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grains
Food & Living
Upgrading Breakfast with Local Heirloom Grains in Thai Town
Post date:At Friends & Family, a new all-day eatery in East Hollywood, celebrated pastry chef Roxana Jullapat is introducing L.A. to a wider diversity of locally-grown, heirloom grains with her sweet and savory baked goods.
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immigrant culture
The Migrant Kitchen
A James Beard-Nominated Author's Korean-Mexican Food Hidden in a Swapmeet
Post date:Quietly tucked inside of a bustling swapmeet in East Hollywood, you’ll find Nabi, a fast-casual counter serving Korean comfort fare with a Mexican twist. It is owned by a James Beard Award-nominated author of both Korean and Mexican cookbooks.
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History
Lost L.A.
L.A.'s Lost Cahuenga Valley
Post date:Hollywood was once known as "the pride of the Cahuenga Valley." So how did an entire valley vanish from L.A.'s cultural topography?
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iconic neighborhood restaurants
Food
Iconic Neighborhood Restaurants: East Hollywood & Little Armenia
Post date:The people in this neighborhood represent upheavals in practically every part of the world in the last century.
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city council
History & Society
Urban Ryu-newal: A New Era of Asian American Political Representation Begins in L.A.
Post date:In the year of the improbable, the impossible has happened: David Ryu became L.A.'s first Korean American and second Asian American to be elected to the city council.
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hollyhock house
SoCal Connected
The Restoration and Revival of L.A.'s Hollyhock House
Post date:Nic Cha Kim visits the Hollyhock House, one of L.A.'s most iconic homes designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the early 1920s. After a recent $4.4 million dollar renovation project, many of the original features have been restored and are now vie...
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barnsdall art park
Lost L.A.
When East Hollywood's Barnsdall Art Park Was an Olive Orchard
Post date:Before the Hollyhock House, there were olive trees -- a veritable army of them, each spaced 20 feet apart, marching up the hillside in an orderly grid formation.
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commentary
Redefine
The Living Library: Bringing California Native Plants to the Branches
Post date:Libraries are learning institutions. Albeit indirectly, I learned about California native plants through my local library, and the learning continues today.
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engaging spaces
History & Society
Creating Transnational Spaces in Thai Town
Post date:Thai Town is an example of a transnational space as the geographic place that serves as home to Thai immigrants, restaurants, and community organizations.
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commentary
SoCal Focus
Keeping L.A.'s Thai Town Thai
Post date:On any given night, restaurant tables are filled, cash registers ring, and empty street parking spaces are nonexistent. But Thai Town still faces some big challenges.
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Studio City
Food
Food Face-Off: Falafel
Post date:We went to two of the most beloved falafel purveyors in L.A. to find the very best in ancient snack foods.
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East Hollywood
Commentary
L.A. Neighborhood Councils Evade the Ax
Post date:Los Angeles's system of Neighborhood Councils, often severe critics of our highly-paid City Council, managed to evade having their budgets cut by nearly 80 percent through loud citizen activism and complaints this month.