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Search ArticlesWhere did Conan O’Brien go?
Good morning, it’s Tuesday August 25. In the immortal words of Buster Poindexter, it will be “hot hot hot.” A disappearance has Miracle Mile residents talking. Conan O’Brien has been kidnapped. And nobody knows who did it or why. No, not the beloved talk show and podcast host. His recent L.A. whereabouts have been well-publicized and include the debut of his band, The Vigodas, at Permanent Records Roadhouse in Cypress Park and The Troubadour in West Hollywood.
Can a movie theater bar be great?
Good morning, it’s Monday, August 24 and it will be miserably hot out (high 90s in the city, over 100 in the Valley). 1. Inside one man’s quest to find the best movie theater bar in Los Angeles. The Video Vortex at Alamo Drafthouse, which did not score in the top 3 of Eric’s ratings.
My Quest to Find the Best Movie Theater Bar in Los Angeles
The Video Vortex at Alamo Drafthouse. (Photo by Eric Misitzis Mennel) THE TV OVER THE bar plays Spongebob Squarepants with the sound on. I am sitting with my back to the lobby entrance, hunched over the red quartz countertop while influencers and their associates film content on their phones just outside the theater doors. My drink is a “Hero’s Journey” — a whiskey sour collab between AMC Theaters, Maker’s Mark, and Mike’s Hot Honey.
What about the other five Buss siblings?
Good morning. It’s Friday, August 21. Expect temperatures to be slightly down today and slightly up over the weekend, but still really hot the whole time. Meet the rest of the Busses. Joey Buss (obscured), Jesse Buss, Johnny Buss, and Janie Buss, along with mediator Ronnie Weinstein, at the introduction of Lakers head coach Darvin Ham in 2022. (Jay L.
The powerful L.A. nonprofit whose CEO has his wife and kids on payroll
Good morning, it’s Thursday, Aug. 20 and you can expect the same old hot summer temps today. 1. AltaMed: A healthcare nonprofit or a family business? Cástulo de la Rocha, president and CEO of AltaMed, speaks to the press after Sen. Alex Padilla, left, received the new COVID-19 booster at AltaMed in 2022.
L.A. Healthcare Giant Pays Millions to One Family, Sparking IRS Complaint
Zoila Escobar and Cástulo de la Rocha, pictured in 2017. (Photo illustration by Julia Wick/L.A. Material, base images: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for J. Paul Getty Trust, Frederic J. Brown/AFP and Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images) ALTAMED PRIDES ITSELF ON a noble mission: providing medical, dental and HIV/AIDS care to more than 700,000 people in L.A. and Orange counties — regardless of their ability to pay.
Nithya Raman's Campaign Has A New Adviser: Controversial Political Firm Fight Agency
Los Angeles City Councilmember and mayoral candidate Nithya Raman speaks to a crowd at the Families for Nithya event at Vineyard Recreation Center in Los Angeles, CA on Saturday, May 16, 2026. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) THE CONTROVERSIAL FIGHT AGENCY, which worked for both New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and disgraced former Maine senate candidate Graham Platner, is now advising Nithya Raman’s mayoral campaign, as first reported by L.A. Material.
The persistent power of the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association
Good morning, it’s Wednesday, August 19 and it will be too hot out today. 1. L.A.’s mayoral circus returns to Sherman Oaks tonight. Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman will face off against each other on a debate stage tonight for the third time — but it won’t be much of a stage. They’ll be sitting in a nondescript senior center on Van Nuys Boulevard, likely in front of a large sign bearing the words: Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association. If this sounds familiar, that’s because it is.
Is Huntington Drive the next York Boulevard?
Good morning, it’s Tuesday, and you can expect yet another humid, partly cloudy day before temps rise again midweek. The investors behind Grand Central Market are betting on El Sereno. Last week, my colleague Antonia Cereijido got a tip about an under-the-radar real estate play in El Sereno: Langdon Street Capital — the real estate firm that owns Grand Central Market — was buying up property on Huntington Drive, her tipster said.
Guess Who’s Snapping Up Storefronts in El Sereno?
(Photo by Tomo Chien / L.A. Material) THE REAL ESTATEinvestors behind Grand Central Market have set their sights on a new prospect: Huntington Drive in El Sereno. Langdon Street Capital has quietly bought up six parcels along the eastside commercial corridor over the last two years, property records show. In addition to developments in Texas and Nevada, the Beverly Hills-based firm owns a constellation of holdings across L.A. — including storefronts on Highland Park’s booming York Boulevard.