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Firefighters delivering medicine and food to London’s most vulnerable people

Firefighters are continuing to step up to prevent the spread of coronavirus, this time by delivering medicines, care packages and food to vulnerable Londoners




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Sale of Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza may bring offices, not housing, to the mall

The sprawling shopping center has lost its anchor tenants, Walmart and Sears. A remake will add offices but not the housing that had previously been approved.




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Column: L.A. animal rights advocate peddled pandemic snake oil, FTC says

Marc Ching, a prominent Southern California animal rights advocate, has agreed to stop pitching an herbal supplement as a remedy for COVID-19.




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How budget cuts and restrictive policies hobbled the unemployment insurance system

Problems from the surge of jobless claims reflect years of cutbacks and greater restrictions on eligibility.




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The U.S. is pushing Mexico to reopen factories even as workers die of COVID-19

Mexican officials have begun to cave, despite warnings from health authorities




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Travel during the pandemic: 7 things you need to know

Travel has changed since the global pandemic began its trip around the world. Here are things that can help you navigate these difficult times and plan for the future.




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California attorney general sues gas trading companies, alleging price manipulation

California on Monday sued two gasoline trading firms, alleging they took advantage of a 2015 refinery explosion in Torrance to improperly drive up the price at the pump.




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Trust in CEOs has fallen during coronavirus pandemic, report says

Amid a public health crisis, trust in governments is rising, while trust in businesses, and in particular, CEOs has fallen sharply, a report says.




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Column: A century later, meatpacking plants still resemble Upton Sinclair's depiction in 'The Jungle'

Workers crammed virtually shoulder-to-shoulder to tend production lines moving at inexorable speeds, high rates of disease and injury, low pay and unforgiving rules on time off or meal and bathroom breaks. Descriptions of today's meatpacking industry sound lifted from Upton Sinclair.




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Column: Sick of religious limits on care, a hospital seeks to end partnership with Catholic system

The prestigious Hoag Hospital wants to exit its partnership with a Catholic healthcare system.




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Brown butter works magic on this easy mac and cheese

Brown butter, which is simply butter cooked until toasty in smell and taste, enriches this easy mac and cheese recipe with a crunchy top.




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'Mexican food always wins': José R. Ralat on his new book 'American Tacos'

José R. Ralat's new book, 'American Tacos,' goes deep on north-of-the-border taco culture.




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Whole Roasted Cauliflower With Charred Lemon and Spicy Tahini Sauce

For the best flavor, lightly char the outside of a whole cauliflower, then drench it in a bright lemon-tahini sauce.




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Classic Pound Cake

This classic pound cake recipe follows the one-to-one ratios of butter, sugar, flour and eggs and is flavored with vanilla.




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This perfect pound cake goes back to basics

This easy pound cake recipe relies on the classic formula of equal weight ratios of butter, sugar, eggs and flour for a fine-crumbed cake that keeps and packs well.




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Classic fluffy pancakes are best when you just do less

Fluffy and hot all at the same time, diner-style pancakes are the best breakfast for two.




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Milo & Olive Garlic Knots

This garlic knots recipe from Milo & Olive is easy: Stuff pizza dough with garlic confit, brush with garlic oil and bake until golden.




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SOS: How to make Milo & Olive's addictive garlic knots

Milo & Olive gives us the recipe for their giant garlic knots, which the restaurant now also offers as a take-and-bake item




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Surviving the Shutdown: Alta Adams reopens, with fried chicken to order and a sliding payment scale

The West Adams restaurant Alta Adams reopens with a sliding price scale so people in need can dine for free.




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Jonathan Gold's Barefoot Fried Chicken

When Jonathan Gold was gathering people at his house in Pasadena for a night off from eating out, fried chicken was usually what he made.




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L.A. looks to help restaurants by capping food delivery service fees at 15%

A new proposed Los Angeles city ordinance could set a 15% food delivery service fee cap.




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It's a Zoom cooking lesson with the Food team: Beer-braised chicken

Cooking editor Genevieve Ko teaches deputy Food editor Andrea Chang and columnist Lucas Kwan Peterson her beer-braised chicken recipes on a Zoom call.




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Restaurant vendors are now selling to the public. Here's why it might hurt them instead of help.

Home cooks can get sushi-grade fish and dry-aged steaks for cheap, but at what cost?




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A family of strawberry growers had big dreams. Then came the pandemic

The Carranza family worked on the McGrath Family Farm for more than 20 years. Just as they sought to go into the strawberry business on their own, the coronavirus hit.




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Bon Temps in the Arts District closes permanently, a casualty of the shutdown

Lincoln Carson has decided to close his lauded Arts District restaurant permanently because of the coronavirus outbreak.




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Lemon Twist Gin and Tonic

This classic gin and tonic cocktail recipe includes a long lemon twist.




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The most refreshing cocktail? A classic gin and tonic with an extra twist

This gin and tonic recipe follows the classic formula but uses an extra-long lemon twist for more citrus freshness.




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'The fight is always somewhere in us': Asian American history and a Little Tokyo combo meal

The revival of Tokyo Gardens' classic chashu shumai has been a much-needed bright spot during the pandemic — and a reminder of the resiliency of L.A.'s Asian American community.




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Gjelina and MTN chefs launch Oaxacan pop-up in Venice

The team behind Gjelina, Gjusta and MTN has created a new Oaxacan-inspired pop-up, Valle, that debuts today in Venice.




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Keep meatloaf classic and simple for the best recipe

Just a few simple tweaks are all it takes to make a classic meatloaf more appealing than its name gives it credit for.




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Rotting food. Hungry masses. Chaotic supply chains. Coronavirus upends the U.S. food system

During the coronavirus crisis, food producers, distributors and retailers in California, producer of much of the U.S. food supply, scramble to adapt.




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The official Ben & Jerry's ice cream power rankings

One opinion on the best (and worst) Ben & Jerry's flavors




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Classic Caesar Salad

Whole Romaine leaves are coated in a light yet rich dressing of lemon, Parmesan and garlicky oil. Eggs and anchovies optional.




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I can make that: The excellent rice pudding at Pasjoli

Jenn attempts to make the rice pudding from Pasjoli in Santa Monica.




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Pasjoli-Inspired Rice Pudding

How to make an excellent rice pudding inspired by Dave Beran's version at Pasjoli in Santa Monica




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Will the coronavirus outbreak lead to new L.A. crime fiction? The jury is out

Steph Cha doesn't expect much in the way of good crime fiction to spring from the coronavirus outbreak.




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Julia Alvarez discusses her radically different novel, 'Afterlife' (and defends 'American Dirt')

Julia Alvarez's "Afterlife" is her first novel for adults in 15 years. She talks about loss, fragmentation and "American Dirt."




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Meet the heartland Evangelicals who feed America

Marie Mutsuki Mockett's 'American Harvest' looks at the divide between the heartland and those who seldom think about where our food comes from.




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Patricia Bosworth, actor turned celebrity biographer, dies of coronavirus

Patricia Bosworth, an actor who went on to chronicle lives including Jane Fonda's, Marlon Brando's and her own, died from coronavirus. She was 86.




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Patricia Bosworth, 'as big in life' as the stars she wrote about

A tribute to Patricia Bosworth, who died of complications from COVID-19. The actress and biographer of Jane Fonda and Marlon Brando was 86.




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21 new and classic books to keep you in touch with the natural world

Books about nature to read while avoiding the coronavirus — from classics by John McPhee and Annie Dillard to the upcoming "Book of Eels."




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Schizophrenia devastated a family: Robert Kolker did their story justice

How Robert Kolker came to write "Hidden Valley Road," about the Galvin family and the disease that tore through them, with such empathy.




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Author Fanny Singer and chef Alice Waters talk food and family with L.A. Times Book Club

In a virtual meet-up, "Almost Home" author Fanny Singer and mother and famed chef Alice Waters join book club readers April 21 for a kitchen conversation.




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Q&A: Author Cynthia Ozick will spend her 92nd birthday 'contemplating mayhem'

Cynthia Ozick, essayist and acclaimed novelist, shelters from coronavirus and discusses anti-Semitism, the Spanish flu and longevity.




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Roast chicken recipe perfect for scaled-down virtual feast

Recipe: Writer turns to Fanny Singer's "Always Home" for comfort chicken during family's Seder.




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Q&A: What do people ask a librarian in a pandemic? L.A. Library's InfoNow has the answer

With libraries closed, L.A. librarians now work from home to help people find free ebooks, music and movies during the coronavirus crisis.




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Review: How L.A.'s '60s movements fought for justice — and sometimes even achieved it

In "Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties," Mike Davis and Jon Wiener track the uprisings, outrages and elections that shaped the city.




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Cooking in quarantine: 'Always Home' author Fanny Singer retreats to Alice Waters' kitchen

Fanny Singer's stories and recipes, 'Always Home,' show life growing up in the orbit of her mother, farm-to-table chef Alice Waters.




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Alex Trebek set to publish a memoir while fighting pancreatic cancer

On Tuesday, Simon & Schuster announced it will publish Alex Trebek's memoir, "The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life," on July 21.




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New manga subscription service launches with a quarantine-friendly 2-month free trial

Read "Attack on Titan," "Somali & the Forest Spirit," "Fire Force," "Arte" and more with Mangamo, a new mobile manga subscription service.