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The news spread like wildfire, and it was all about flame-grilled chicken: Beloved chain restaurant Koo Koo Roo is coming back under new ownership. The prolific chain with a stronghold in L.A. ran from 1988 to 2014, and though the specialty was skinless grilled chicken, its countless sides, salads, sandwiches and other items from the restaurant with a cult following have echoed in the minds of fans for years since the last store shuttered in Santa Monica a decade ago. “I feel like I’m a steward of something very important,” said new owner and Chief Executive Daniel Farasat. “I’ve been very protective of the brand and making sure that we bring it back the right way. … It’s really an ode to L.A.” Farasat, who acquired the company in 2022, has been plotting Koo Koo Roo’s reprisal and while many of his plans are still in the works — such as specific menu items and the first brick-and-mortar location — he knows he’ll be serving the chain’s original recipes, along with a few new items, with a focus on natural foods and local sourcing. Though

That fetid gust of hot air you may have detected wafting from Republican and conservative social media postings over the last day or two was a fabricated claim that Kamala Harris is plotting to tax everyone’s unrealized capital gains if she becomes president. That would be a departure from current law, which taxes capital gains only when the underlying assets are sold, or “realized.” That it’s a mythical allegation hasn’t stopped right-wingers and GOP functionaries from hand-wringing over the economic implications of any such change, and over the purportedly horrible impact on average Americans. Whenever there is in any country, uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right. — Thomas Jefferson Here, for instance, is the far-right blowhard Mike Cernovich, in tweeting Tuesday on X: “If you own a house, subtract what you paid for it from the Zillow estimate. Be prepared to pay 25% of that in a check to the IRS. That’s your unrealized capital gains taxed owed under the Kamala Harris proposal.” And Chicago venture investor Robert

Gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik, fresh off multiple medals and internet fame as the “pommel horse guy” at the Paris Olympics, is now in pursuit of a new prize: the Mirrorball Trophy. Nedoroscik will be among the celebrities set to strut their stuff on “Dancing With the Stars” when the long-running dance competition series returns in the fall. Nedoroscik said he wants “have fun” with his upcoming prime time spotlight. “I want to bring some of that gymnastics” to the dance competition, he told “Good Morning America” on Thursday. “Maybe a backflip or handstand.” The two-time bronze medalist, 25, will be the first male gymnast to compete on the show. Almost since its debut, “DWTS” has spotlighted female Olympic gymnasts including Nastia Liukin, Mary Lou Retton and Laurie Hernandez. Gymnastics G.O.A.T. Simone Biles and teammate Suni Lee, who won several medals at the 2024 Olympics, are also “DWTS” alums. At the Paris Olympics, Nedoroscik’s online fame was twofold. In the first week of the Games, the pommel horse specialist went viral for how he kept himself busy — cheering for teammates, carrying bags and seemingly napping— while

Joe Elliott is sitting in a room at the Four Seasons in downtown Minneapolis, eight or nine hours before he’ll climb onstage with his band Def Leppard for a gig at the Minnesota Twins’ baseball stadium. “See it over there?” he asks on a Zoom call, tilting his laptop so that the camera takes in Target Field through a large window behind him. “Green Day was there on Saturday. And over here,” he adds, swinging the camera across downtown to U.S. Bank Stadium, “is where Metallica just did two nights. Crazy weekend here.” Twenty years ago, few would’ve predicted that Def Leppard would still be in that kind of mix. The British pop-metal outfit exploded with 1983’s 10-times-platinum “Pyromania” and its 12-times-platinum follow-up, 1987’s “Hysteria,” both of which the band polished to a high-tech gleam with its famously exacting producer, Mutt Lange. Inevitably, the group’s career cooled throughout the ’90s and early 2000s as peacocking hard rock gave way to grunge and pop-punk. But then things started heating up again for Def Leppard, which eventually got back into arenas and stadiums armed with enduring tunes

Para celebrar el lanzamiento de su nueva producción musical “Momentos”, los integrantes de La Original Banda El Limón viajaron desde Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, hasta la ciudad de Escondido, CA, para conocer de cerca a los nuevos residentes del San Diego Zoo, los osos pandas Yun Chuan y Xin Bao. La Original Banda El Limón que estuvo anoche presentando su álbum en Los Ángeles e interpretando sus canciones frente a los medios, se convirtieron en los primeros artistas mexicanos en visitar el nuevo hábitat ‘Panda Ridge’ lo cual resultó para ellos toda una experiencia. “Es un regalo de la vida el poder observarlos, qué interesante que se puedan combinar los mundos de la música y la naturaleza. Es una bendición que te hace ser consciente sobre la existencia de un mundo que tenemos que preservar”, expresó Juan Lizárraga en un comunicado. Yun Chuan el oso macho de 5 años de edad que llegó como residente del San Diego Zoo. (San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance ) “Me siento comprometido a que La Original Banda El Limón sea portavoz de esta conciencia en la manera y medida que

A city in Orange County has a plan to hold parents responsible for damages and crimes committed by e-bikers as emails about their bad behavior mount. The Mayor of San Clemente said the crackdown on e-bikes is necessary because unsafe riders are creating dangerous situations on the streets. “It’s just that the volume of emails I get on that issue … they’re increasing,” Mayor Victor Cabral said during a City Council meeting on Tuesday. Nighttime revelers in Hermosa Beach sent scrambling after an E-bike rider tosses illegal fireworks in crowded entertainment district on June 8, 2024. (Courtesy of John Family) Nighttime revelers in Hermosa Beach sent scrambling after an E-bike rider tosses illegal fireworks in crowded entertainment district on June 8, 2024. (John Fahmy) Nighttime revelers in Hermosa Beach sent scrambling after an E-bike rider tosses illegal fireworks in crowded entertainment district on June 8, 2024. (John Fahmy) Police are searching for vandals on e-bikes who struck the Great Park in Irvine. (Irvine Police Department) Police are searching for vandals on e-bikes who struck the Great Park in Irvine. (Irvine Police Department) Police are searching

Most people know of someone who has run a marathon, but imagine doing four in a row. That’s what one San Diego man did when he set out to run all the way to Los Angeles. “[I had this] crazy idea of just running from my front door to my girlfriend’s front door in L.A.,” Aron Greene, 26, said. Crazy is an understatement, especially for someone who just started running marathons only two years ago. Pro Padel player prepares for PPL at Barnes Tennis Center “I do that drive a few times a month,” Greene said. “I was sitting on the [Interstate] 5 in traffic, I was like ‘I bet I could get there faster if I ran.'” To complete the 100-mile trek from San Diego’s Pacific Beach neighborhood to Los Angeles, Greene needed help. Jocko Willink, a former U.S. Navy SEAL and founder of the energy drink brand JOCKO Fuel, stepped up. JOCKO Fuel, who is also a partner of San Diego FC, covered all expenses Greene needed to cover in order to train and eventually make the journey up north. “They did everything