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Joe Coulombe, the founder of Trader Joe’s, has passed away on Friday at his Pasadena, California home. Coulombe was 89 years old. Coulombe’s son, Joe Coulombe, Jr., confirmed his father’s death. Per Joe Jr., his father died after battling a “long illness.” Coulombe started developing the idea for Trader Joe’s back in 1967. After 7-Eleven stores started to flood Southern California, […]
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating allegations that deputies shared photos of the crash site where Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others were killed. It’s uncertain who took the pictures, but first responders were talking about it two days after the crash, according to the Los Angeles Times. At least one […]
The motive behind Pop Smoke‘s murder is still in question as the Los Angeles police try to shuffle through evidence. No arrests have been made in Pop Smoke’s murder because police are still trying to decipher if the incident was a random robbery or a targeted crime, The New York Times reports. Shortly after Smoke’s death, […]
Kobe Bryant was a true renaissance man. Not only was he one of the greatest basketball players of all time, but he was also well-versed in the arts. He may have even had a rap career if a certain legend of the genre didn’t intervene. During a recent conversation with Entertainment Tonight, LL Cool J recalled […]
Stars and fans swarmed the Staples Center for the public memorial service of Kobe and Gianna Bryant on Monday. This celebration of life was opened by a performance from Beyonce. Beyoncé decided to eulogize Kobe and Gianna by singing “XO,” from her 2013 BEYONCÉ album. “I’m here because I love Kobe, and this was one of his favorite […]
One day after accepting his first Academy Award for Best Actor, Joaquin Phoenix rescued a cow and her newborn calf from a slaughterhouse in Pico Rivera, California, and transported them to a facility ran by Farm Sanctuary where they will be cared for in a far more humane manner. After some spirited conversations with Anthony Di Maria, president and CEO of the slaughterhouse, Phoenix believes that the two […]
In the wake of Pop Smoke’s death, Los Angeles native Blueface decided to offer some advice to artists coming to stay in the City of Angels. On his Instagram Story, Blueface urged artists to tap in with people that they know from Los Angeles to ensure that they are properly protected. Image via Instagram/bluefacebleedem “People think Cali/LA […]
The world is still reeling from the passing of Kobe Bryant. An avid basketball fan and son of Chicago, former president Barack Obama used his speech during the NBA All-Star Weekend Newsmaker Brunch to acknowledge Kobe and Gianna Bryant’s deaths, as well as the seven others killed during the helicopter accident. “That loss is something that I know […]
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently shelled out $165 million to buy the Warner Estate in Beverly Hills, a sprawling nine-acre estate that belonged to media mogul David Geffen, the Wall Street Journal reports. It is now the most expensive property purchased in Los Angeles, surpassing the Chartwell in Bel-Air, which was bought for about $150 million in December by Lachlan Murdoch, son of News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch. Geffen […]
A TSA agent was arrested on Thursday for making a woman reveal her breasts twice during a security screening at Los Angeles International Airport, the Associated Press reports. Johnathon Lomeli has been accused of requiring a woman to open her shirt so he could look inside her bra, then making a bogus claim that it was […]
