Fairfax

A month ago Dodgers gear festooned with colorful flowers in the unmistakable designs of acclaimed Japanese artist Takashi Murakami sold out in minutes at a pop-up on Fairfax Ave. A couple hundred Angelenos lined up overnight to purchase gear, generating $40 million.

His first restaurant, Madre, debuted in Palms in 2013, and he since has opened locations in Torrance, Fairfax and Santa Clarita.

In a news release, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said that deputies arrested Brocato after conducting a traffic stop, having noted a parked white Ford E-150 van on the 5400 block of Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles.

Either way, it’s where artists like the Red Hot Chili Peppers first became acquainted at Fairfax High School.

Or, they said, history-minded restaurateurs could purchase the business from the Chrys family with the promise of ensuring its survival, as Marc Rose and Med Abrous did for Fairfax restaurant Genghis Cohen: an operation now undergoing its own land sale and relocation.