Once popular vending machines at the Chinese Theatre and L.A. Zoo, Mold-A-Ramas disappeared from Los Angeles public spaces a decade ago. Driven by nostalgia, one L.A. librarian has brought back the kitschy machine.
A gradual cooling trend will lower temperatures across most of SoCal, according to the National Weather Service. Thursday and Friday will be the coolest.
Someday, you might be able to ride a bike from the western San Fernando Valley to Long Beach along the Los Angeles River. But an eight-mile gap downtown with a ballooning price tag remains.
I agreed to go on a coffee date with a guy from the program. We met at Cafe Gratitude in Venice. I ordered an I Am Precious smoothie, but he went on and on about himself.
When Monrovia's historian Steve Baker died in 2022, two preservationists set out to honor his dream of transforming his 1887 home into a restored B&B with modern comforts.