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Five California Chinese Restaurants Open For Over Half A Century

Some California restaurants come and go faster than a fortune cookie gets cracked open. These five have stayed open through decades of change, serving chow mein, dim sum, and honey walnut shrimp to grandparents, parents, and now their grandkids. One opened in Sacramento in 1939, one has served Los Angeles...

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Disneyland unveils 2026 Festival of Holidays food lineup; see what’s on the menus

Disneyland foodies will want to come hungry for Disney’s annual Festival of Holidays food fest, featuring new dishes such as the Reimagined Beef Wellington, Chicken Pot Pie Wings, and Twix Bits Iced Chocolate. The 2026 Festival of Holidays returns Nov. 13 and runs through Jan. 6, featuring six festival marketplace booths offering small plates of […]

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LA’s Culinary Leaders On What Makes Restaurants Last

What makes a restaurant successful goes beyond what is served on the plate. Location, design, hospitality, and a connection to the neighborhood all play a role, according to industry leaders who spoke on the panel at the Directors Guild last month for “LA, Served: The Restaurants Shaping the City.”

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Orange County Dining Juggernaut Kei Concepts Is Finally Expanding Into LA

What began 12 years ago as a single Buena Park pho shop has evolved into Kei Concepts, one of Orange County’s most dominant restaurant groups. Co-founded by James Beard-nominated chef Viet Nguyen, the group’s portfolio now spans nine unique brands — ranging from Italian-Japanese fusion to contemporary Chinese — across 14 locations and 1,200 employees.

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Health violations closed dozens of L.A. County restaurants in October

October was a busy month for Los Angeles County health inspectors, who cited and closed nearly six dozen restaurants and markets because of health code violations. The list includes upscale eateries, major national chains and “mom and pop” shops. The most common reason for closure was vermin infestation, meaning the presence of insects, rodents, birds […]

Los Angeles County, CA · 4d

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This Family-Owned California Restaurant Roasts 200 Pounds Of Turkey Daily And Serves Old-Fashioned Comfort Food

Every single day, one kitchen roasts 200 pounds of fresh turkey. Not just in November. Every day of the year. On Thanksgiving, the restaurant prepares an especially large amount of turkey to meet holiday demand. The mashed potatoes and gravy get made from scratch daily too. So do the sauces...

Burbank, CA · 4d

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Nithya Raman pays L.A. rapper to drop a Karen Bass diss track

As Election Day closes in and the Los Angeles mayoral race heats up, candidate Nithya Raman is taking a creative approach to trying to gain the upper hand on her opponent, incumbent Karen Bass. What would that be, exactly? A diss track. To clarify, Raman herself did not rap; rather, she enlisted Los […]

Los Angeles, CA · 4d

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5 SoCal restaurants make OpenTable's top 100

LOS ANGELES — OpenTable, an online restaurant-reservation service, named five Southern California restaurants Wednesday to its Top 100 Restaurants in America for 2026 list. The Los Angeles eateries are Dunsmoor in Glassell Park, Providence in Hollywood and the Musso & Frank Grill in Hollywood. Orange County honorees are Naisho Omakase in Costa Mesa and Strong Water in Anaheim.

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2 Southern California Pizza Restaurants Serving Unique Pies and Creative Menus

California’s pizza scene offers much more than traditional pepperoni and cheese. Across Southern California, restaurants are … 2 Southern California Pizza Restaurants Serving Unique Pies and Creative Menus Read more

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Farnsworth Park restoration begins this week

Since the Charles S. Farnsworth Park opened in 1934, it has served as the center of civic, cultural, and social life for generations of Altadenans. The park’s upper and lower ball fields — popularly called “The Hill” — has been the primary home venue of the Central Altadena Little League. Four permanent pickleball courts and several tennis courts have regularly hosted community-wide competitions. The outdoor basketball courts have been the site for local three-on-three community tournaments, pickup games, and youth sports skills camps.

Altadena, CA · 4d

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Long Beach Shelter Dog Petey Finally Gets a Family After Weeks of Visits

Long Beach Animal Care Services announced Petey's adoption in a Facebook post Monday and said his new family liked his name enough to keep it. The City of Long Beach Animal Care Services said Petey's new family made repeated trips to see him over several weeks before completing the adoption. The post did not give Petey's age or breed.

Long Beach, CA · 3d

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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Composer Lucian Piane’s Death Ruled Accidental Weeks After Accident

Lucian Piane, the music producer and composer best known for his work on RuPaul's Drag Race, died of blunt force trauma in Glendale, CA after a vehicle struck him on Oct. 12, and his death has been classified as accidental, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. He was 46.

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Food & Wine

LA’s Beethoven Market Is Defying the Odds and Building Community, One Meal at a Time

When Jeremy Adler faced an operator’s worst nightmare, he threw everything he had at it — and learned the true meaning of what it means to run a neighborhood restaurant.

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From Krispy Kreme to pizza, these Election Day freebies, discounts are available to voters

As Americans from California to New York head to the polls, some freebies and discounts are available to those who choose to vote. Here’s what’s available: Krispy Kreme is offering a free doughnut on Election Day On Tuesday, guests who visit a participating U.S. shop and say they voted or show an “I Voted” sticker […]

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Ballot-Sniffing Yellow Lab Helps Keep LA County Election Workers Safe

Ballot counting continues in Los Angeles County Wednesday, and thanks to Jack the ballot-sniffing yellow Labrador retriever, election workers can rest assured they won't be handling harmful substances.

Los Angeles County, CA · 2d

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Los Angeles’ Little Fish Is Building a More Sustainable, Multi-Part Food Business Model

Nearly a year in, Anna Sonenshein and Niki Vahle’s buzzy full-service restaurant hasn’t turned a profit, but they’ve found other ways to keep their overall finances afloat.

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It’s Sip & Savor Restaurant Week in Los Angeles

Sip and Savor Restaurant Week has landed in Los Angeles, bringing with it a new level of wine and salumi curation across the city. Find out which restaurants are participating in this two-week event and impress your friends by dropping facts about the Roero DOCG wine region. *This piece contains...

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Elbee this, Elbee that: Long Beach punk band to perform at CSULB

From Sublime to Snoop Dogg, Long Beach has had no shortage of iconic artists that call the city home. Rising skate punk band, Snout, looks to join the list of the city’s musical icons. The band, which currently consists of vocalist and guitarist Marco Perez-Castro, bassist Kyle Noche and...

Long Beach, CA · 4d

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Frozen Yogurt Is Cool Again, and L.A. Wants In

There are a few things L.A. undeniably does well: iced coffees with cream tops, grocery stores, juice cleanses. But lately, New York has been making a case for another category: frozen yogurt. With Myka, Yogurt Club, Mimi’s, Culture, Madison Fare, Birdie’s and more, the city’s froyo comeback is gaining momentum....