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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

34 Faces Of The L.A. Metro

Comments (0) | 720, blue line, bus, Buses, carpooling, Cars, Crie, Culver City, Environment, Expansion, expo line, Gold Line, Green Energy, Green Line, LA, LATransit, light rail, little tokyo, Living Green, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Los Angeles and Region, metro, Metrolink, public transit, public transportation, purple line, red line, Rose Bowl, Santa Monica, trains, transit, Wilshire/Western

Daniel Tran / Neon Tommy

Annenberg Masters Students

We asked dozens of Angelenos why they choose to take public transit. Here are their stories.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Judy Blume Talks Tweets, Times Gone By And Teachable Moments In Los Angeles

Comments (1) | Alex Cohen, Are You There God It's Me Margaret, Blubber, Books, books, Children of the Stone, In The Unlikely Event, John Green, Josh Kun, Judy Blume, little tokyo, Los Angeles, Nat King Cole, New Jersey, paper towns, sandy tolan, Summer Sisters, The Depression, The Fault in Our Stars, To Live in Dine In LA, world war, YMCA

Kristin Marguerite Doidge
Guest Contributor

Judy Blume, the iconic YA author, recently visited Los Angeles' Little Tokyo and dropped some classic Blume truth bombs.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

L.A. Hello Kitty Exhibit Opens October 11

Comments (0) | Arts+Culture, Dr. Christine Yano, Hello Kitty, Hello Kitty and Friends, Jamie Rivadeneira Dave Marchi, JANM, Japanese American National Museum, little tokyo, Sanrio

Little Tokyo is about to get super cute.

Heidi Carreon
Staff Reporter

Little Tokyo is about to get super cute.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Minimum Wage Plan Tastes Bitter To Café Demitasse

Comments (0) | Bobak Roshan, café demitasse, coffee, little tokyo, Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti, minimum wage, minimum wage hike, starbucks

Cafe Demitasse (Daina Beth Solomon/Neon Tommy)

Daina Beth Solomon
Contributor

Paying higher wages could threaten Bobak Roshan's business, already burdened by fees and taxes.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Urth Caffé: A DTLA Arts District Hot Spot

Comments (0) | arts district, café, Downtown, dtla, Food, little tokyo, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, organic, Urth Caffé, Video

The cafe serves organic coffee and tea and is located in a burgeoning neighborhood downtown.

Kristi Cook
Contributor

The cafe serves organic coffee and tea and is located in a burgeoning neighborhood downtown.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Dis/Oriente/d Celebrates Its Two-Year Anniversary

Comments (0) | asian, Asian Empowerment, Atsuko Okatsuka, comedians, Comedy Show, D'lo, David Henry Hwang Theater, Downtown L.A., dtla, Jenny Yang, Kyle Mizono, Liliana Cervantes, little tokyo, Los Angeles, Mona Concepcion, sexuality, stand-up comedy, Theater and Dance, transgender, women, women empowerment

Jenny Yang opens for Dis/oriente/d. Photo by Heidi Carreon.

Heidi Carreon
Staff Reporter

Comedy troupe Dis/oriente/d celebrate Asian-American humor in Little Tokyo.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Lotus Festival Returns To Echo Park

Comments (1) | Arts+Culture, asian, asian american, Chinatown, Council of Oriental Organizations, Department of Parks and Recreation, Downtown L.A., dtla, Echo Park, echo park lake, ethnic dancing, Food, fun, Historic Filipinotown, Koreatown, little bangladesh, little tokyo, Los Angeles, Lotus Festival, Lotus Flowers, Music, Philippines, summer festival

Heidi Carreon
Staff Reporter

The Lotus Festival is back and better than ever.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

10 Non-Touristy Things To Do In Los Angeles

Comments (1) | activities, Anne Hathaway, betty b dearing trail, bonaventure, bonaventure hotel, Canter's Deli, Cinespia, dearing trail, descanso gardens, emile hirsch, fryman canyon, George Clooney, Helen Hunt, Hollywood Bowl, hollywood forever cemetery, jewish deli, l.a. philharmonic, LA, little tokyo, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Philharmonic, non-touristy, olvera street, Sherman Oaks Castle Park, Stacy Keibler, terranea, the city of angels, things to do in los angeles

View from Terranea (Neon Tommy/Sarah Collins)

Sarah Collins
Staff Reporter

See what the locals are actually doing in L.A.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

An Inside Look At Fickle

Comments (4) | An Inside Look At Fickle, Chef James Ta, Farm-To-Table, Fickle, Fickle Releases Its Spring Menu, Food, Jenni Hwang, little tokyo, Los Angeles Restaurants, Metro Discount, The Sandwich Smith, USC Student Discount

(Janelle Cabuco/Neon Tommy)

Janelle Cabuco
Associate Food Editor

This farm-to-table restaurant continues to keep its customers on their toes with its release of its spring menu. 

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

People Welcome New Downtown Development With Reservation

Comments (0) | #reviveDTLA, alternative transportation, arts district, Cars, downtown development, little tokyo, local business, Los Angeles and Region, metro, one santa fe, parking

The half-mile long One Santa Fe project sits on the esat side of Arts District, right next to the L.A. River.

Zihao Yang
Contributor

Parking woes might be getting tougher with One Santa Fe.

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