14+ hour, 18+ min ago   (474+ words) A former California mayor was hit with a roughly $13 million verdict after a jury found him liable for sexually assaulting seven women — while he still faces another sexual assault lawsuit by a famous realty TV star. A jury this week…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (415+ words) Another day, another Downtown Los Angeles business shuttered. The latest sad news for the long-struggling section of the city is the closure of Rossoblu — a celebrated Michelin Bib Gourmand Italian restaurant that toughed it out for nearly a decade in…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (370+ words) A former candidate for California insurance commissioner has accused fellow Democrat and Bernie Sanders-endorsed candidate Jane Kim of running on a campaign of “profound intellectual dishonesty.” Kim, a former San Francisco supervisor who leads the progressive California Working Families Party,…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (356+ words) The cost of calling yourself affluent in California appears to be creeping ever higher. Newly-shared analysis reveals just how much cash you need in the Golden State to call yourself upper-middle class — and $156,000 per household is considered to be the…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (188+ words) Open Jar Studios, a premier rehearsal facility for Broadway shows, is stretching its legs to a nearby Times Square location. The original 50,000-square-foot Open Jar at 1601 Broadway will soon be joined by a 40,000-square-foot complex in the Paramount Building at…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (405+ words) Just over a month after closing its Calabasas location, a beloved Southern California diner chain is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Marmalade Cafe, which opened its first location on Montana Ave in Santa Monica in 1990, filed for Chapter 11 on Wednesday,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (282+ words) Just before Labor Day weekend, Oregon health officials are warning beachgoers to stay away from the water at a picturesque beach due to unsafe levels of fecal bacteria. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) released an advisory for Oceanside Beach in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (300+ words) The newly minted outpost anchors The Canopy, a 12-acre, 90,000-square-foot outdoor shopping and dining hub taking shape at Irvine’s massive $1 billion Great Park. Clocking in at roughly 1,300 acres, the sprawling mega project dwarfs Manhattan’s 843-acre Central Park. Employees were hustling…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (415+ words) From Pad Thai to padlocked. Lotus of Siam, long revered as the “best Thai restaurant in America” by influential food critics, will shutter its outpost at the Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas after roughly four years. And Sin City…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (196+ words) The Rams’ decision to fly to Australia a day before their NFL regular-season opener against the 49ers next week is raising eyebrows. The silver lining is that it affords the players and staff more time with their families before heading across…...