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Meet the inaugural LA Vanguardia class, talented Latinos defining the cultural landscape of L.A. and beyond.

Earlier this year, he co-hosted the eight-episode podcast “Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez,” which tells the story of the real-life “godfather of narcocorridos,” who was slain in 1992 in Culiacán, Mexico, and left a long shadow on both sides of the border. “Opera belongs to all of us,” she says, adding that she is interested in bringing a major Latin American opera to the stage in L.A. Soto earned the job, and “Blue Beetle,” which will arrive in theaters in August, has the potential to be a landmark film for Latino representation. [“The Book of Life,”](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-book-of-life-director-jorge-gutierrez-20141019-story.html) animator-filmmaker [Gutierrez](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-jorge-gutierrez-border-bang-exhibition-20160707-snap-htmlstory.html) is also an accomplished painter. “I wanted the characters to reflect the diversity of the people I knew growing up and the people we met in Mexico,” he told The Times in 2018. The first woman to score an animated Disney movie — and the first woman of color to be nominated for an Academy Award for original score — Franco composed the music for 2021’s smash “Encanto,” the charming magical-realist tale of the enchanted Madrigal clan in rural Colombia. Now after a steady career working in Mexican and Argentine films and a key role in “Narcos: Mexico,” Calva has a movie that might do for him what “The Godfather” did for Pacino: make him a star. Mayan Lopez is also a producer on the series, which is inspired by her strained relationship with her famous pops, returning to prime time 15 years after “The George Lopez Show.” Angered by his infidelity, she did not speak to her father for several years after her parents divorced in 2011, but the parent/child pair started to reconnect in the past few years, and Mayan Lopez has said the series will explore some of the emotional issues that she and her father are still grappling with. As a director of original series at Netflix, Garcia was instrumental in shepherding such popular series as “Stranger Things,” “13 Reasons Why” and “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.” Garcia was drawn to the entertainment industry from her love of the action-drama series “24.” She landed an internship at 20th Century Fox and, after college, joined Fox as an assistant. The Native- and Indigenous-focused group focuses on “centering Indigeneity into the creative practice of Los Angeles,” and one of its first public activations centered on the 2018 removal of a Columbus statue in L.A.'s Grand Park. With a vivacious presence that leaps from the screen, De Armas has shot to stardom with roles in films such as “Blade Runner 2049,” “Knives Out” and “No Time To Die.” Born in Cuba to a family of Spanish heritage, as a teenager De Armas moved to Spain to further pursue her acting career, eventually making her way to the U.S. The goal, she says, is “being in charge of how the stories and the point of views are shaped.” Look for more on Gomez in LA Vanguardia later this week.

Founders Huber and Combs partnered with Mexico's female artisans to create a versatile limited-edition collection that boldly elevates modern couture...

[LaPeony.com](https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=MBV_E11wPeoi5J4ieS-pL5d5AQsy7NytSQlbRYmXUBq4FurhMi3HaRL5BumY0N7mRHcDrMtqc8sDPAFZFdhePw==) and see how the brand gives back, donating a portion of its proceeds to the Oaxacan artisan collective. Co-Founders Melony Huber and DeAnne Combs introduce a sustainably-sourced collection of timeless fashion pieces for women designed to “move with you through every stage of life.” Proudly working with Oaxaca-based female artisans, La Peony is a brand that uplifts the modern wardrobe and supports the lives of the skilled women who create the fabrics. - The Annie Hemp Fleece and Cruelty-Free Lambskin Hoodie Dress ($525) - A flawless synergy of relaxed modern loungewear, edgy streetwear, and feminine couture. Hemp Stretch Denim edition ($529) features custom vintage fading that compliments the body’s natural curves. Find timeless essentials that simplify day-to-night style, each featuring sustainable, cruelty-free materials and named for exemplary women in each of the founders’ lives, like: “We are thrilled to introduce our initial capsule collection, with curated designs made to enhance the unique beauty of every woman,” shares Huber.

Global LA, the public-private partnership started by the Office of the Mayor of LA, announces Earvin “Magic” Johnson joins as a celebrity ambassador.

Los Angeles’ companies and organizations that have committed to support Global LA as members include The Walt Disney Company, the Conrad N. By making it easier for companies, nonprofits, and entrepreneurs to invest in our city, Global LA will attract international opportunities that benefit Angelenos across our city with good-paying jobs and a more resilient, inclusive local economy. great: he used his platform as a world-famous athlete to create a thriving business empire and continues to give back to the communities that supported him through thoughtful investments. Together with our partners and members, Global LA will enable a more equitable, vibrant, generative economy that grows and thrives as a result of an increasingly international and diverse population. Regarding Global LA’s appointment of Magic, Mayor Eric Garcetti noted, “Los Angeles is a global crossroads — there is simply no better place to start or expand a business than here. This has been the foundation of my company Magic Johnson Enterprises and I look forward to seeing the difference we can make in this incredible city.”

So started the L.A. Times' 2021 Latinos in Hollywood package, in which Times journalists traced the horrendous history of Latino representation in entertainment ...

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Giggster spotlighted iconic party hubs from Los Angeles history, from Vanity Fair's Oscars blowouts to the Sunset Strip supper clubs of the 1940s and '50s.

Giggster spotlighted iconic party hubs from Los Angeles history, from Vanity Fair's Oscars blowouts to the Sunset Strip supper clubs of the 1940s and '50s.

From a Louis Vuitton milestone to the Inglewood Open Studios art walk to the buzziest wine bar opening in Santa Monica, the Drip Index can add some heat to ...

[inglewoodopenstudios.org](https://inglewoodopenstudios.org/) [lujodepot.com](https://lujodepot.com/) Shop the looks at [hanifa.co](https://hanifa.co/). [féi hernandez](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.feihernandez.com%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cjulissa.james%40latimes.com%7C66d5d3d3ecf340f5e84208daac9f3a4f%7Ca42080b34dd948b4bf44d70d3bbaf5d2%7C0%7C0%7C638012097118207278%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=pvRFWk1nacDcXDgLtmukxbK9W9mXJIHwv%2Bde2Vb5%2Bok%3D&reserved=0) and [Michael Massenberg](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.michaelmassenburg.com%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cjulissa.james%40latimes.com%7C66d5d3d3ecf340f5e84208daac9f3a4f%7Ca42080b34dd948b4bf44d70d3bbaf5d2%7C0%7C0%7C638012097118207278%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=RXmBU9KxS542Y6ceTyUOa2KJYuCVy%2F14JUFMVjHs1GY%3D&reserved=0), the two-day event will launch with an opening reception at Residency Art Gallery (featuring the work of the gallery’s participating artists) on Nov. artist Jacob Rochester and Chinatown Gallery Franchise collaborated on an NFT for the NBA. artist Henry Taylor gets his due with a 30-year retrospective at MOCA Grand — the largest retrospective of his work to date. [forward-thinking fashion presentations](https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2020-09-04/fashion-game-changer-3-d-runway-shows-future-hanifa-anifa-mvuemba), is back with its fall/winter 2022 collection where cozy meets cutting-edge. A massive outdoor presentation — which for the first time in the Skirball Museum’s history fully utilizes its 15-acre outdoor campus for a continuous art installation — takes inspiration from public wayfinding signage, erecting sculptures that point toward emotions like anxiety, compassion, desire and loss and encourage viewers to reflect on the human experience. Initially introduced in 2002, the newest iteration of the timepiece was launched last September, featuring strong lines and a distinctive character. Louis Vuitton celebrates 20 years of making the iconic Tambour watch with a new capsule exhibition in the Jewel Court at South Coast Plaza. “At the Table,” a group exhibition organized by Heber Rodriguez at Armory Center for the Arts, digs into “our intimate and communal relationships with food and investigates the many ways these connections were severed or challenged” during the pandemic lockdowns. Mindful collective 3rd Ritual launched its Yin Jacket in October, a weighted piece of outerwear filled with recycled glass beads and colored with plant dyes.

Giggster spotlighted iconic party hubs from Los Angeles history, from Vanity Fair's Oscars blowouts to the Sunset Strip supper clubs of the 1940s and '50s.

For 11 years, Diddy's annual White Party hopped to different locales that were always the place to be: He made "Hypnotize" with Biggie Smalls at one of them, and in 2004, TV producer Normal Lear lent the hip-hop mogul an original copy of the Declaration of Independence to display. But by other accounts the magazine's Oscars parties are thriving: In response to the criticism, director After the Byrds migrated less than a mile down the strip from Ciro's to the Whisky, the counterculture was in full bloom. Even if Diddy's promised return of the White Party never materializes, the priceless photographs and unforgettable stories will live on forever. He was soon bored with "the Troc," however, and after a dubious kitchen blaze demolished the place, Wilkerson founded Ciro's in 1940. Known for 1966's "Secret Agent Man," singer Johnny Rivers was the first regular act to play at the Whisky and contributed to drawing huge crowds that frequently included LA legends Steve McQueen and Jayne Mansfield. And that was just in the audience; clubgoers could expect to groove to live music from Sammy Davis Jr., Judy Garland, Dean Martin, and more. In 1934 he established the Trocadero, a swanky hangout for mobsters and actors alike, with a back room for Wilkerson's gambling habit. Attendees included Prince, Nancy Reagan, Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, and Anthony Hopkins, to name a few. Not even Prohibition and Mafia involvement in the 1930s could diminish the glitzy, glamorous clubs that sprang up along the Sunset Strip, setting the stage for later City of Angels parties to become places to see and be seen. In 1953, Eartha Kitt performed for three sold-out nights in a row after LA officials charged her music with being "too sexy." Many of them are part of local lore, like the Whisky a Go Go, which exported not only go-go boots but essential '60s acts like Buffalo Springfield and the Doors.

Our inaugural LA Vanguardia class is an amazing array of Latino talent shaping the movies, TV, music, fine arts and literary scene of today — and tomorrow.

This is not a ranking. This is not a Latino hot list. This is not a comprehensive study. To be clear, this is not a Latino power list. Not in one year. Not much!

Election Day is Nov. 8 but half a million LA County residents have already voted. Among more than 5.6 million registered voters, many are continuing with ...

Also with hundreds of thousands of ballots being dropped off at drop boxes on Election Day, Logan says the LA County Registrar Clerk may not be able to call the winner of the Los Angeles mayoral race by Nov. But Logan says the best way to secure an election is through “participation.” “All vote-by-mail ballots go through a signature verification process before those are counted. 8 will be counted, some of the tight races in LA County may not have a clear winner on Election Day. “We're already starting to see a pretty strong surge of ballots come back -- over half a million ballots back already." [Mailing in ballots](https://www.lavote.gov/home/voting-elections/voting-options/vote-by-mail/how-to-vote-by-mail) is the primary method of voting that people use,” says [Dean Logan](https://www.lavote.gov/about-us/about-dean-c-logan), the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk for Los Angeles County.

Projecting LA featured honest portraits of the city by 35 street, documentary, news, and student photographers — with not a single Hollywood sign in sight.

With its seemingly endless patchwork of residential neighborhoods interlaced in a serpentine network of highways, Los Angeles has the reputation of a city where streets are vectors of mobility, not places where life is lived. “That was opposite of shooting in a big city, but still very similar, because at the end of the day, street photography is just about human connection.” The Hollywood sign is thankfully nowhere to be seen. Contemporary developments of the past few years are chronicled in more in-depth series, such as Capturing Covid by Los Angeles Times photographer Francine Orr, which focuses on the fear, loss, and hope experienced at hospitals during the early pandemic. “When I discovered street photography as an artform, everything was very much East Coast,” photographer Louis White told Hyperallergic at the event. The screening was accompanied by a five-day street photography workshop led by Dean at the Leica Akademie of America, and a selection of prints from Projecting L.A. The photographers of Projecting L.A. Acclaimed photographer Estevan Oriol’s work spans the underground to celebrity, reflecting Latinx lowrider and tattoo scenes as well as well-known figures like Snoop Dogg. will be donated to the collection of the Los Angeles Central Library, becoming part of the public record of the life of the city. “LA has the rap of being glitz and glamor, but this is an innovative attempt at revolutionizing how we see art. Julia Dean’s own contribution, a series titled Jose Hernandez: The Guardian of the Alley, is an intimate portrait of homelessness focused on the daily life of one person. On a recent chilly Saturday evening, a parking lot in Los Angeles’s Chinatown was transformed into a makeshift screening room as photographs documenting street life across the vast city were projected onto the rear of a four-story building.

In the March primary election, L.A. City Councilmember-elect Eunisses Hernandez unseated incumbent Gil Cedillo. Hernandez ran well to the left of somewhat ...

- 7th Street – Hoover Street to Alvarado Street, at least. - Washington Boulevard – Oak Street to Union Street. - Commonwealth Street – 3rd Street to 5th Street. Figueroa Street – Marmion Way/Pasadena Avenue to Avenue 50. - Echo Park Avenue – Montana Street to Bellevue (shared with CD13). - Avenue 60 – Hayes Avenue to Benner Street. - Beaudry Avenue – Temple Street to 6th Street. - Alvarado Street – Pico Boulevard to 8th Street. - 5th Street – Commonwealth to Shatto Place (shared with CD10). - 4th Street – Hoover Street to Commonwealth Street, at least. These could run along Spring to the Chinatown Station, and continue south along Alameda Street to the end of CD1 (Ord Street) and in to Union Station (in CD14). – 6th Street – from Valencia Street to the 110 Freeway.

Ever wondered what it's like to live in a 400-square-foot garage conversion? Find out at this wide-ranging ADU tour in Los Angeles.

What’s his secret?](https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2021-03-18/east-los-angeles-affordable-adu) [She built a granny flat in Echo Park: How it saved her during the pandemic](https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2021-07-13/echo-park-adu-showcases-craftsman-danish-modern-styles) [elderly parents](https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2022-05-18/adu-south-pasadena-multigenerational-housing-with-grandma), [grown children](https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2022-08-08/los-angeles-adus-for-people-with-disabilities) or [renters](https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2021-11-11/architects-split-a-1923-house-in-two-and-create-home-plus-adu) to supplement their income. Guests can register for the panel on [Eventbrite](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Flow-rise-housing-strategies-in-los-angeles-tickets-440535763327&data=05%7C01%7CLisa.Boone%40latimes.com%7C7221ef5bb4f4405a400408dabb6b73bd%7Ca42080b34dd948b4bf44d70d3bbaf5d2%7C0%7C0%7C638028367439963592%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5HtxP4lpAhhe9kyUdmF%2B4fG%2B%2BzjI9U9d677e9ZlNCv0%3D&reserved=0), and will have an opportunity to ask questions at a Q&A following the presentation. became a stylish ADU](https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2022-01-25/garage-turned-adu-west-l-a) [They turned a house full of cockroaches and code violations into a ‘must have’ home — and ADU](https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2021-11-11/architects-split-a-1923-house-in-two-and-create-home-plus-adu) [They turned a one-car garage into a stunning ADU to house their parents. [Neutra VDL Studio and Residences](https://neutra-vdl.org/), 2300 Silver Lake Blvd. [They worried about long-term housing for their disabled son — until they built an ADU](https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2022-08-08/los-angeles-adus-for-people-with-disabilities) [This ADU rental with windows galore is a houseplant lover’s dream](https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2022-07-06/los-angeles-garage-transformed-into-adu-rental) [How an aging Tudor’s ADU reunited a family and brought them closer together](https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2022-05-18/adu-south-pasadena-multigenerational-housing-with-grandma) [They were spending all their income on rent. When you’ve had your fill of houses, you can learn more about ADUs from a variety of perspectives as architect Linda Taalman moderates a panel discussion on low-rise densification efforts throughout L.A. The tour will include projects by Los Angeles architects and design firms A Google map, with a description of each home and address, is available on the city of L.A.'s Most notably, this could be done without altering the character of a neighborhood.” Admission to all of the homes is free, and no reservations are required. Ever wondered what it’s like to live in a 400-square-foot converted garage a stone’s throw from another single-family home on the same property?

Councilmen Kevin De León and Gill Cedillo have defied fierce and widespread calls to resign. Neither has attended a meeting since Oct. 11.

At a news briefing after he cleared the chamber Wednesday in response to protesters' refusal to quiet down, Krekorian claimed he has demonstrated "far more patience than should reasonably be expected in management of our council meetings." De León and Cedillo have defied fierce and widespread calls to resign for taking part in a leaked 2021 conversation that involved racist comments and attempts to manipulate redistricting, though a notice of intent to recall de León was filed with the city clerk's office on Thursday. Krekorian made it through a few sentences at the start of the meeting before one protester shook a noisemaker, and the rest joined in with shouts and yells. "Many of you made the commitment when the scandal came out that you guys weren't going to go on with business as usual. Krekorian, in his third week as council president, had not cited the rule by name during previous protests. Khan was using a bullhorn to yell at the council.

Protesters were cleared from the Los Angeles City Council Chamber Tuesday morning as they tried to, once again, disrupt the council's meeting.

He visited the Crenshaw district and meet with a group of African American leaders. we don't know how he can possibly be serving the constituents of his district when no one can find him." Krekorian had previously allowed the couple of

But on Tuesday, Krekorian immediately gave three warnings before asking police in riot gear to clear the protesters from the chamber. Krekorian called out Hamid ...

The Los Angeles City Council is set to meet Tuesday for the first time this week, one meeting after protesters who showed up demanding the resignations of ...