Chagee (pronounced CHAH-jee) Modern Tea House, one of China’s most popular tea shops, is gearing up to make its U.S. debut in Los Angeles with its first stateside location at the Westfield Century City. The shop, located on the top deck of the mall, will open to the public on Saturday, April 26, with a…
The US State Department has revoked visas held by members of a Mexican band for “glorifying a drug kingpin”. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said the band, Los Alegres del Barranco, had projected an image of El Mencho onto a screen at a recent concert in Mexico. El Mencho, whose real name is Nemesio…
On March 14, a jury awarded $50 million in damages to a Los Angeles delivery driver who was badly burned after hot tea spilled onto his lap in February 2020, reports the Los Angeles Times. The incident occurred at the West Adams Starbucks location at the corner of Western Avenue and Jefferson Boulevard. The Los…
After 101 years, the Original Pantry Cafe closed in Downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, March 2, 2025, reports the Los Angeles Times. The legendary diner, which operated for 24 hours a day, seven days a week for most of its existence, closed due to a dispute between unionizing workers and its owner, the Richard J….
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images “I love you LA,” said Billie Eilish, as she performed her Grammy-nominated hit Birds Of A Feather The 2025 Grammy Awards have opened with a special performance by the Los Angeles band Dawes, two brothers whose homes were destroyed in the recent wildfires. The duo were joined on stage…
A new fast-moving wildfire has erupted in Los Angeles County, triggering evacuations in a region already reeling from the most destructive fires in its history. The Hughes fire ignited north of the city on Wednesday afternoon, near Castaic Lake in a mountainous area that borders several residential areas and schools. The out-of-control blaze has grown…
President-elect Donald J. Trump offered fresh criticism early Sunday of the officials in charge of fighting the Los Angeles wildfires, calling them “incompetent” and asking why the blazes were not yet extinguished. “The fires are still raging in L.A.,” Mr. Trump wrote on his Truth Social site. “The incompetent pols have no idea how to…
Lloyd and his wife later bought another home in Hidden Valley Lake, a town that has taken ambitious steps to reduce flammable vegetation, but their insurance premium is still more than $4,500 a year, more than triple what it was on their last home in Kansas. Lloyd is worried that his insurance company will hike…
A U.S. flag flutters amid the remains of burnt buildings as powerful winds fueling devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area force people to evacuate, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of west Los Angeles, California, U.S. Jan. 8, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters The wildfires wreaking devastation in the Los Angeles area could become the…
On the morning of January 7, the first of Los Angeles’ vast wildfires broke out in a forested area near Topanga State Park on the northwest edge of the city. Conditions allowed the blaze to spread very quickly: 100 mph winds, very low humidity, and a landscape primed to burn after months without rainfall together…
