It’s the soul of Orange County

It’s the soul of Orange County

With historic buildings, an arts district and a lively street scene reflecting its thriving Latino population, Santa Ana has grown into the slogan it adopted in 2006: “Downtown Orange County.” It’s come a long way since the ’80s, when the civic...
This show really has everything

This show really has everything

Since its designation as a theater and arts district in 1992, North Hollywood, a.k.a. NoHo, has been the unofficial center of live performance in Los Angeles. Like its New York counterpart SoHo, the urban village bisected by Magnolia and Lankershim boulevards was...
Where retro cool thrives in Burbank

Where retro cool thrives in Burbank

Antique stores and thrift shops rule Magnolia Boulevard — the main artery of Burbank’s Magnolia Park neighborhood — but that doesn’t mean the area is stuck in a dusty past. Founded in 1923, the quarter roughly bounded by Hollywood Way on the...
Despite history, it’s no lemon

Despite history, it’s no lemon

In Claremont — the college town at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains where thousands of acres of citrus groves once thrived — the locals have taken lemons and made lemonade. The booming citrus industry began in this leafy hamlet in 1887 when the Santa...
At Home in the World

At Home in the World

Travel the globe without leaving Los Angeles You’re in a place where exotic smells wafts from sidewalk cafés. All around you, signs are scrawled in foreign scripts and people speak in unfamiliar languages. Food-market bins are crammed with piquant spices and...