Fiona Ng

4 weeks ago | laist.com | Fiona Ng

Only 7% of LAist readers currently donate to fund our journalism. Help raise that number, so our nonprofit newsroom stays strong in the face of federal cuts. Donate now. After the January fires, Brian Clasby and his business partner Gavin Gottlich started hearing about people who lost everything — including vinyl collections that took years to build. That detail screamed out at the two. They run the music consultant firm, Lunch Club Projects, and is well connected in the industry.

1 month ago | laist.com | Fiona Ng

At around 10:44 p.m. last night, a SpaceX spacecraft returned to earth, splashing down off the coast of Oceanside and sending a loud boom that rang across Southern California — and the Interweb. The private space company's Dragon Capsule was carrying 6,700 pounds of equipment and cargo to earth from the International Space Station, according to NASA. The capsule originally took off from the Kennedy Space Center on April 21.

1 month ago | laist.com | Fiona Ng

As one of Los Feliz's most walkable strips, Hillhurst Avenue has a lot to offer. The thoroughfare connects to Griffith Park and boasts a number of restaurants, shops and cool hangouts. Soon, a new business is opening up — not unusual for any neighborhood. But this particular addition, a Philz Coffee that's taking over the space once occupied by gourmet butcher McCall's, is raising a blunt question: Are there too many coffee spots on Hillhurst?

1 month ago | laist.com | Fiona Ng

Southern California’s air, light and space have inspired countless artists — James Turrell, David Hockney and Ed Ruscha to name just a few. And a new exhibit at Perrotin Los Angeles wants to show L.A. transplant Young-Il Ahn as a painter who also has something to say about the poetry of this place. Much of the Korean American abstract painter’s work was inspired by the natural elements of Los Angeles, a city he immigrated to from Korea in 1966.

1 month ago | laist.com | Fiona Ng

One person is dead after an explosion rocked the City of Palm Springs this morning. The City of Palm Spring said in a statement that the blast happened just before 11 a.m. on North Indian Canyon Drive near East Tachevah Drive. The blast happened near a fertility clinic, Amy Blaisdell, the city's chief communications officer, told LAist.