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The City Attorney, the LA City Council, the LAPD, and even opposing baseball teams would also like a word. If you have seen Ricci Sergienko online he was probably yelling at someone. Targets have included the notorious LA Sheriff, the cagey LA City Attorney, any number of the LA City Council, and various members of the LAPD. When he’s...
Michael Pusateri is Cruftbox on TikTok where over 10 million people have watched him beekeep There is no possible way one could find a more mild-mannered man than Harbor City’s Michael Pusateri. By day he is an engineer who has traveled the world building television and recording studios for major networks and companies. But when he...
Longtime Virgil Village resident and Shondaland.com founding editor on her faith, her hair, and her first reaction to Depeche Mode. Liz Dwyer is all the things you’d want from a midwesterner: funny, sweet, welcoming, great sense of humor, who also keeps it real. The daughter of a Black mom and white dad, Liz has a...
Robin Mayper has spent nearly 25 years in the SFV and will be selling her slightly haunted house for the quest of a carefree life. Her neighborhood is changing. One McMansion is springing up here and there. One right next door to her humble abode. As the housing market sizzles and Robin contemplates a real...
The Eagle Rock artist, muralist, and teacher; on how to be more at one with the air, sky, and ground… and how to get freaked out mom back on your team. Some people just have an aura about them that instantly puts you at ease. So many native Angelenos have this special superpower and Dalila Paola...
Fast Times while ditching Eagle Rock High From clubbing until 5am to going to rock shows all around LA, Rebecca Franklin grabbed the ’80s and squeezed Who’s that girl kissing INXS singer and full-on teen heartthrob Michael Hutchence? That’s 15 year-old Rebecca Franklin who regularly skipped school to hang out at KROQ’s radio station in nearby...
Joe Armstrong is a mountaineer, a rock guitarist, a producer and an Atheist — if you can believe that He’s best known for his work behind the scenes for the likes of Patt Morrison and Larry Mantle on KPCC and similar work for shows on KABC, but Joe’s a lot more than his day job. Hunkered down in...
Billy Wyatt is the Happy Foot / Sad Foot hero, but he’s worried about the Hellmouth it was protecting us from. For our final installment of Los Feliz, we talk with Billy Wyatt, the colorful soul running Y-Que Billy Wyatt may not look punk rock, but he may be the most punk rock. His store...
Casey Schreiner on ghosts, the effect of nature, and the complicated park’s namesake who tried really hard to be good after he shot his wife in the face Casey Schreiner, who didn’t grow up loving the outdoors, has written a beautiful guidebook about Griffith Park, which celebrates its 126th birthday today. It’s filled with facts,...
The long-time writer at the LA Weekly defends her beloved publication as she approaches 30 years at the paper. She wasn’t sure if she wanted to hug me when we first met a few weeks ago as police choppers buzzed above my Hollywood courtyard. I had interviewed Jeff Weiss, a former LA Weekly writer who...