Brian Champlin, Author at WE LIKE L.A.

16 Things You Should’ve Read About L.A. This Week But Might Have Missed [9-5-2014]

This week’s highlights include the escape and capture of an albino cobra in Thousand Oaks, the eruption of a 100

Hat-tip to KCRW for putting together this awesome responsive map study of Los Angeles dogs, which was inspired by

Over my decade long tenure in Los Angeles there have been many questions I’ve asked myself about this city. Whether

To paraphrase Boromir, one does not simply meme about Los Angeles. These things have to be clever, honest, heartfelt, and definitely

So there’s this… a video capturing the sheared hydrant that took place today off the 405 freeway at approximately 3:45pm.

I have fond memories of a loft I used to rent in downtown Long Beach. Big windows that let sunshine

[UPDATE: This event was originally scheduled to be on Sep. 27th but has been pushed back to October due to

Hat-tip to the folks over at Munchies for putting together this great video tutorial of chef Naomichi Yasuda schooling a

Because of strong winds on Friday the giant rubber duck on display in San Pedro has been deflated according to

I’ve decided that since I spend so much time reading, researching, and following stories about L.A. it would probably be

The closing of Colossus earlier this month after a 36 year run at Magic Mountain certainly brought about laments from more

Twitter is how news happens nowadays, and as more people join on to the social network, more voices are created,