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Downtown LA unveils bike lane


Downtown Los Angeles debuted a bright new way to streamline bicycle traffic last week on one of the area’s biggest streets, unveiling a lime-green bike lane. The lane stretches from Cesar Chavez Avenue to 9th Street, and is the first full-color lane in the city. Council members hope the new bike lane will bring heightened […]

Boyle Heights contains flurry of enticing ethnic cuisine


If there’s ever a place that best defines the spirit of Los Angeles, it’s not the glitzy Hollywood theaters, the pale sands of Venice Beach or the celebrity mansions in Beverly Hills. It’s Boyle Heights, a not-so-quiet neighborhood teeming with rich cultural history and food — everything from Jewish delis to Japanese izakayas and Mexican […]