For the last 46 years, Piero Selvaggio’s landmark Santa Monica restaurant Valentino has been the locus of high-end Italian dining in Los Angeles. He introduced many Angelenos to truffles, balsamic vinegar and not a few wines from his famous cellars.

As cities from Santa Monica to Beverly Hills struggle to control the rapid proliferation of electric pay-per-mile scooters, Westside vandals are waging a guerrilla war against the devices and destroying them in increasingly imaginative ways — including ...

(323) 957-1884. Nothing Twice With performance artist Alex LeGolvan; part of the Sea-Saw series. Santa Monica Pier, 200 Santa Monica Pier, West End, Santa Monica. Tue.-Wed., 6 p.m. Free; reservations at www.eventbrite.com. An Evening of Hip-Hop and Arabic ...

He is a broadcasting icon whose full-time job is not in broadcasting. He is the director of youth sports for the Santa Monica YMCA. When he’s not providing the soundtrack for USC football games — for which he is paid on a per-game basis — he runs ...

Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, (323) 556-2525, cape-seafood.com. 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays; also 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays at Santa Monica farmers market, Arizona at 3rd Street. Dory Fleet Fish Market, 2111 W.

Pasadena and Santa Monica seem to have a viable solution. It involves safely trimming the roots and replacing the affected sidewalk with recycled tires. Yes, rubber sidewalks. It’s twofold, save the trees and recycle. I am curious if Burbank has ...

“As soon as I saw that Bird was super popular in Santa Monica, I knew it was a big opportunity.” This month, Razor is rolling out its dock-less e-scooters in Long Beach with plans to expand to other cities later this year. The new line, called Razor ...

Tenants include Google, Facebook, Belkin and Sony, making it part of the coastal “Silicon Beach” strip of communities that begins north at Santa Monica. There is already an indication that closing off the streets resonates with the population ...

Through Aug. 18. 6750 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, regenprojects.com. Bob Mizer, “Ambition,” at M+B Photo. Mizer is by now an icon of post-War gay culture, a figure who celebrated the male body and gay male sexuality in magazines such as “Physique ...

byronblatty.com. Santa Monica native Alex Russan has dabbled in coffee and sherry importation; his import company Alexander Jules still specializes in rare batched sherries and obscure Spanish wines. Eventually, he turned toward production to, as he puts ...