How To LA: Saved By The Leftover Food (And Other Headlines)

It’s Food Friday! And today, we’re talking about … eating your leftovers and coffee!

Wait, what is Food Friday? Every Friday, we'll give you ideas on what to eat, where to go and what to cook — plus the people and stories behind the dishes.

When life gives you leftovers from a meal at a restaurant or from a recipe, what do you do?

Actress Tiffani Thiessen, a homegrown SoCal resident, takes on leftovers in her new cookbook “Here We Go Again”

Tiffani Thiessen has some tips for you! (Psst, if that name sounds familiar, it’s because she’s the actor who plays ‘90s teen icon Kelly Kapowski in Saved By The Bell.) In her new cookbook, Here We Go Again, she conjures up recipes for meals with items that are already in your refrigerators, but with a retro vibe to jog our collective memories of a simpler time.

So if you’re in a bind and in need of a quick meal, you may be able to be … Saved By The Leftovers. Read the full story here.

☕️Also today is one of my favorite “holidays,” National Coffee Day. And if you, like me, simply cannot function without iced coffee, we asked our readers their favorite SoCal coffee shops and here’s what they shared. To celebrate, here’s my favorite coffee GIF of all time.

There’s more news below — just keep reading.

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(After you stop hitting snooze)

• A new tree planting initiative funded by donors like a K-Pop impresario aims to significantly boost the greenery in Koreatown, one of the densest neighborhoods in L.A. with some of the region’s greatest need for park space. The project is expected to expand into nearby neighborhoods like Watts and South L.A.
• The Los Angeles Unified school board voted Tuesday to take a step toward limiting where charter schools can be located in the district. The board's resolution directs the superintendent and district staff to prevent charter schools from moving into schools with a specific focus on improving outcomes for Black students and providing additional community resources.
• More than half a million California fast food workers will see their wages jump to at least $20 an hour next year under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday.
• Writers are calling the artificial intelligence provisions in the agreement brokered between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers a big win that sets guardrails for other industries to follow.
• Banned Books Week begins Oct. 1. The annual celebration honors access to free information, and the L.A. County Library is launching the Books Unbanned digital card. It’ll be for teens ages 13 to 18 in California to access frequently banned books.
• A Metro A Line train and car crashed Thursday morning in Pasadena. Two people were injured and taken to the hospital — the train conductor and the woman whose car was hit.

Wait... one more thing

Bicycle Paths And Weekend Plans

Colorful tiles and murals line the trail leading into the Ballona Creek bike path at the Duquesne Avenue access point.

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I’ll be honest, there’s a few things I have yet to do as a 30-something year old. One is learn how to drive. Two is to visit a national park. And three, learn how to ride a bike. As of late, I have been trying to find inspiration and motivation to meet these goals. And as I was going through some of our archives, I happened upon this great resource of where you can embark on an amazing bike ride in Los Angeles.

The great part is most of them are entirely car-free or have light traffic — and they work for folks of all fitness levels. So next step for me is: motivation and an actual bike.

But if biking isn’t your thing, here’s a list of all the spooky and fun events happening in SoCal this weekend.