So Far,” her second solo show in Los Angeles, consists of pictures equally at home in a children’s storybook, on the walls of a museum or in the journal of a sharp-eyed woman. The shape-shifting ambidexterity of Loy’s paintings is […]
Blog: When neighbors can’t agree on historic designation
Los Angeles adopted its HPOZ ordinance in 1979; the historic districts now number 35, harboring 21,000 properties. Generally, groups of homes within a neighborhood need to be built during a “period of significance,” such as from 1905-1941, to become HPOZ-worthy. Residents in neighborhoods kick-start the process by rallying neighbors in support of the districts. Once […]
Blog: Will the Los Angeles Dodgers kick their pursuit of Bryce Harper into high gear? – ESPN
Executives with other teams have watched the machinations of the Los Angeles Dodgers this winter with a couple of competing thoughts: Editor’s Picks While Cincinnati takes its chances on improving with Yasiel Puig & Co., L.A. now might have the payroll space to pursue Bryce Harper. From the seven players changing hands to the payroll […]
Blog: State regulators consider breaking up PG&E over safety concerns – Los Angeles Times
Officials are currently investigating whether PG&E’s equipment started the Camp fire six weeks ago in Northern California that leveled the town of Paradise, killed at least 86 people and destroyed close to 15,000 homes. Because the cause of that specific fire hasn’t been determined, it’s not directly part of the commission’s safety examination, although regulators […]