Jan 2nd, 2009 · Pink Martini brought its eclectic stylings to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles this New Year's Eve. With a splash of orchestral strings, smooth lyrics and a swig of a cha-cha, Pink Martini had the crowd raising its glasses for more.
Dec 30th, 2008 · This year at NPR Music ends the way the previous 29 have for NPR and its jazz partner WBGO: with live jazz, all night long. Toast of the Nation features jazz groups welcoming the new year across the country, from New York to Los Angeles, Boston to New Orleans. Here's a preview of the night's artists.
Dec 26th, 2008 · Purebred dogs go for top dollar in pet stores around the country, but buyers of cute, cuddly puppies may not know that some come from unregulated breeding mills overseas. In Los Angeles, one recent shipment of dead and ailing puppies from South Korea got the city's attention.
Dec 25th, 2008 · With home values plummeting and credit harder to come by, one homebuyer in Los Angeles is taking advantage of lower real estate prices by bidding on short sales — when the proceeds from a sale fall short of the mortgage balance. Banks are struggling to keep up with the influx of short sales.
Dec 24th, 2008 · As part of NPR's "In Character" Series, Tony Cox profiles Fred Sanford. Sanford, the petulant character on the 1970s NBC sitcom "Sanford and Son," ran an antique shop and junkyard out of his Los Angeles home.
Dec 24th, 2008 · In Los Angeles, the financially troubled Museum of Contemporary Art gets a bailout from billionaire arts patron Eli Broad. He'll match donor funding dollar-for-dollar up to $15 million and will also give MOCA $3 million a year for exhibits over the next five years.
Dec 23rd, 2008 · It's virtually impossible to book a hotel room in D.C. for the inauguration, and planes and trains to the city are largely booked. Ryan Bowen's riding his bike from Los Angeles to the district — what's your plan to get to Washington, and where will you stay once you arrive?
Dec 15th, 2008 · The Los Angeles suburb of South El Monte is instituting a curfew. Not for gangs or rowdy high school kids. The curfew is for Mayor Blanca Figueroa, who has been working late into the night and early morning. She says it allows her to be more productive. The City Council says her nocturnal habits are unsafe. And last week, the council voted to put a curfew on the mayor. She must leave City Hall by 11 pm.