Adrienne Crew

LAist did a double-take while scanning the seafood counter at Whole Foods on Fairfax last night. Crab was in season and the store signs offered the treat at $5.99 a pound, which is pretty good considering how overpriced items are in that store. That means it's CRAB SEASON! This 11/20/2004 Daily News article "Hectic crab season is depressing early prices" confirms the obvious: The season-opening fishing frenzy for the much-desired delicacy causes a glut...

Terry Melcher, the ultimate California kid, died of cancer last Friday night in Beverly Hills. The Los Angeles Times described him as a "surfin'-era singer, songwriter and recording executive who produced the Byrds' No. 1 hits "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Turn, Turn, Turn" and co-wrote the Beach Boys' "Kokomo." Melcher provided the template for the Angeleno archtype: the Celebrity Scion who thrived behind the scenes of the entertainment world and made a lasting impact on...

November 22 at 7:00 Dutton's Brentwood Patti Davis signs "The Long Goodbye" Ronald Reagan's daughter writes about losing her father to Alzheimer's disease. Monday, November 22 at 7:00 Dutton's Brentwood Dutton's Brentwood Books: 11975 San Vicente Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90049 Perhaps Ms. Davis can educate all of us about the effects of this horrible disease and inform us exactly when her father was diagnosed with the affliction....

If you hate the winter holidays, now would be a good time to head for a cave. Weekends are filling up with Southland holiday rites and rituals. Pasadena's annual Doo Dah Parade is Sunday, November 21 at 11:30 AM. The parade takes place in the Old Pasadena district. It begins at Raymond and Holly Streets, goes south on Raymond to Colorado Boulevard, west on Colorado Blvd. to Pasadena Avenue. The event started out as...

Associated Press reports that a graduate student, a doctoral candidate at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, was convicted today of firebombing dozens of sport utility vehicles and causing more than $2 million in damage in an eco-vandalism rampage, but was cleared of the most serious charge against him. The report, posted on LATimes.com, says the charges against Cottrell, stemmed from a series of firebombings in August 2003 at dealerships and homes in...

On the first anniversary of Leni Riefenstahl's death, the Goethe-Institut and UCLA Film and Television Archives, supported by the Fahey/Klein Gallery, team up for a tribute to a filmmaker, whose daringly innovative documentaries earned her both acclaim as a cinematic genius and contempt as a propagandist for Hitler. Branded as a Nazi after 1945, she never made her way back into the movie industry. However, her revolutionary film techniques deeply influenced later generations of...

Graham Crackers?

Well, just as one door opens and another door closes for fans of old Southern California movie palaces. Just as the Fox Fullerton finds a white knight that saves it from eradication, the Fox Theater in Riverside loses a last minute reprieve from a forced sale by the Riverside City Council. "The Riverside City Council voted Tuesday to seize the Fox Theater, saying the current owner had failed to restore the historic vaudeville stage...

PreserveLA.com reports that the Fullerton Historic Theatre Foundation received a $700,000 cashiers check from an anonymous donor, putting them over the top for the purchase price of the Fox Fullerton Theatre. The same donor also has pledged another $300,000 gift for next year. Wonder if the anonymous donor will pick up that guest appearance on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" that the Foundation is auctioning off on Thursday, November 18th. The generous but shy donor can...

The November 2004 issue of the Boulevard Sentinel includes Tom Topping's story, "Food Fight Takes Deadly Bite," about a fatal food fight in Highland Park. Jorge Rivas was shot to death in his bakery on York Blvd on October 22, 2004. Police aprehended as Robert Awwad, who owned a 99 Cent Store next door to the bakery where Mr. Rivas worked. Topping wrote, "According to neighbors, the two had had a long running business...