Category: Being Angeleno
Pete Aguilar & The Latino Presidency
By TONY CASTRO ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 20, 2009, I am about 75 yards away from where Barack Obama would soon place his hand on the Bible used by Abraham Lincoln at his 1861 inauguration and...
IF MARILYN HAD BEEN A CAR, SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN A FERRARI
From the debut of “Magnum PI” in 1980, Hollywood began an unrequited love affair with the Ferrari, objectifying, worshipping it and turning it into a glorified sex symbol much as it did Marilyn...
DALLAS 60 YEARS LATER: BOB JACKSON AND ‘THE SHOT’
The national tragedy of November 22, 1963, affected all of us in different ways. For me, it intensified my childhood dream of wanting to write and later of wanting to report the news. By TONY CASTRO...
Memories of Ringo and the Carson ‘Tonight Show’ Green Room
Britt Ekland opened her dressing room door and grabbed my arm. She stood in the doorway clad only from the waist down, while holding her blouse close to her chest and leaving little to my...
Halloween at Outfitters Wig on Hollywood Boulevard
“The wig has gone mainstream and celebrates performance, creativity,” says Rebecca Sikora known professionally as Bebe Mcphereson, a former employee of the house, who bought the business and has...
Burt Young, RIP, Gentle Gangster. I Will Forever Adore You
By VICKI ABELSON Burt Young...brilliant actor, gifted fine artist, devoted father and grandfather, and a gentle, loving, attentive friend. I was so blessed to meet him, thank you, Candy, and get to...
Seven Thousand, Five Hundred Miles Away
and breathtakingly close to home By EMMA CAMPBELL WEBSTER I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT I’d made another soup, but then war broke out. I was going to tell you that I’d made it from a recipe in a...
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Announces 2024 Royal Court
Members of the 2024 Royal Court will serve as ambassadors of the Tournament of Roses, the Pasadena community, and the greater Los Angeles area, and will each receive a $7,500 educational...
The Great de León: A Reckoning for Los Angeles
How Los Angeles deals with Kevin de León and therefore with itself will show it to be either the Tinseltown viewed by its detractors — selfish and exclusive — or the city seen by its...
How to build a car wash through deceit and misinformation
You would think a simple project to add a car wash in West Hollywood would be easy to see and understand. But after I went through the appeal process it was discovered that something was amiss in...
‘Queen of the Rumba’ Premieres in L.A.
LOS ANGELES — CASA 0101 Theater will host the world premiere production tomorrow night of Founding Artistic Director Josefina Lopez’s “Queen of the Rumba, A Play With...
Antonio Villaraigosa: ‘I Want My Picture on That Wall’
Once Jerry Brown’s hangout, Lucy’s El Adobe opens its doors to the new favorite son. By Tony Castro Columnist, Los Angeles Daily News The story appeared January 8, 2006, but it is published with...
Does the Songwriter of ‘I Love L.A.’ Actually Love L.A.?
The city’s anthem is unmistakably tongue-in-cheek. By Soumya Karlamangla Published Nov. 19, 2021Updated Nov. 26, 2021 Republished with permission of The New York Times Los Angeles hasn’t...