Little Tokyo is home to many fascinating people, including a Filipina named Di who still has the rubber bullet the LAPD shot at her. Di is a Community Organizer who grew up in LA, attended UCLA, and when she’s not partying with fellow Filipino, Bruno Mars, enjoys doing her best…

Alissa Walker on the proposed tunnel through Bel Air, the parks above the 101, and raising a family in Historic Filipinotown Alissa Walker is one of LA’s most beloved journalists. Whether it be from her prolific work with Curbed LA (now just simply Curbed), her participation in the LA Pod…

By a Black man with a hyphen in his first name and an LA Taco cap on his fro photos by Lexis-Olivier Ray unless otherwise noted. Lexis-Olivier Ray is a soft-spoken, polite, and sweet young man. He’s a gentleman and a thoughtful professional. He goes out into the streets from…

Pat Saperstein on Malibu, Silver Lake, Echo Park, North Beach and spinning the Boss on KCRW in the middle of the night. There’s a way some native Angelenos talk that’s cool and thoughtful. They speak at a stroll’s pace. Almost like there’s not one thing you can do or say…

Also what’s good to eat in Chinatown, what it was like working for Dov Charney, and saying ‘I love you’ with her parents. — Joey oozes business savvy, has great style, cannot be rattled, and could not give a shit what most think. She comes from Canada though, so she will be nice about it. Joey and Tony have known each other since before she even moved to LA. That is why his tone…

The City Attorney, the LA City Council, the LAPD, and even opposing baseball teams would also like a word. — If you have seen Ricci Sergienko online he was probably yelling at someone. Targets have included the notorious LA Sheriff, the cagey LA City Attorney, any number of the LA City Council, and various members of the LAPD. When he’s not heckling officials, he’s organizing with the People’s City Council…

Michael Pusateri is Cruftbox on TikTok where over 10 million people have watched him beekeep — There is no possible way one could find a more mild-mannered man than Harbor City’s Michael Pusateri. By day he is an engineer who has traveled the world building television and recording studios for major networks and companies. But when he gets home from work he kisses his beautiful wife…

Longtime Virgil Village resident and Shondaland.com founding editor on her faith, her hair, and her first reaction to Depeche Mode. — Liz Dwyer is all the things you’d want from a midwesterner: funny, sweet, welcoming, great sense of humor, who also keeps it real. The daughter of a Black mom and white dad, Liz has a unique perspective about race, particularly the treatment of POC. In this hour-long wide-ranging discussion, we…

Robin Mayper has spent nearly 25 years in the SFV and will be selling her slightly haunted house for the quest of a carefree life. Her neighborhood is changing. One McMansion is springing up here and there. One right next door to her humble abode. As the housing market sizzles…