A Venice Neighborhood Council meeting on Feb. 23 turned heated as residents confronted officials and nonprofit staff over encampments and shelter capacity.

Napa’s Gott’s Roadside opens its first Los Angeles location at The Original Farmers Market on March 6 with burgers, shakes and a Strauss soft‑serve window.

An eight‑story, 154‑unit mixed‑use building is proposed at 2435 S. Military Ave., with 17 below‑market units tied to city incentives and ground‑floor retail. The filing is the latest in a cluster of Pico Boulevard projects.

Council will consider a $590,000 Santa Monica Boulevard safety study and zoning changes designed to speed conversions of vacant retail into restaurants.

John and Jane Sungkamee have brought Emporium Thai Market to Sawtelle, expanding their Westwood outpost into a dining-and-drink concept with Southern Thai dishes and cocktails. Reservations and menus are live online.

The Win‑Dow is opening a Montana Avenue window in mid‑March, bringing its affordable smashburgers and fried chicken sandwiches to 930 Montana Ave. Banners are already up on the storefront.

Pop Mart has leased the Slash building at 3534 Hayden Ave in Culver City, establishing a Los Angeles corporate hub in the Hayden Tract creative district.

LAFD units aided Culver City firefighters at the Target inside Westfield Culver City after an “outside city” structure fire was reported Thursday night.

UCLA Health is converting the former Olympia Medical Center into a 119‑bed Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Mid‑Wilshire, including a 20‑bed outpatient stabilization unit.

A Beverly Hills fixture, 208 Rodeo will close in March after 35 years; owners cite an ongoing landlord dispute. The announcement leaves a Rodeo Drive staple's fate unclear.

A Mar Vista street taco stand known for Oaxacan grilled meats quietly opened a Lincoln Boulevard outpost this weekend. The family-run vendor staged a soft opening in Venice.

Public notices at 1403 Third Street Promenade name ViviBowl as a takeout tenant, moving into a long-empty unit next to a queued Raising Cane’s.

On the L.A. Westside, homeowners are increasingly renovating to 'trade up' instead of moving. Builders and permitting shifts are reshaping neighborhoods from Venice to the Palisades.