Elina Shatkin
Former Food Editor & Freelance Editor
(she/her)
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For the first time, CicLAvia will roll through San Pedro and Wilmington — and businesses along the route are getting ready. -
Reports that the summer job is dead have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, for teens who want to find work, it's a great time. -
It won't be dishing out franks anymore. Still, you'll be able to visit the iconic hot dog stand, once a shining example of Southern California's novelty architecture boom, in a museum. -
Last year, the festival tried to become the world's first zero-waste tasting event. They didn't succeed. This year, they're pushing harder to hit that goal. -
All trains have been outfitted with a "bike and board" passenger car. You can thank an enterprising 11-year-old from Riverside. -
Only two entities possess water rights to the LA River. One is the city of Los Angeles. The other is Lauren Bon. -
Ancient bone fragments found while digging for the Crenshaw/LAX line might come from a bison and a sloth that weighed 1,500 pounds and measured 10-feet long. -
A Fresno sixth-grader was crowned champion, beating 290 spellers — many from California. -
A virtual reality exhibition offers fans an intimate new way to see — not simply hear — Björk's music. "The limitations are what excite me most," she says. -
Grab your paddles and life jackets. The L.A. River's two recreation zones reopen on Memorial Day for the summer season.
Stories by Elina Shatkin
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