The rich smell of freshly cooked bir yani and golda chingri — Bangladeshi shrimp — wafts onto Vermont avenue as Aladdin Sweets and Market prepares for their dinner rush. Aladdin, a restaurant in the heart of Little Bangladesh specializes in traditional Bangladeshi...
Kodi Lee made headlines as a 22-year-old blind, autistic, singing and piano-playing contestant in May 2019 on the competition TV show “America’s Got Talent.” America has fallen in love with him and his talent, and his success gives hope to a brighter future for many...
Miracle League Los Angeles is one chapter of over 275 across five countries which serve to provide opportunities and support for children with disabilities through baseball. After visiting a Georgia chapter, Jeremy McGovern wanted to volunteer with his local Miracle...
Simply Wholesome is a restaurant and health food store in View Park-Windsor Hills that focuses on serving health-conscious meals while showcasing Jamaican culture through their cuisine and decorative design. “A lot of food in the Windsor Hills community was saturated...
On an average day, dancers arrive at Tommy The Clown Academy at least three hours before showtime. They paint each other’s faces in the bathroom, the front room and in the dance studio as they chatter about weekend plans and the big event they hosted in July. “I like...
Ajay Kusnoor recalls the fear he felt coming out to his Indian parents when he was a teen living in a predominantly white community in Texas. He was afraid of becoming an outcast and wondered whether his parents would ever speak to him again. “A real fear for me was...
In the garage of their Laguna Beach home in 1987, 3-year-old Jennifer Kucera watched her father Don carefully shape a piece of wood into one of the mechanical puzzles that he created with his wife Lee. Around 32 years later, Jennifer Kucera, her husband Jesse Rothman...
It’s 1 in the afternoon as the hot Pasadena sun beats down on 17-year-old Jesus Hernandez. He knows this trail well. Leaping from rock to rock, he looks for copper-colored frogs resting in the shade of the Gabrielino Trail. Hernandez visits this trail often through...
Hailing all the way from Cairns, Australia, alternative pop trio Chase Atlantic are making their way around the country in their “Phases” tour. On June 28, they made their stop in Los Angeles to headline at the Regent Theater. “Phases” is the alt-pop groups sophomore...
Clusters of children sit gathered on the hardwood floor, peering up at the painted canvases before them with notebooks in hand. Abstract impressionist Mark Rothko’s work stood spread out on the white walls, bringing depth to the room with overwhelmingly saturated...
