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LAist becomes a part of the KPCC family, music touched by the holocaust comes to LA, a history of food trucks
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Feb 23, 2018
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LAist becomes a part of the KPCC family, music touched by the holocaust comes to LA, a history of food trucks

Expanding past the radio dial and welcoming LAist to the KPCC family, a violinist's ties with the holocaust, the history of chuckwagons...the original food trucks.
Customers sit near the ZZ Truck during a stop at a food truck event in Harbor City.
Customers sit near the ZZ Truck during a stop at a food truck event in Harbor City.
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Expanding past the radio dial and welcoming LAist to the KPCC family, a violinist's ties with the holocaust, the history of chuck wagons...the original food trucks.

California Dems converge on San Diego
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California's majority party is throwing a party of its own in San Diego — and what happens in San Diego matters to the entire state.
Classical music with holocaust ties comes to LA
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The performance of Polish, Jewish works comes just weeks after the country made it illegal to intimate that the state was complicit in Nazi crimes.
LA's food trucks have been around for more than a century — and they've always been run by immigrants
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From fresh tamales to oysters on the half shell, the lonchera is an old school Southern California staple, one that dates back more than a century.
The Olympics are wrapping up, here's how the SoCal athletes did
Plenty of California athletes competed for Team USA, and made their home state proud. There were big victories, but some performances fell flat.
The 11 best things to do this weekend in SoCal
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From sitcom re-enactments and immersive VR screenings to dancing marionettes and urban chuck wagons, we've got your Southern California weekend planner.