The Redondo Beach gastropub Hudson House has given chefs Brooke Williamson and Nick Roberts the night off and has invited The Grilled Cheese Truck to serve up melted, gooey goodness for its customers. The bar will be open to help pair the sandwiches with the right beer, wine or cocktail. 5-11 pm tonight. more ›

If there's one scene Hollywood actors aren't eager to rehearse, it's the one where they march back and forth in front of studios in shifts, carrying signs and accepting honks and donuts from sympathetic supporters. It's something the Screen Actors Guild is hoping to avoid, particularly in the wake of the lengthy and costly WGA strike that held the local staple industry and its workers hostage for 100 days starting last fall. more ›