Some of L.A.’s Best Kebabs Are Being Grilled Up in a Santa Monica Parking Lot

Los Angeles Magazine 5/17 1:51P Gwynedd Stuart

A blue leaf blower fans the flames of a charcoal grill in a Santa Monica parking lot, wafting smoke and ash in the direction of hopeful diners. People anxiously await straightforward skewers like...

Get a Car Wash and Private Stand-Up Act at Kurt Braunohler’s New Comedy Show

Los Angeles Magazine 5/17 11:08A Brittany Martin

Two stereotypes of Angelenos: We all obsess over our cars and everybody wants to be a stand-up comedian. Cheekily taking on both notions at once is Kurt Braunohler s newest event, Comedians in Cars Getting Washed , where a stand-up comedian will...

How to Spend the Perfect Weekend in Prescott, Arizona

Los Angeles Magazine 5/17 10:07A Kelly Bastone

Prescott is in love with its past, and that’s not a bad thing. No garish chains surround the wedding-cake courthouse and grassy central square, which still serves as this Arizona city’s de facto front porch. Storefronts have maintained their...

Keep It Host Ira Madison III Is Making Waves in Politics and Pop-Culture

Los Angeles Magazine 5/17 5:13A Gwynedd Stuart

Ira Madison III knows media. In his young professional career, the 30-year-old writer and podcast host has already made the rounds as a commentator and creator of pop culture (although the latter category is pending the release of a Netflix series...

Why Influencers Don’t Freak Out When Instagram Makes Changes

Los Angeles Magazine 5/17 4:52A Gwynedd Stuart

Although she has upward of 850,000 followers, Lauryn Evarts Bosstick says she isn’t concerned about Instagram making changes. “Personally, I don’t care,” says Bosstick, the woman behind the blog and podcast The Skinny Confidential . “And the reason...

The Racist Promposal Trend Strikes Again at Palos Verdes High School

Los Angeles Magazine 5/16 3:42P Pamela Avila

The lead-up to senior prom should be a fun, exciting time for high school kids, but in recent years the formerly benign act of a student asking another student to be their date has turned into a bizarre way to showcase a social media trend of...

The Best Things to Do in L.A. This Weekend

Los Angeles Magazine 5/16 2:11P Gwynedd Stuart

Another May weekend full of fun stuff to do. Here are our picks for the best things to do in L.A. this weekend. Pop-Up Magazine Spring Issue May 17 If you go searching around the internet for video of past editions of Pop-Up Magazine s touring...

6 Burgers that Wowed the Crowd at Burgers Bourbon + Beer

Los Angeles Magazine 5/16 11:32A Los Angeles magazine

If you smelled chargrilled meat in the air downtown last night, chances are the aroma was wafting from the BLOC, where local restaurants gathered for our annual Burgers Bourbon + Beer event. None of...

With Help From Students, Big-Name Muralists Are Transforming a South L.A. High School

Los Angeles Magazine 5/16 9:16A Gwynedd Stuart

It’s 5 p.m. on Monday, May 13, and there are so many students at Dr. Maya Angelou Community High School that it feels like the start of the day. They ve gathered for the kick-off of the Maya Angelou...

Taco Bell Is Opening a Hotel in Palm Springs This Summer

Los Angeles Magazine 5/16 8:04A Brittany Martin

Take your obsession with all things Taco Bell to a whole new level this summer, when the fast food brand opens The Bell: A Taco Bell Hotel and Resort in Palm Springs. This tacoasis (sorry) is real,...

Can Innovative New Restaurant Auburn Break Its Space’s Curse?

Los Angeles Magazine 5/16 5:14A Garrett Snyder

The low-slung, sharp-edged building at the corner of Citrus and Melrose avenues has plenty of stories to tell. Few of them have happy endings. It was previously home to upscale restaurants like Michel Richard’s Citrus as well as Alex, Meson G,...

Here’s What You Need To Know About Controversial Housing Bill SB 50 (Updated)

Los Angeles Magazine 5/16 4:25A Zoie Matthew

UPDATE: State Senate Appropriations Chair Anthony Portantino announced Thursday morning that SB 50 was being held for the year, but will be eligible again in 2020. State senator Scott Wiener, who introduced the legislation says he s deeply...

The Church of Scientology Assures Us That Its Cruise Ship Is Measles-Free

Los Angeles Magazine 5/15 10:40A Gwynedd Stuart

Nearly two weeks after a measles outbreak was reported aboard Scientology s Freewinds cruise ship in the Caribbean, everything is shipshape. In a statement, the church says that all passengers and crew have been cleared of possible measles...

This Artist Is Tricking the Internet into Making Her Dreams Come True

Los Angeles Magazine 5/15 5:43A Gwynedd Stuart

Lately, artist Gretchen Andrew has been thinking about the people, experiences and places she wants in her future. As she does, she paints tangible elements of that dream life in swirling oil paints on flattened pieces of cardboard, manifesting...

This Local Company Sells Prison Tips to A-Listers—and Business Is Booming

Los Angeles Magazine 5/15 5:13A Gwynedd Stuart

Justin Paperny is the cofounder of White Collar Advice , a Calabasas company that well-heeled convicts facing prison hire to help them deal with the experience. His past clients reportedly include Martha Stewart and Bernie Madoff. “Let Us Take...