Rooftop

A new drive-in movie theater is opening atop downtown Los Angeles. On Oct. 28, Electric Dusk Drive-In will debut on the rooftop of a parking garage at the corner of 4th Street and Broadway. The drive-in will project a wide selection of classic films, cult favorites and contemporary blockbusters on a 24 foot by 18 foot screen, complete with carhops taking orders from a snack bar, according to a statement from Electric Dusk Drive-In. Audio from the movie will be transmitted directly to patrons' car radios, but patrons without cars can also watch movies in a designated seating area.

Rihanna tour guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has bought a home in the Hollywood Hills for $2.15 million. The contemporary features a rooftop swimming pool, spa and cabana with 360-degree views that take in the Hollywood sign. There are high ceilings, a bar, a sauna, four bedrooms, five bathrooms and 5,255 square feet of living space. Grandest pool around? Malibu has it The Portuguese guitarist singer-songwriter and producer, 46, gained notice with the hard rock band Extreme, which had the early '90s hits “More Than Words” and “Hole Hearted.” He went on to found numerous bands and has a line of guitars.

The bank heist crew didn't carry demand notes or ever see a bank teller. Their tools of choice were a powered cutting saw, hand-held radios and ladders. They walked away with millions of dollars in recent years by simply cutting through the rooftops of San Gabriel Valley banks under cover of darkness. They made holes in the roofs to access the money and slipped away with bags of cash unnoticed before dawn. They have been responsible for three rooftop heists since August 2011, L.A. County Sheriff's Department officials said.

The bank heist crew didn't carry demand notes or ever see a bank teller. Their tools of choice were a powered cutting saw, hand-held radios and ladders. They walked away with millions of dollars in recent years by simply cutting through the rooftops of San Gabriel Valley banks under cover of darkness. They made holes in the roofs to access the money and slipped away with bags of cash unnoticed before dawn. They have been responsible for three rooftop heists since August 2011, L.A. County Sheriff's Department officials said.

Affirming that the second half of life is more than just "a halfway house to the grave," "Tom Tom on a Rooftop" at Theatre West proves a serviceable, if not particularly original, vehicle for putting a spotlight on the issue of ageism. Daniel Keough's good-natured new comedy is an upbeat urban myth about seniors in a run-down apartment building overcoming the stereotypes they've internalized about growing old.

When it came to transforming a 1940s bungalow into a glamorous Hollywood Hills residence, the Leighs made it a family affair. Garrison Leigh, along with his wife, Patrice, and sons Zachary and Aaron, who all run the real estate development and design firm Good Form, teamed up to develop and design the home -- but not without occasional differences of opinion. Garrison jokes that he got an earful from his sons after he made an executive decision to acid-wash the vein-cut travertine tile on the first floor.

The last thing a New Yorker expects to find atop a massive building in industrial Queens is a farm. We're talking 140 rows of crops, including leafy greens, tomatoes, even fancy Japanese turnips - as well as high-tech irrigation and five plump hens who enjoy a sixth-story view of the Manhattan skyline that any penthouse dweller would pay millions for. The Brooklyn Grange, named before its young founders settled on another borough, is...

Chicago Cubs President Donald Grenesko says he will block a private club's venture of renting out space on a roof with a view of Wrigley Field for parties during ballgames. Grenesko has asked the club's architect to design a barrier aimed at blocking the club's view of the park. But Grenesko says he wants to keep the barrier as small as possible to avoid penalizing residents of other buildings along Sheffield Avenue, whose rooftop viewing he calls "part of the unique charm and character of Wrigley Field."

The bank robber was looking to steal a getaway car and had a choice of two minivans, parked next to each other outside Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld's house here. One was a nondescript silver Toyota Sienna. The other was an old Dodge Caravan decorated with Stars of David and sporting a rooftop ad for a synagogue. Guess which one the robber took. "I don't know what he was thinking," said a mystified Herzfeld, rabbi of Ohev Sholom synagogue. "He thought he would blend right in?" Police say the robber used the synagogue's van when he held up a Commerce Bank in suburban Clinton, Md., on Sept.

(Cincinnati pitcher) Tom Browning spent part of a recent game watching the Reds play the Chicago Cubs from a rooftop across the street from Wrigley Field. The fans on the rooftop enjoyed it, every sports show in the country showed it on their highlights and it made everyone laugh. So what did Red Manager Davey Johnson do? He lectured Browning and fined him $500, saying, "The incident embarrassed me." The NBA would have included the story on its "Inside Stuff" show and played up the entertainment aspect of it. I mean, do you think for a minute that Browning did anything that demeaned the Reds' organization, major league baseball or, God forbid, Davey Johnson?

On an astonishingly busy weekend of dance, Angelenos had the good fortune Saturday to experience two exceptional site-specific performances: the local debut of Trisha Brown's historic “Roof Piece” at the Getty Center and the premiere of Stephan Koplowitz's “Red Line Time,” a marathon circuitous journey on the downtown-to-North Hollywood Metro line. Though sorely overused, the term “experience” is appropriate and deliberate for these pieces. Audiences certainly may choose to watch a site-specific dance with the same mind-set they would if sitting in a comfortable auditorium (minus the cushy chair)

The first time David O. Russell phoned Bradley Cooper, it was midafternoon on a fall day a few years ago, and the topic, ostensibly at least, was Cooper's possible involvement in either the adaptation of the horror-lit mash-up "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" or a couple of other movies Russell had recently written. The connection was spotty, so the actor climbed out onto the roof of his house to keep the conversation going. By the time they said goodbye, the sun had nearly set. Cooper and Russell didn't end up collaborating on any of those projects, but their lengthy exchange that day and subsequent meetings led to Cooper eventually winning the role of Pat Solitano, the bipolar protagonist in Russell's chaotic comedy "Silver Linings Playbook.

The developers of a proposed $31-million hotel near Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles are ready to seek city approval to construct an indoor-outdoor complex in the brick shell of a condemned apartment building. Plans call for gutting the empty three-story building at 1130 S. Hope St. that was erected more than a century ago and is no longer structurally sound. The developers would build inside the perimeter of the old exterior walls, creating a landscaped open-air courtyard leading to a new tower with 44 guest rooms.

A new drive-in movie theater is opening atop downtown Los Angeles. On Oct. 28, Electric Dusk Drive-In will debut on the rooftop of a parking garage at the corner of 4th Street and Broadway. The drive-in will project a wide selection of classic films, cult favorites and contemporary blockbusters on a 24 foot by 18 foot screen, complete with carhops taking orders from a snack bar, according to a statement from Electric Dusk Drive-In. Audio from the movie will be transmitted directly to patrons' car radios, but patrons without cars can also watch movies in a designated seating area.

Party like a celebrity at the W Scottsdale , then shop 'til you drop at the Arizona desert city's chic and trendy boutiques. The hotel, located in Old Town Scottsdale, is modern and hip, with a restaurant, spa and three bars, including a rooftop lounge and pool complete with cabanas and sand.   The deal: If you hate your age, W Hotel Scottsdale has a deal that will make you smile. You can pay your birth year on the second night of a two-night stay. Born in 1970? That means you'll pay $70 for that night.

Although Jamie and Michael went to the same high school and had mutual friends, they somehow avoided an introduction until a decade after they graduated, when they stumbled upon each other at a Halloween party. Jamie was dressed as a deviled egg, which must have been Michael's favorite food because he followed her around all night (much to Jamie's annoyance). Michael had a chance to make a better impression a year later at a friend's engagement party and took Jamie out on their first date on November 17, 2009.

So much for the rooftop party under sunny skies. As Angelenos know, it really does rain in California, at least sometimes. And Wednesday, the day of Aviva's annual fashion show, was one of those times. But for Aviva Family and Children's Services ? which provides counseling and educational programs for adolescents at risk ? the show had to go on. Event co-chair Susan Casden said she waited until 4 p.m. the previous day before moving the event from upstairs on the rooftop pool deck to inside at the London West Hollywood Hotel.

Spring is here and all you want to do is hang around in your bikini and look appealingly pouty. Oh, and you want to do that with a drink in your hand, preferably poolside at a rooftop bar near the coast. That's where Rooftop 360, the new rooftop pool deck and bar at Avia Long Beach hotel comes in handy. Opened late last month, Rooftop 360 gives guests (and not just those registered at the hotel) the option to rent a cozy cabana for $25 an hour, or to just while away the time sinking into a sofa or sexy lounger.

Former "Baywatch" babe Pamela Anderson is looking for a summer renter with $50,000 a month to spare for her place in a gated community in Malibu. The teak-sided house, built in 1959, is entered through a gated courtyard planted with lavender and olive trees. Some 2,750 square feet of living space includes an open plan living room and kitchen, a home theater and furnishings such as a baby grand piano. There are three bedrooms, 21/2 bathrooms and a sauna. Outdoor amenities include a rooftop deck and a swimming pool.

SACRAMENTO - California is poised to more than double its targeted electricity output from rooftop solar panels. The state Public Utilities Commission on Thursday tweaked its rules to authorize an increase in the number of residential, commercial and government buildings that can participate in a program that allows solar users to lower their electricity bills by getting credit for excess power sent back to the grid. The move raises the maximum total capacity of all the state's rooftop solar systems to about 5,200 megawatts from a current 2,400 megawatts.