Silver Lake (Staten Island, New York)

A retired social worker -- who reportedly lived alone -- was found dead inside her Staten Island apartment, after neighbors called 911 and reported smoke coming from the ground floor. The victim has been identified as Irma Galindo, 63, of Silver Lake....

RED WINES   Cabernet Sauvignon   Ancient Peaks, $15+, Paso Robles, 2009, 90 pts.  Beringer Founders’ Estate, Under $15, California, 2008, 92 pts. Blackstone, Under $30, Reserve, Sonoma County, 2007, 93 pts. BR Cohn Winery, Under $30,...

Brad Garlinghouse, a Silicon Valley executive brought in to help turn around AOL in 2009, is leaving the struggling Internet company, he confirmed Wednesday. "Hard decision as I'm leaving a bunch of awesome people -- working on some very good stuff -- but...

If the new West Hollywood Library is among the finest public projects to hit Southern California in a decade, what else belongs on that list? Contenders include work by Frederick Fisher, Michael Maltzan and Daly Genik, among others....

It often seems patronizing when New York magazine editors create special L.A. issues, as though the city is really worth exploring only once a year. Namely, in the winter. But Felix Burrichter gets a lot of things right in the......

Listening to Amanda Jo Williams’ rough-shod country-folk is like eating a squirrel stew supper before falling into bed, where you then lie awake and hear the haunted scrabbles of raccoons, coyotes and bears and wonder if you staggered out there,......

The Los Angeles River has made cameo appearances in movies such as "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," "L.A. Story," "Grease," "Transformers 2" and "Point Break." Last weekend, the river took a lead role for a change, in a public art project......

On a recent afternoon, customers of the Los Angeles gourmet shop Joan's on Third were greeted with a one-pound wedge of L'Aigle Noir Roquefort, its blue-speckled innards showcased on a glass pedestal amid tidy piles of other artisan cheeses. Hanging above...

When I moved from Los Angeles to Manhattan, one of the first things I learned was that I had a lot to learn about pizza. One doesn't stand in line but on line; it's not "for here or to go" but "to stay or take away"; and don't order "a piece of pizza" --...

"American Idol" Season 8 contestant Jackie Tohn greeted the panel in New York with her signature quirky-cool style, "What up with the what-ups?" she asked, then went on to a unique song and dance number of Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours." Paula told the seasoned...

The term "guerrilla gardening" evokes a gritty, iconic Banksy image come to life -- fighters in balaclavas, moving in shadows, poised to pitch their grenades. Except these bombs are filled with seeds, not shrapnel. The guerrilla gardening strategy is...

To Paper Magazine's co-founder and editor in chief Kim Hastreiter, it doesn't matter what the economic headlines say -- the need to have that cool thing is timeless, invincible. "People who collect things are nuts. I know because I'm one of those nuts,"...