Long Beach Black Restaurant Week will celebrate several flavorful favorites
Over a dozen restaurants, including Georgia's and Casey Family BBQ, will participate; the participant list continues to grow, too. January is a gourmand's favorite month, or one of them, for that's when a bouquet of Restaurant Weeks blooms across California. One stand-out celebration, an eatery-focused festivity that...
Cypress School District faces $3.3 million in budget cuts after overspending acknowledged
In a statement released this week by the Cypress Elementary School District, they are looking for ways to shore up budget holes of as much as $3 million. The statement said “as you may recall, in October the district provided an update on its finances after the end of the 2024/25 fiscal year. That update highlighted...
Chevalier’s Books: A Literary Landmark in Larchmont
Chevalier’s is L.A.’s oldest independent bookstore, nestled in the heart of Larchmont Village and beloved by generations of bookworms. What once was a lending library now has become a community cornerstone. Co-owner Bert Beixler envisioned Chevalier’s as a place where his grandchildren could be read to, continuing a...
The Best L.A. Grocery Store Isn’t Erewhon
Https://sporked.com/article/best-la-grocery-store-you-arent-shopping-at/ Last year, we filmed ourselves trying over a dozen Mexican sodas, the majority of which we bought from the same grocery store. Sporked managing editor Gwynedd Stuart went out to buy them, and I’ll never forget the glow on her face when she...
4 Restaurants to Try This Weekend in Los Angeles: January 23
Every Friday, our editors compile a trusty list of recommendations to answer the most pressing of questions: “Where should I eat?“ Here are four places to check out this weekend in Los Angeles. And if you need some ideas on where to drink, here’s our list of the hottest places to get cocktails in town.
D4vd’s Friend Neo Arrested for Failure to Appear as Witness
D4vd's Friend Neo Arrested for Failure to Appear as Witness
BeachLife Festival 2026 Returns to Redondo Beach With One of Its Biggest Lineups Yet
Southern California’s signature beachfront music, art, and culinary festival is officially back. BeachLife Festival 2026 will return to the Redondo Beach waterfront May 1–3, 2026, marking its seventh year with a lineup that spans generations, genres, and moods, set against the Pacific Ocean. This year’s headliners...
LA Times’ suit over mayor’s auto-deleting texts likely to advance
LOS ANGELES (CN) — A Superior Court judge on Friday said he was leaning toward allowing a public records lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles Times against the city of LA over the mayor’s text messages to go forward to discovery and then a trial. At issue: Is...
Head of South L.A. charity stole millions from homeless people to fund luxurious lifestyle,...
Federal officials arrested the head of a South Los Angeles charity for allegedly stealing money intended to help the homeless and using much of the money to fund his lifestyle.
Palmer Luckey says the coolest thing about Anduril expanding is the fighter jets
Anduril on Thursday announced its plans to expand its Southern California presence with a major campus in Long Beach, the town where founder Palmer Luckey grew up.
