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We're pretty sure it's because of LAist. Either that or he's a superhero. Go, Kemp, go!

We take a look at the outerwear that's sweeping Biden into the White House.

2020 couldn't bid farewell without another couple kicks in our collective teeth.

An appeals court verdict that says the temporary ban on outdoor dining at restaurants in L.A. County can stay in place halts a judge's decision from early December.

He comes to us from The Desert Sun where he steered digital strategy. He has also worked at NPR, KCRW and Marketplace.

From Temecula to Solvang, businesses are pushing back -- and the heart of the resistance seems to be in Orange County.

That's because the regional stay-at-home order currently blanketing SoCal also bans outdoor dining and it overrides any countywide orders.

Manhattan Beach has reclassified outdoor dining as "public seating areas" to get around the county ban.

The new portal will accept applications until December 8 at 5 p.m. or until 2,500 applications are received -- whichever comes first

Beverly Hills. Lancaster. West Covina. Whittier. They top a growing list of cities who are thinking of launching their own health departments.

If you're going to talk the talk, you better walk the walk.

Restaurants located in the city of L.A. can't apply for the $30,000 grants.

The temporary order lasts three weeks. It bans all public and private gatherings with people not in your household, except for church services and protests.

The season of goodwill and cheer also offers prime pickings for con artists.

Officers and "reclaimers" who had occupied several houses in the neighborhood ended up in a tense, late-night standoff.

Officials could change course but if they don't, it will be a major policy break between the city and the county.

Kathryn Barger says she'll oppose the newly revised public health order that bans in-person dining for the next three weeks.

The new overnight stay-at-home order for all California counties in the Purple tier is similar to the one L.A. County announced two days ago.

A 10 p.m. curfew. Outdoor dining limited to 50% capacity. No large gatherings.

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Most results for this election, whether local or national, aren't going to be definitively called today. 

Udon, fries, churros. Here's where to score some sweet -- and savory -- deals on Tuesday, November 3.

Directed by Alice Gu, "The Donut King" chronicles Ngoy's thrill-of-victory/agony-of-defeat rollercoaster ride through the American Dream.

Is it urban or rural? Straight or winding? By the beach or in the desert? Inquiring minds want to know.

No treats for you. COVID-19 has officially, temporarily, ruined the best secular holiday of the year.

If L.A. wants to make the temporary outdoor dining rules introduced during COVID-19 a permanent thing, the first thing it needs is a feasibility study.

The bastion of "south Silver Lake" foodie hipsterdom allegedly sold moldy jam, operated a secret (and illegal) kitchen, and failed to credit the its opening chef, as well as other employees of color, for their contributions.

Which is to say: very fast, messy, and possibly risky to your health.

And there's a 5% chance we could see a larger earthquake in the next few days.

There's an excellent Google doc that lists a bunch of them. We can't take credit for it but we want to spread the word.

They just have to follow the county's health and safety guidelines... even though the health department hasn't yet released detailed guidelines.

You'll almost certainly be able to eat in the streets later this summer but what if you want a beer with nosh? It just got a little easier.

Pasadena, Palm Springs and Sierra Madre are all considering similar initiatives.

Here's our question: Does this new iteration of Taix even deserve the name?

Concerns about delivery app fees have been growing for the last few years but the COVID-19 quarantine has given them new urgency.

"In a way, this feels almost like a spiritual lockdown within a physical lockdown."

Coronavirus might be the death knell for other buffet restaurants.

In a particularly bitter irony, two restaurants just named as finalists announced last week they're closing.

Musso & Frank is the most famous local restaurant to file a lawsuit against its insurance company for denying its coronavirus-related claim.

How did Shake Shack, which has earned $143 million in 2020, even qualify for the PPP?

How can they do this? The liquor you pour in your martini and the sanitizer you rub on your hands have the same key ingredient.

Does it actually reduce the coronavirus risk? And where can you find Southern California stores doing this?

After 37 years, the chain's demise was nasty, brutish and swift. Its most devoted fans roux the day and attempt to curry on.

Remember those faux In-N-Out sneakers that weren't actually sanctioned by In-N-Out? These are different.

Give everyone on your gift list -- or yourself -- a taste of Los Angeles.

It was a cold, wet and snowy Thanksgiving Day, severely limiting our god-given right as Southern Californians to troll the rest of the country.

Hollywood's most articulate resident walks us through the triumphs and heartbreaks of becoming a real store.

The alt weekly announced it was shutting down but the owner says he's in talks to sell it "to a local businessman."

If you want a microcosm of gentrification in Los Angeles, circa 2019, you won't find a better case study.

The latest as of Thursday morning: Hillside Fire and 46 Fire. With large swaths of L.A. County under an "extreme red flag warning," fires are springing up everywhere.

We conduct a semi-secret social experiment and we gleaned some important scientific-adjacent results.

Mamey, tejate, tlayudas, chilacayote and so many delicious foods you'll find in a Oaxacan market.

Here's what happened at the Original Cannabis Cafe in West Hollywood, the first cannabis cafe in the United States.

And the winner is...

Only two weeks into the football season, the player-turned-broadcaster-turned-administrator has stepped down.

Five women and one man say restaurateur Gareth Kantner sexually harassed them -- and others.

Your move, Del Taco. I'm waiting for my invite to the Del Scorcho Cruise.

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something red. The Formosa is an authentically inauthentic jumble of Chinese, American and Hollywood history.

Campus physician Dr. Dennis Kelly has now been accused by 48 men of sexually abusing them during exams.

"Curious but also scared" -- that's how our friends felt when we told them we were going.

National Ice Cream Day is Sunday but any day is a perfect day to scream for ice cream. And paletas. And gelato. And mangonadas. And soft serve.

Residents of Ridgecrest are picking up the pieces the morning after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the area.

Once we are born into this world, we can count on only a few things. We all suffer. We all die. We all need to eat.

She did it with Blum's Coffee Crunch Cake. Now, she's going to do it for us.

My job is to connect hungry Angelenos -- through food -- to the culture, history, people and neighborhoods that make up our city.

But owner Tai Kim has a plan and his wonderfully weird flavors won't disappear.

Michelin has broadened its culinary point of view but it hasn't narrowed its cultural blind spot.

I had the cutest kid at DragCon (totally objective) but I was hardly the only parent present.

Shelli and Irving Azoff have expanded their holdings to save another classic L.A. restaurant.

At first glance, it looked like a case of a big, bad landlord muscling out a small, indie business. But that's not the whole story.

They go by many names. At Kermés Taco Grill, they're called volcanes -- and they're fantastic.

Probably not. But a special meeting of the neighborhood council and a last ditch petition might make a dent.

Rueda worked at the restaurant for 52 years, most of them as a bartender, and had a legendary ability to remember his customers' orders.

The U.S. is on track for the worst measles outbreak this century -- and some of those cases are in L.A. County.

Genocide remembrance marches have become major annual events in Los Angeles, which is home to largest Armenian community anywhere outside of Armenia.

And the other eats making their debut during the 2019 season.

You voted for the flavors you love -- and the flavors you love to hate.

Los Angeles has half a dozen chefs and three restaurants still in contention for a 2019 James Beard Award.

This is our version of bracket madness: 16 flavors enter, one will win. You decide.

Put on your raincoat and dive into the photo archives.

Sing it with us: "In-N-Out. In-N-Out. That's what a lawsuit's all about."

You don't have to be a 420 fan to enjoy the food at Banc of California Stadium -- but it wouldn't hurt.

The James Beard Awards are a lot like the Academy Awards -- they're a big deal and they're often myopic

Technically, it's a kind of snowfall known as graupel, which is not a weird Bulgarian stew. We'll let the NWS explain.

Eat local. Sweet local. Or as local as you can since most chocolate is grown in West Africa or Central and South America.

Entertainment mogul Irving Azoff and his wife, Shelli, bought the 72-year-old West L.A. burger shack.

Among the holiday's many scams and shams, the prix fixe restaurant meal is perhaps its crowning achievement.

It kind of makes sense.

PSA: DO NOT resort to violence because you are angry about the price of hot dogs.

The son of deli founder Ben Canter has passed away at age 82.

Lucky Boy -- and its massive breakfast burritos -- have bounced back.

With Smosh Town, an immigrant family chases success in America's parking lot of dreams.