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Coffee Tomo: The Find - LA Times

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The Find: Coffee Tomo in West L.A. Stuffed pretzel at Coffee Tomo. Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times. Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times). C Thi Nguyen, Special to the Los Angeles Times. The tagline for Coffee Tomo, a cafe that opened a few weeks ago off the main drag of Sawtelle Boulevard's mini Japan. Town, might be: coffee specialists and slightly manic pretzel innovators. Think fresh-baked, intricately structured pretzels stuffed with red beans and cheese. The best thing here might be the pr...

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Gifts: 11 delicious things to eat and drink - LA Times

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Gifts: 11 delicious things to eat and drink. While some might hold out for designer fashions or a luxury car topped with a red bow, food lovers may be just as thrilled by a gift of roasted hazelnuts, chile-spiced salt or Singaporean beef jerky. Well, that might be carrying it to extremes, but at least we'll be really, really happy with them. Here are 11 ideas for consumable products that are bound to please any eater on your list. Jam of the Month Club. PHOTOS: 11 delicious gifts. Suits and Knives coffee.

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Obama pushes to extend gun background checks to Social Security - LA Times

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Obama pushes to extend gun background checks to Social Security. Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images. Relatives of gun violence victims and gun control advocates held a news conference in Washington on Dec. 10, 2014, two years after the Sandy Hook shooting, to urge lawmakers to expand background checks. Relatives of gun violence victims and gun control advocates held a news conference in Washington on Dec. 10, 2014, two years after the Sandy Hook shooting, to urge lawmakers to expand background checks. A potent...

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Lux Interior dies at 60; founder, front man of punk band the Cramps - LA Times

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Lux Interior dies at 60; founder, front man of punk band the Cramps. Lux Interior performs in 1979. Lux Interior performs at the Whisky in West Hollywood in 1979. Lux Interior performs at the Whisky in West Hollywood in 1979. (Los Angeles Times). Lux Interior, the singer, songwriter and founding member of the pioneering New York City horror-punk band the Cramps, died Wednesday. He was 60. Often dressed in macabre, gender-bending costumes onstage, Interior evoked a lanky, proto-goth Elvis Presley. The ban...

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Google buys 12 acres in Playa Vista, vastly expands presence in L.A. - LA Times

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Google buys 12 acres in Playa Vista, vastly expands presence in L.A. Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times. Google is expected to lease the historic hangar where aviator Howard Hughes built his famous Spruce Goose airplane. Google is expected to lease the historic hangar where aviator Howard Hughes built his famous Spruce Goose airplane. (Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times). Roger Vincent and Andrea Chang. This is phenomenal news for the Westside and for the Los Angeles economy, said City Councilman Mike Bonin, w...

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Michelle Obama: Politics of fashion - LA Times

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Michelle Obama: Politics of fashion. Michelle Obama: Bringing back the brooch. Rodolfo Gonzalez / Associated Press. By Stephanie Lysaght, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Bringing back the brooch Before the Democratic National Convention, a plethora of questions swirled around the blogosphere. Would Barack Obama finally win over Hillary Clinton s most loyal supporters? Would Bill Clinton s speech come off as sincere or forced? And most important of all, what would Michelle Obama wear? Apparently, Mrs. ...

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'Empire' and its phenomenal ratings a top priority for Fox - LA Times

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Empire' and its phenomenal ratings a top priority for Fox. Chuck Hodes / Fox. Snoop Dogg, right, with Empire star Terrence Howard, is among the top musical guests on the Fox soap. Snoop Dogg, right, with Empire star Terrence Howard, is among the top musical guests on the Fox soap. (Chuck Hodes / Fox). In a staggeringly short period, Fox's 'Empire' became must-see TV for millions of viewers. Empire just wrapped its first season Wednesday night with its best ratings so far. Now comes the hard part for Fox.

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Lincoln Center Articles, Photos, and Videos - Los Angeles Times

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Philanthropic naming rights, and naming wrongs. Poor David Geffen. By giving $100 million to New York's Lincoln Center to rename Avery Fisher Hall after himself, he's become the new focus of a philanthropic debate that has gone on for decades. Related "Lincoln Center" Articles. Philanthropic naming rights, and naming wrongs. Essential Arts and Culture: The soul in the machine and a phenom with a baton. How David Geffen's gift to Lincoln Center reflects on Music Center. With the news Wednesday of David Ge...

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Travel News: Your Guide to Everything for Travel - Los Angeles Times

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Travel News and Deals. Two lines of London's Underground will serve the after-midnight crowd on weekends. If you’ve had a wee bit much to drink and want to take the Tube to your London home, you were out of luck after midnight. Until Friday. The London Underground started running all-night rides on two lines, the Victoria and Central, coming into line with mass-transit practices in New York and Paris. California and the West. Travel News and Deals. The Sunday Travel Section. California and the West.

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Cirque du Soleil's 'Kooza' - LA Times

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Cirque du Soleil's 'Kooza'. Cirque du Soleil returns to Santa Monica. Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times. Mike Tyus, portraying a trickster character, leads performers into the ring in Cirque du Soleil's traveling production of Kooza, being presented through Nov. 29 under a big top adjacent to the Santa Monica Pier. Cirque du Soleil returns to Santa Monica. Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times. Hey, gravity: phhhfffft. High-wire performers seem to taunt the laws of physics.