• Head to this longtime Lebanese strip mall joint for kebabs and campy birthday fun,Primary Author: Patricia Kelly Yeo

    Head to this longtime Lebanese strip mall joint for kebabs and campy birthday fun

    They go big on birthdays at Marouch, a 41-year-old East Hollywood restaurant at the corner of Santa Monica and Edgemont. When it comes time for cake, a staff member will turn out all the lights, a disco strobe casting rainbows across the room. A 1970s Lebanese pop version of “Happy Birthday to You”

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  • These are the 2024 L.A. Marathon road closures you should avoid,Primary Author: Michael Juliano

    These are the 2024 L.A. Marathon road closures you should avoid

    Good luck to all those running the L.A. Marathon on Sunday. Also, good luck to anyone thinking about driving anywhere near the L.A. Marathon route on Sunday.It’s your friendly annual reminder that thousands of runners will descend on 26.2 miles of L.A.’s streets this weekend, and an even greater mil

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  • At L.A.’s WcDonald’s pop-up, your McNuggets come served atop anime projections,Primary Author: Michael Juliano

    At L.A.’s WcDonald’s pop-up, your McNuggets come served atop anime projections

    WcDonald’s—yes, with a “W”—has popped up with free food in a storefront in a West Hollywood strip mall that’s been flipped into an immersive dining room. Alright, so… what exactly is going on here?Let’s back up first: WcDonald’s has been a fixture in anime and manga for more than four decades, a way

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