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The new epicenter of Korean Orange County is this mall in Buena Park
From the outside, Source OC looks like a typical Southern California outdoor mall with concrete and glass architecture and neon lights. But the entertainment and dining destination offers a unique glimpse into Orange County's newest and hottest Koreatown. The source is active every weekend. In the middle of the first floor, practicing K-pop dance groups…
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One of LA's best pizza makers is on a mission to perfect focaccia
When Daniele Uditi was 9 years old, he remembers hearing voices at 4 a.m. He was at his parents' house in Caserta, Italy, and had just woken up to get a glass of water. He walked around the house, trying to locate the source of the noise. Eventually he found his family down in the…
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Anywhere else I'll eat Sophy's Jerky with your Wagyu steak
Pepper-smeared strips of beef jerky were the basis for countless late-night study sessions in my college dorm. I enjoyed the leathery, stringy belts that I ate as a child on road trips to Las Vegas, Palm Desert, or wherever my parents took us in my mother's cherry red Volvo station wagon. A bag of Trader…
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On Café Tropical reopening day, the community gathers around an iconic Cuban café in LA
A line snaked out the door all Saturday morning, and guests peered through the front windows at trays of guava pastelitos sitting on cooling racks. Families, dates, babies and the occasional puppy streamed through the room, which echoed with excited hums at the corner of Sunset and Silver Lake Boulevards. The grand reopening of the…
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Secret FBI investigators search records at top Napa Valley wineries
St. Helena, California. — Highway 29 winds along the Napa Valley through Yountville and St. Helena and up to Calistoga, past vineyards that produce some of the world's most famous and expensive wines. The road, lined with rows of vines planted along sun-drenched hills, is simply famous for its breathtaking beauty – and the staggering…
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Pickled eggs at the 100-year-old Joe Jost's in Long Beach
I like to make up fantastic stories for people I meet in bars. I can talk for hours, fueled by just a sip of vodka and my imagination. The deeper the bar, the better. In a dark room where it's always night, the $3 I pay to see a cover band consisting of the owner's…
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Kogi chef Roy Choi is opening a new taco stand, Tacos Por Vida, in Palms
Last week, Roy Choi looked for the telltale signs: lots of swearing, lots of rolling eyes with every bite. He secretly opened a new taco stand — his first restaurant debut in LA since 2016 — and as the crowds at his no-frills street stand in Palms grew larger, he saw all the signs that…
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The sun never sets at Café Tropical. It's back
Residents snapped photos of their guava cheese pastelitos and greeted old friends at Café Tropical in Silver Lake on Thursday. It was a sweet reunion for the cafe's patrons, who have been missing the Cuban institution since its sudden closure in November. At Thursday's soft reopening event, new owners Danny Khorunzhiy, Ed Cornell and Rene…
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Medieval Times' labor efforts fail when the union's supporter withdraws
A celebrated union initiative between showmen and stable workers at the Buena Park Castle in Medieval Times has come to an end. The American Guild of Variety Artists, the union that supports workers organizing at Buena Park and another New Jersey location of the popular themed dinner theater, filed paperwork seeking its support. The move…
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Celebrate Pi Day! 3.14 Cake Recipes You Can Try Now
If you're looking for an excuse or reason to bake cakes, mathematicians have just the thing for you. On March 14, math enthusiasts like me celebrate Pi Day – the number that indicates the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. This particular number is denoted by the Greek letter π and is generally…