Listage: Los Angeles' Best Taco Trucks; Rolling With The Grilled Cheese Truck

Published June 8, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.

Menu at La Descarga, Hollywood. [Photo: djjewelz/Eater LA Flickr Pool] ·Tasting Newly Opened Raw/Vegan Eatery Mooi [LAT] ·World's Biggest Burger Competition: 95.5-kg Burger from Australia [AHT] ·Los Angeles' Best Taco Trucks [WWD] ·Kellogg Drops Rice Kirispies Health Claims [MNN] ...

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EaterWire: Debbie Launches Ahn-Joo Food Truck, Michael Symon Loves Animal, Cognoscenti Coffee Sprouts Downtown

Published June 8, 2010 at 8:50 p.m.

MEALS ON WHEELS— The Next Food Network Star alum Debbie Lee launches the Ahn-Joo food truck serving modern Korean pub fare. Catch the vehicle June 18-26, 4PM-1AM weekdays and 2PM-1AM weekends at the Los Angeles Film Festival Village at L.A ...

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Banksy-esque Street Art Pops up on Melrose

Published June 10, 2010 at 8:50 p.m.
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Photo via unurth.com, used with permission ... A new piece of street art has appeared on Melrose. It's actually in the spot where Banksy put up his "out of bed" rat at Orange Avenue (one of several rats that he's done in Hollywood), which was recently taken down. Unsure if Banksy is actually back in Los Angeles or not, some believe it's not the elusive British street artist. Still, the art has been applauded because the new work has "a clever twist," as Unurth.com notes -- "the rat became Pope

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Libraries Will Go from 6 to 5 Days of Open Doors Per Week

Published June 11, 2010 at 2:29 p.m.
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A proposal to shut Los Angeles libraries down another day of the week was reluctantly approved yesterday by the board that oversees them. Starting July 6th, libraries will be open five days a week, a move to keep the system of 83 libraries solvent during budget cuts and workforce reductions. This comes after the Board of Library Commissioners voted to shorten hours earlier this year from seven days a week to six due to budget cuts. More details of the proposal can be found on LAist's post from

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Recycling Facility Fire in South L.A. Prompts Air Quality Advisory

Published June 11, 2010 at 4:59 p.m.
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Smoke as seen from LA Academy Photo by avalonsensei via Twitter A large fire that caused an explosion at a South L.A. recycling facility this afternoon has officials warning about air quality in the region. The L.A. County Department of Public Health said people are "urged to avoid unnecessary outdoor activity where there is visible smoke or the odor of smoke." ... At about 11 a.m., the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the fire at Slauson and Central. Upon arrival, an explosion

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10 L.A. Date Ideas on the Cheap

Published June 11, 2010 at 8:05 p.m.
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Photo: Lou O' Bedlam/LAist Featured Photos ... Do you have a date this weekend? KCET this month shared their list top 10 list of "10 Cheap Summer Dates," but we know there's so much more. Complete with a map, KCET's choices are a mix of the most talked-about activities -- Cinespia, Getty, a hike in Griffith Park -- and some ones not normally thought of like going geocaching (how nerdily awesomesauce!) or heading to Grand Performances in downtown ... Of course, this is Los Angeles, where dating

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Food Fight: City Councilmember Wants to Look into Limiting Food Truck Parking

Published June 11, 2010 at 9:15 p.m.
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Another motion asks for "the creation of specially designated parking zones for catering trucks." ... But this might not bode well for LaBonge or the city council, which faces an industry with growing political power and case law in their favor. "This regulation is short sighted," said Matt Geller of the SoCal Mobile Vendors Association (SCMVA) ... Geller says the California Vehicle code does not allow cities to limit vending from vehicles for just any reason. The code says local agencies may

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Liar! DWP fibbed for rate hikes

Published June 11, 2010 at 3:24 a.m.

The DWP deceived Los Angeles officials when it threatened to withhold $73.5 million from the city during a protracted rate-hike battle, says an audit released Thursday ...

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Teen sailor found alive and well

Published June 11, 2010 at 2:35 p.m.

LOS ANGELES - A 16-year-old California girl who was feared lost at sea while sailing solo around the world has been found alive and well, adrift in the southern Indian Ocean with rescue boats headed toward her, officials said ...

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Former manager defends DWP

Published June 11, 2010 at 10:04 p.m.

Responding to an audit which said the DWP deliberately misled Los Angeles officials during a rate-hike battle this spring, the agency's former chief on Friday defended his staff's statements, saying "the DWP is not a slush fund for the city." ...

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