If you’ve spent any time in a Tokyo park, you’ve likely seen one before: a cloud of white fur trotting confidently beside its owner, ears alert, tail curled neatly over its back. The Japanese Spitz is ...

Shinjiro Torii (1879-1962), in an undated portrait. In 1899, Shinjiro Torii opened a small shop in Osaka selling imported wines and spirits. He had noticed something that would shape the next century ...

Scenes of Japanese soccer fans sweeping stadiums and picking up trash after a match first drew public attention in France in 1998 — Japan’s first appearance in the World Cup. The tradition has ...

The music journalist Bob Spitz, a keeper of numerous rock ’n’ roll flames, has turned out a colorful and authoritative new take on a much-documented band. By Leah Greenblatt Leah Greenblatt is a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred By early 1963, the Station Hotel in London had ...

When the e-mail came in from their management last year telling them they were opening for the Foo Fighters, Die Spitz drummer Chloe de St. Aubin started screaming. She was seated next to her bandmate ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Regina Bryant discovered Spitz 10 years ago on one of her regular trips to Salt Lake City, Utah, as a member of the U.S. Army Reserve. Now, the ...

The Rose Bowl property in Pasadena has hosted some of the most iconic performers to come through Los Angeles, and it’s about to add a few names to that list. Zipangu, presented by Goldenvoice and ...

A former Macomb County morgue employee has settled her federal hostile work environment and retaliation lawsuit against the county and the former medical examiner that sprang from a scandal at the ...

When Eleanor Livingston of Die Spitz appears on a video conference call to discuss the band’s upcoming tour in support of their new album “Something to Consume,” she turns on the camera to reveal ...

Veteran restaurant entrepreneurs from Placer County are opening Spitz Mediterranean Street Food’s first Sacramento-area restaurant in their hometown of Roseville. Jaskarn “Jaz” Sibia and Sandeep Gill ...

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