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Photos: LA street vendors

The last couple of years, we’ve all heard a lot (maybe too much) about Los Angeles’ hipster gourmet food trucks and how the trucks have made the city the tastemaker of the American street food scene....

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Today’s News: Terror suspects arrested; Christmas displays out in Santa...

Terror arrests. Four Southern California men have been charged with plotting to kill Americans overseas by joining al Qaeda and the Taliban. A federal complaint unsealed in Riverside says one-time...

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The gift of giving

I just came home from the grocery store, where I picked up the turkey I’ll prepare and serve Thursday for a rag-tag group of friends, their family members, and friends. Some people have had a rough...

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How are you cooking your Turkey?

Turkey. Photo by jdolenga via Flickr Over at The New York Times, Mark Bittman says that we should stop wasting so much poorly cooked Turkey and focus more on sweet potatoes. And CNN has a cringe-worthy...

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Today’s News: Communities Feed homeless on Thanksgiving; Cops vow heavy Black...

Happy Thanksgiving. From Skid Row to the San Fernando Valley, thousands of homeless people will get traditional Thanksgiving dinners today. Major League Baseball donated $10,000 to help feed up to...

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Today’s News: Supreme Court mulls Prop. 8 ruling; Villaraigosa touts Port of...

Defining marriage. The U.S. Supreme Court could jump into the fray over the same-sex marriage this week. The justices will consider several cases, including one stemming from Prop. 8, which outlawed...

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Ports slowed by walkout; Key vote on desalination plant; Fighting over foie gras

Port dispute. Seven of the eight terminals at the Port of Los Angeles and several others at the Port of Long Beach are idle this morning. Longshoremen are honoring picket lines thrown up by about 70...

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Today’s News: 1,500 guns; Bird flap; Grand Central redo

Gun dump. A pair of gun buyback events netted more than 1,500 firearms, including several dozen assault weapons. The number might have been even higher had the city not run out of gift cards. L.A....

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Map: Where is your favorite restaurant?

Where do you like to eat? Our friends over at Good Food asked their audience which side of town they preferred and what their favorite restaurants are. You can add yours, too! Good Food jumped into the...

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What’s for lunch? A new play looks at the Cheetos-versus-kale conundrum

We’ve been eagerly following the Hunger Cycle, a series of nine plays to be commissioned and produced by Cornerstone Theater over six years—all in the service of shining a spotlight on some of the...

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How to feed 8,000 people, locally and sustainably

The idea sounded simple enough: to feed the attendees of a festival with locally produced food. The people behind Uber Lebenskunst in Berlin took that very seriously, amassing their larder starting 15...

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Today’s News: State ordered to move 3,000 inmates

Prison problems. California is going to need to find a place to put more than 3,000 inmates currently serving time at the Pleasant Valley and Avenal prisons. The federal official responsible for...

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Today’s News: Deadline today on prison overcrowding

Prison pinch. The clock is ticking for Governor Jerry Brown: Federal judges have given Brown until midnight tonight to explain how the state will further reduce its prison population. California has...

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A downtown icon gets a foodie facelift

Grand Central Market, with its massive main floor, food stalls and distinctive neon signs, has been a crossroads of L.A. commerce and community since it opened in 1917. Food fads have come and gone,...

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Defining the dog: California Legislature takes up meaty issue

Photo by rob_rob2001/ Flickr/ Creative Commons When it comes to hot dogs, many subscribe to the theory that the less one knows the better the meal. But the California Legislature is going under the...

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Food fests and night markets make for a summer of good eating

LA Street Food Fest By victoriabernal/ Flickr/ Creative Commons Los Angeles’ foodies are having a very busy summer. L.A. is swamped with food festivals and night markets this summer, offering locals a...

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Little Saigon at 25 Years: What’s Next?

It’s been 25 years since the creation of Little Saigon in Orange County, with an official proclamation coming from then-Governor George Deukmejian at Asian Garden Mall. It’s the largest Vietnamese...

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Today’s News: 29,000 state inmates are refusing food; San Onofre closure...

Inmate protest. Tens of thousands of California inmates are into their third day without food. State prison officials say they’ve received at least eight demand letters from different groups of...

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What grows in a food desert?: South LA launches farmer’s market to fill a...

Children in South LA taste fresh fruit at the farmer’s market. (Photo by Shako Liu) A liquor store parking lot in South LA isn’t a typical setting for a farmer’s market in this city. But that’s where a...

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Is juicing an eating disorder?

Ingredients for a ‘Master Cleanse’ Photo by i am real estate photographer/ Creative Commons/ Flickr Los Angeles is the only place I’ve ever been invited to someone’s house for a meal and been served a...

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