Little Italy

The Coast Creative RakiRaki Ramen rolls out a temple to vegetables The Yasai gets underway in Kearny Mesa this weekend, bringing Japanese sensibilities and ingredients to vegan cuisine. The eatery replaces Pokirrito on Convoy Street where it was previously pa…

Harumama and Blue Ocean Sushi land on Prospect Street Two popular Asian eateries have combined in downtown La Jolla to form a powerhouse pairing as the owners of Blue Ocean Robata & Sushi Bar in Carlsbad and Harumama, which has locations in Little Italy and C…

Get details on restaurants cited by health inspectors.  (Photo: Getty Images) Get details on restaurants cited by Maricopa County inspectors for four or more priority violations the week of Oct. 21 and Oct. 28. A priority violation is a major violation tha…

The Irishman vs. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Its Scorsese vs. Tarantino. DiCaprio vs. De Niro. East Coast vs. West Coast. Extended movie running times vs. tragically weak bladders. For the moment at least, this years Oscar race for best picture appears t…

Martin Scorsese is trending on Twitter for denouncing superhero movies as being more like theme parks than films because Cinema is an art form that brings you the unexpected. And yet the directors The Irishman proves that the expected can have its cinematic p…

Schenectady wins $10 million in state money for downtown projects

Ottawa police homicide detectives continue to search for a motive in the slaying of a 62-year-old construction worker inside his Little Italy apartment last week. Coworkers continue to mourn Brian Blondin, who was found stabbed to death inside his home on Si…

The extension of Herb & Wood opens today Herb & Sea, the North County counterpart to Herb & Wood, Brian Malarkey’s warmly-received comeback in Little Italy, has arrived in downtown Encinitas. This time around, the Puffer Malarkey Collective, the chef’s partne…

Ottawa police detectives were busy on Saturday, working two homicides. The suspect in one case turned herself in Friday at Elgin Street police headquarters with a defence lawyer at her side. Nichole Hover, 44, surrendered just past suppertime after contactin…

Family and friends of the man stabbed to death in Ottawa's ByWard Market Thursday night say he was a "loving father" who "had a big heart." Austin Simon was stabbed outside the Shepherds of Good Hope shelter on Murray Street near King Edward Avenue around 10…