Elina Shatkin
                        
                            Former Food Editor & Freelance Editor 
                        
                        
                            (she/her)
                        
                    
                    
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                            For one day only, city officials converted an existing parking lane into a pop-up bike lane and moved the parking lane into the travel lane. How'd it go over?
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                            A small but fast-moving fire in San Bernardino burned several structures and left three people with minor injuries Saturday. The cause of the fire is being investigated as arson.
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                            For the right price a Tiffany clock, a gold Bulgari bangle or a Grandma Moses painting, once owned by Ronald and Nancy Reagan, could be yours.
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                            What else do you get the person who's finally ready to live their best life pretending to be Malibu Barbie? Angelyne will even sign the car for you.
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                            The chief of Airport Police explains how he began retooling LAX's security plan as soon as he heard about the suicide bombings in Turkey.
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                            Never keep food in your tent. One man learned this lesson the hard way while camping in the Angeles National Forest over the weekend.
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                            The two-day convention wants to redefine the cat lady stereotype — which makes sense because nearly a third of attendees are men.
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                            You can blame a crow that came into contact with a 34,500 volt circuit breaker.
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                            Opening a small business in L.A. often involves hefty fees and regulatory headaches. A new plan is trying to fix that.
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                            Nearly 200 firefighters and several helicopters put out an eight-acre fire that broke out in a residential neighborhood of Silver Lake on Sunday.
 
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