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Ali Huynh, a second-generation baker at Kien Giang Bakery in Echo Park, discusses the blended cultural history of bánh mì rolls, his family's journey to Los Angeles and how the bánh mì roll crosses cultural boundaries.
The Los Angeles County Fair turns 100 this year. Considering all the ways the fair has entertained, informed and marketed to Angelenos over the past 100 years, here is a glimpse of a few rare attractions that have lit up local imaginations over the last century.
Roji Bakery has served the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood for the past 20 years, serving up warm, fluffy Japanese shokupan (milk bread) and other baked goods. Owner Mizuki Shin talks about the yudane technique that makes milk loaf unique and reminisces on her memories eating shokupan as a child in Japan.
Music educator and composer Kennedy Verrett joins forces with 17 musicians and the sounds of the desert for SoundCheckEarth, a site-specific immersive acoustic concert held at Joshua Tree National Park.
Funk Freaks, a DJ collective and record shop based out of Santa Ana, brings together DJs, crate diggers and funk enthusiasts in Orange County and across the globe.
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Artist Yumi Roth combines the often misunderstood, vilified and outlawed art of sign spinning and sets it against a fine art gallery setting in her "Spin (after Sol LeWitt)" art exhibition at the Grand Central Art Center (GCAC) in Santa Ana.
Narsiso Martinez's mixed media installations juxtapose portraits of farmworkers and agricultural landscapes against cardboard produce boxes. Drawing from his own experience as a farmworker, his work amplifies the people who fill produce sections and restaurant kitchens around the country.
Who should have the right to enjoy one of the most beautiful beaches in Orange County? Early residents of Crystal Cove fought for public access to the coast.
A new privatized form of residential government was developed here and now affects half the housing for sale in Orange County.
Behind what used to be Santa Ana City Hall is a parking lot and lofts that was once the location of Orange County's largest Chinatown — until the city council ordered it burned down.
California's smallest land grant and oldest family home, the Rios Adobe, is a rare Orange County space of Native American persistence in the face of widespread dispossession.
Many Latinos know that Cinco de Mayo is about the 1862 Battle and that it's not celebrated in Mexico, but it's widely believed to have been created by Anglos in the late 20th century. In reality, celebrating Cinco de Mayo started right here in California by Mexican Americans 160 years ago.
Whether you're seeking a wonderland of succulents, an explosion of fragrance and color or simply a serene setting to live your best garden life, Santa Barbara and its surrounding communities offer fascinating flora. Here's how to prepare for your visit, what you'll find and how to make the most of your time there
Compton-raised writers Robin Coste Lewis (former Los Angeles poet laureate), Amaud Jamaul Johnson (poet, professor and National Book Critics Circle finalist) and Jenise Miller (a poet and urban planner of Panamanian descent) discuss a Compton beyond the popular imagination.
The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture will soon be open to the public June 18. Ahead of its opening, it just installed a massive two-story lenticular artwork by artist-brothers Einar and Jamex de la Torre, filled with Easter eggs on Latinx culture, as well as an urgent message on nature and technology. See photos of the artwork.