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The Best Places To Find A Good Concha In LA - REDUX
#128: Want to finish your week strong with some delicious conchas? Well, we've got you covered. Today we're revisiting one of our favorite food segments: the search for LA's best concha. And keep your eye out for a special holiday concha episode in the coming weeks! Everyone loves a fresh concha –…
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Walking Fifty One Miles along the LA River
#154: We're returning to the LA River today, this time on foot, not by kayak. Host Brian De Los Santos and HTLA producer Victoria Alejandro headed on over to Frogtown to hang out by the river and hear from two members of the Fifty-One Miles team. That's a project led by landscape architecture grad…
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After Scandals, A Moment For Reform In LA Politics
#153: The City Hall leaked tape incident last year, combined with several corruption scandals involving councilmembers in the past few years, have led to this moment: There’s now more momentum than ever behind some major reforms. There are three main proposals that would significantly impact how …
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100 Years Of The Hollywood Sign
#152: This month, How To LA is putting the spotlight on LA landmarks that are turning 100 this year – all to celebrate our FIRST birthday. Next up: The Hollywood Sign. Host Brian De Los Santos and producer Megan Botel take a hike up to the top of Mount Lee to the sign to speak with Jeff Zarrinnam …
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Wanna Beat The Heat? Try Painting Your Roof
#151: Okay - the past couple days of clouds were a nice break from the hot weather. But love it or hate it... that L.A. heat is always just right around the corner. Controlling urban heat is a major issue: it touches everything from health, to the environment, to your wallet. And running the AC all…
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Finding Community Through Friday Night Shabbat
#150: Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on Friday, which means friends and friends will gather together for Shabbat. It turns out that all around LA, every Friday, you can find a Shabbat dinner to attend – and you do not have to be Jewish. The non-profit OneTable that organizes these events says it'…
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How A Film Location Scout Turns DTLA Into NY, Chicago, the Future And the Past
#149: As a Los Angeles-based film location scout/manager who’s been in the business for nearly 30 years, Rick Schuler has found lots of streets and buildings in downtown L.A. that can look like lots of other places. Places like Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Italy and Colombia. And different ti…
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As Strikes Drag On, Financial Stress Sets In For Hollywood Workers
#148: The Writers' and Actors' strikes continue to drag on with no deal in sight. It's starting to take its toll on these artists as its been months since many of them have made any income. Reports of evictions and other hardships are starting to hit the headlines. But some help could be availabl…
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Why The LA Coliseum Is More Than A Stadium
#147: The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is one of several L.A. landmarks hitting the century mark this year, and we thought it’d be fun to take a look back on them as we celebrate our one-year anniversary of How To LA this September. We explored The Biltmore Hotel downtown (if you haven’t listened…
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How To Live Car-Free — In The Car Capital of The World - REDUX
#77: Brian's out today, so we're revisiting that time Evan took Meg on his bike route to work... and explored what it looks like to live Car-Free in Los Angeles. Please note, the Gold Line, as reference in this podcast, has been renamed the A Line. Lots of Angelinos live without a car – and hundr…
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