The level of behind-the-scenes resentment among California Democrats toward Governor Gavin Newsom following his appointment of U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler to fill the vacancy of late U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, has to be off-the-charts. Prior to Feinstein’s death, Newsom promised the candidates currently running for Senate that he would make an “interim appointment” to replace…
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In August, iconic West LA restaurant Gladstones had announced its closure, with its last meal scheduled to be served in October. Not so fast: the iconic Los Angeles restaurant will instead reopen under new management for at least two more years before it gets replaced by a Wolfgang Puck and Frank Gehry collaboration. “Gladstones Legacy…
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Jim Alexander: Not sure if you saw it while covering the Chargers-Cowboys game the other night, but Charger Lady (my nickname for her) has become a meme. The Monday Night Football director made sure to get multiple shots of the overly emotive woman in the Justin Herbert jersey every time the Chargers made a play.…
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Festival Pass is a newsletter that lands in your inbox weekly. But during prime festival season you get bonus editions, too! Subscribe now. Happy Thursday! While we don’t have any full-fledged music festivals on the schedule for this weekend, music festivals reporter Holly Alvarado checked in with Pasquale Rotella of Southern California-based Insomniac Events as the company…
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By Alejandro Lazo As California seeks to lead the nation on battling climate change, perhaps no debate is more fraught than the one over climate credits for cow poop. More than a decade ago, California helped spark a boom in biofuels — produced from plants or animal waste — with its first-of-its-kind Low Carbon Fuel…
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Republican Scott Baugh for the third straight quarter has reported a fundraising edge over Democrats in California’s 47th congressional district, according to reports posted this week with the Federal Election Commission. In the third quarter of fundraising, which spans from July 1 to Sept. 30, Baugh raised $417,715 and spent $48,555. The race features a…
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While the letter signed by dozens of Harvard University student groups blaming Israel for Hamas’ terrorism has received national attention, a letter signed by groups and individuals affiliated with the University of California system has received scant attention. The letter, which was circulating on social media within days of Hamas’ terrorist assault on Israeli civilians, holds…
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Normally, Long Beach’s 562 LIVE Radio plays hip-hop, R&B, pop and dance-club music. But once a year, on a terrifying night when the monsters and other creatures come out to play, the station pauses its usual programming and becomes Haunted Radio. “I want people to imagine being around the campfire, around a radio with the…
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By Devan Cole Washington — California Sen. Laphonza Butler will fill the Senate Judiciary Committee seat left empty by the passing of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a history-making move that also gives Democrats back their razor-thin control of the powerful committee tasked with vetting federal judicial nominees. Butler, the first known Black lesbian in the Senate,…
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Springy in texture and lightly toasted on both sides, the Japanese souffle pancake, colloquially known as fluffy pancakes, are a joy to behold. Not only are they pleasing on the palate — the airy interior makes them arguably superior to their leaden counterparts that tend to land in the belly with an aching thud —…
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