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    Meet the L.A. duo preserving the analog photo booth

    There’s fewer than 300 old-fashioned analog photo booths left worldwide. A third of those are in the U.S. The Booth Buds are working to keep them alive.
    Danielle Chiriguayo
    Danielle Chiriguayo
    Los AngelesHistory
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    Your street tacos are in legal limbo

    Approximately half of sidewalk food vendors have the health permits required to operate legally, but very few of those are cooking on the street.
    Megan Jamerson
    Megan Jamerson
    NewsLos AngelesSmall Business & Entrepreneurs
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    Noted Hollywood vintage dealer faces hard times, undaunted

    Nick Metropolis has struggled to keep his once-iconic furniture shop in business. After a series of ill-fated moves, he’s giving it one last go.
    Jennifer Swann
    Jennifer Swann
    NewsLos AngelesCulture
    A man sits at a bookstore register surrounded by stacks of books.
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    Rent hike turns Eagle Rock bookstore into organizing hub

    Read Books will close June 1. The shop is using its final weeks to organize around small business displacement.
    Megan Jamerson
    Megan Jamerson
    NewsLos AngelesSmall Business & Entrepreneurs
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    Do trees burn houses? Or is it the other way around?

    Surveying the trees that survived the fires of 2025, scientists update what we know about how and why cities burn.
    Brandon R. Reynolds
    Brandon R. Reynolds
    LA Firestorm: One Year LaterPlantsIn Our Backyard

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