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Here are the five best places to discover how the Japanese influenced the L.A. metro area.
Peter Strauss Ranch
This summer marks the return of musicians and dancers to Peter Strauss Ranch as part of the National Park Service’s Arts in the Parks program — one that features free art installations and performances to draw visitors back to this historic site.
Feeding the 500 D.C.
Feeding the 5000 is a traveling global event featuring meals made entirely from food waste. The Los Angeles event, which was held in early May in Pershing Square, rescued 12,800 pounds of produce and served 5,440 meals to the public.
Potato Mountain / Herman Garner Biological Preserve
Here are five great places to explore on foot in the San Gabriel Valley that aren’t too far afield, yet have plenty of fodder for your sense of adventure.
Soul, carnitas, calabacitas, and fish tacos with the tostada salad, Canela Cocina Latina | Danny Jensen
Just last fall, Canela Cocina Latina opened in Mar Vista, bringing a market-fresh menu, vibrantly colorful local artwork and a youthful energy to the rapidly evolving neighborhood.
Bake and Gather, Zoe Nathan
L.A. pastry chef Zoe Nathan is using her talent for an altruistic goal: to get neighbors out of their homes and into face-to-face conversations at a time when Americans may feel scared, helpless or anxious about the tumultuous political climate.
Velveteria
From streetscape antiquities to morbid mementos and kitschy curios, here are five oddball places that have reinvented the experience of “going to the museum” in L.A.
Valley Hive, Jeremy Jensen
For the past five years, a parched California has meant beekeepers have been struggling. However, while the holistic effects of recent rains have yet to be determined, for the beekeeping community here in L.A., the benefits are immediate and noticeable.
Michaela Mendelsohn, El Pollo Loco | Jenny Kim
Michaela Mendelsohn has been working tirelessly to launch the California Trans Can Work Project. As a proud transgender woman, she has put the practice into action by employing several transgender women at her own El Pollo Loco locations.
In n' Out Meal
Whether they produce legendary burgers, crunchy tacos, or masterful flapjacks, these five restaurants all had one thing in common — a birthplace in Southern California.
An illustration of hot air balloons flying in the air.
If watching birds just isn’t enough for you — and you’d rather join their ranks up there in the sky — here are five of the most exciting ways to get airborne and pretend for a while that you may actually have wings.
Tropics Juice Bar preview
Los Angeles might appear full to the brim with juice bars these days, but a new organic juice bar planned for South L.A. intends to offer much more sustenance than just freshly squeezed fruits and vegetables to the community.
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