Running
fromLos Angeles Times
6 days agoPrep talk: Culver City freshman Aliza Rush aims to be top sprinter
Aliza Rush, a freshman sprinter from Culver City, impresses with a 100m time of 11.87 seconds, hinting at future potential in track.
Hayama by Watami, a collaboration between Bar Hayama and Japan-based restaurant group Watami, will open in a space diagonal from Pasta Sisters. At the restaurant, chef Frank "Toshi" Sugiura will work with his daughter Ichigo Sugiura to serve a menu of izakaya and sushi staples, including yakitori, bento boxes, and Japanese-style curry.
L.A.'s Westside is finally getting its first Ikea outpost. The furniture company known for its Swedish meatballs and blocky "Kallax" shelving units has found a home inside the old Helms Bakery complex in Culver City. The store, slated to open this spring, will be its 11th in California and is the company's first "city-center" store in Los Angeles. It will occupy a roughly 40,000-square-foot portion of a lot formerly used by L.A. luxury furniture retailer HD Buttercup, which went out of business last year,