The Sunset Strip Was Once a Gamblers’ Playground. Could Its Future Be a Return to the Past?
With a slew of new upscale hotels coming to the Sunset Strip and the number of visitors to the boulevard […]
With a slew of new upscale hotels coming to the Sunset Strip and the number of visitors to the boulevard […]
The attempted murder of a rap mogul Suge Knight in a Sunset Strip nightclub early Sunday morning has striking parallels […]
Movie producer Howard Hughes, then America’s most famous millionaire, spent his last years in the throes of what many believe […]
In 1951, Ciro’s owner Herman Hover booked Lili St. Cyr, a high-class stripper, to perform in his world-renown venue, making […]
Mickey Cohen assumed control of the East Coast syndicate’s interests in Southern California not long after the assassination of Benjamin […]
On the morning of May 5, 1948, dozens of powerful Angelenos — movie stars, moguls and other movers and shakers […]
The mother of all celebrity brawls occurred on the balcony of bandleader Tommy Dorsey’s apartment at 1220 Sunset Plaza Drive* […]
On May 25, 1944, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, the infamous gangster, was arrested in the luxurious Sunset Tower Apartments building on […]
On a quiet night in November 1954, Florence Kotz awoke to the sound of someone taking an ax to her […]
On New Year’s Eve 1945, a Hollywood society crowd celebrated at an opulently appointed gambling club on the Sunset Strip […]