LAS VEGAS—UCLA’s coaching staff broke down the X’s and O’s during a break in the action in the first half of the Pac-12 tournament’s second semifinal game. But there was little coach Steve Alford and his assistants could offer for improvement, as the Bruins were walloping the Stanford Cardinal on the court, never trailing by […]
Author Archives: Brandon Choe
UCLA men’s basketball defeats Oregon in quarterfinals of PAC-12 tournament
LAS VEGAS — One team beat No. 3 Arizona in its final regular season game. The other lost by 18 to a win-starved Washington State team. On Thursday, the two were indistinguishable. The truth of Oregon being eliminated made UCLA’s Saturday blunder in Pullman, Wash. feel, in hindsight, stranger than fiction. Find the full story […]
Sand volleyball wins first game of 2014 season
Though the faces may be new and the court may be different, the UCLA sand volleyball team looked right at home Thursday as the Bruins defeated the Cal State Northridge Matadors 3-2 in their first match of the season. In all, seven different Bruins made their UCLA sand volleyball debut. However, UCLA was a far […]
Family business works with hand crafted jewelry
Straightening the tortoise shell-rimmed glasses over the bridge of her nose, she eases herself onto the seat in front of her work table and picks up the scalpel with her fair, wrinkled hands to cut the sheet of wax. She adjusts the red rusting lamp that hovers over the desk, which is cluttered with hand-worn […]
BarbecueLA: Moodaepo II
It only took a moment to realize why my first experience with Korean barbecue held such an air of déjà vu. The cavernous, dimly lit room of Moodapo II – filled with pulsing dance music, videos and Friday-night revelers – felt less like an old-school restaurant and more like a Las Vegas club. I’ve been told this flashy style is far from standard in the Korean barbecue world, but the festive atmosphere of this Koreatown staple served only to enhance the indulgent nature of the feast.
Fathers support each other through Project Fatherhood
The men gathered together in a cramped auditorium and began to dig into their plates piled with mashed potatoes, green beans and hamburger patties. Some dressed in business suits, others in plain white T-shirts and jeans. They weren’t all related by blood, but they laughed and joked as if they grew up together. Jorja Leap, […]
BarbecueLA: Phillips Bar-B-Que
Much has been made of the barbecue sauce at Phillip’s, easily one of LA’s most beloved Southern-style barbecue institutions. The restaurant’s popularity hit critical mass after Jonathan Gold waxed poetic about it in 2004, but it had been a neighborhood favorite for years before. The resultant long wait, which most regular customers know to expect, is a one trademark/quirk of this takeout-only joint.