In 1967, Robby Krieger, the guitarist for L.A. band the Doors, wrote the hit single “Light My Fire” in the living room of his parents’ Pacific Palisades home. This week, …
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L.A.’s architecturally significant houses destroyed in fires
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesLos Angeles has Frank Gehry’s glorious Walt Disney Concert Hall, the space-age wonder of the LAX Theme Building and the stack-of-vinyl needle drop that is the Capitol Records building. For …
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‘Are you OK?’ L.A. is being inundated with messages asking if we’re safe
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesQuestions abound around the wildfires still burning their way across Los Angeles, obliterating entire neighborhoods with an unfathomable speed and ferocity. What started the fires? Could we have avoided the …
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Sam Moore, half of ’60s R&B duo Sam & Dave, dies at 89
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSam Moore, who as half of the 1960s R&B duo Sam & Dave sang gritty but hook-filled hits including “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Coming,” died Friday in Coral …
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As L.A. fires raged, water drop videos became sweet revenge
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesLook, up in the sky. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a Super Scooper water drop! The most memorable battle scenes exist in the pivot — the moment when …
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How the Palisades, Eaton fires are affecting L.A. theaters
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesPasadena Playhouse producing artistic director Danny Feldman first had the idea years ago: concert stagings of classic American musicals, each featuring an all-star cast and a full orchestra. The Tony-winning …
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Hoda Kotb’s last ‘Today’: Fallon, Gifford, Kermit say goodbye
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jones“Today” show co-host Hoda Kotb was celebrated Friday with an hours-long send-off — termed a “Hoda-bration” —to mark her final episode hosting the flagship NBC morning show. Naturally, the network …
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Anita Bryant dead: Singer who rallied against gay rights was 84
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesNEW YORK — Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma and popular singer who became known over the second half of her life for her outspoken opposition to gay rights, has died. …
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A culture that’s ready for a different kind of closeup
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesBook Review Hello Stranger: Musings on Modern Intimacies By Manuel BetancourtCatapult: 240 pages, $27If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose …
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Netflix-operated Bay Theater survived Palisades fire, owner says
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAmid the devastation of downtown Pacific Palisades caused by this week’s firestorm, the Bay Theater has emerged relatively unscathed. While nearby buildings were reduced to ash, developer Rick Caruso, who …