How Northgate became L.A.’s best Mexican supermarket — and how it plans to stay on top

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They don’t need to try to become Whole Foods.” Travis Hayden, chef de partie at Rustic Canyon in Santa Monica, had never heard of Northgate until his Mexican coworkers started bringing in its produce and baked goods for the staff’s before-service family meals. Intrigued, he stopped in to the Culver City location. “I ended up doing my ...
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Canadian EV startup ElectraMeccanica plans U.S. assembly plant, technical center

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In January it said in a note to investors that it plans to open more retail kiosks in the United States. The automaker in November 2019 opened a kiosk in the highly trafficked Westfield Century City Shopping Mall on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles. The Solo features a 100-mile range, has the ability to cruise at highway speeds and can ...
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Don't call the Lucid Air a Tesla killer

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The interior color palettes are named for four California locales at certain times of day: Santa Cruz at 12:09 p.m., Lake Tahoe at 7:01 p.m., the Mojave desert a minute before midnight, and Santa Monica at 5:11 a.m. Rawlinson is clear that he's going after the Mercedes S-Class customers and other German luxury car owners, not the Tesla crowd.
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The Los Angeles chefs and restaurants nominated for 2020 James Beard Awards

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Gabriela Cámara and Joshua Skenes were nominated for their restaurants in San Francisco. Both also operate restaurants in Los Angeles: Cámara is a partner, with Koslow, in the Santa Monica restaurant Onda; Skenes opened Angler in the Beverly Center last summer and cooks at private $800-per-person dinner parties at his home in the Hollywood Hills.
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Ventura restaurants banned from using polystyrene food containers

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More than 130 cities have implemented a similar ban, including Santa Monica, Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach. San Diego previously voted to ban the use of polystyrene foam products but had to reverse course in the wake of a lawsuit filed by the restaurant industry.
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Per Kobe Bryant’s wishes, girl who lost parents and sister in helicopter crash to get internship, agent says

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“A handful of minutes later, Kobe and Gianna and seven other beautiful souls ascended into heaven,” Pelinka said, explaining the texts were exchanged just minutes before the Sikorsky S-76 carrying Bryant and the others crashed into the Santa Monica Mountains. “Kobe lived to make other people’s lives better all the way up until his final ...
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Tyra Banks to Open ModelLand Theme Park in May — with Tickets Going for as High as $1,495

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Want to be on top? You’ll have to shell out the big bucks. Tickets to ModelLand — Tyra Banks’ 21,000 square-foot fashion and beauty theme park located in Santa Monica, California — are available now and range from $59 to $1,495. The multilevel “modeling fantasy” experience (set to open to the public on May 1, after over a decade of ...
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So Fetch! A ‘Mean Girls’-Themed Pop-up Restaurant Is Coming to Los Angeles

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There's no word if the Plastics will make an appearance. Fetch was initially announced in Oct. 2019 and was scheduled to open the following month, but licensing issues have forced an April 2020 opening. Fetch opens April 18 and runs through May 31 at 1705 Ocean Ave. in Santa Monica. You can purchase tickets here.
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