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    Peddling candy in South LA with Grace of the Sea

    Luis Sanchez is an LA street vendor who goes by the name Grace of the Sea . Grace sells bacon-wrapped pineapple-stuffed hot dogs and candy out of a golden basket in Jefferson Park. We close out the show this week riding along with Grace on the candy route. Producer David Weinberg is our guide.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 27, 2016 • 1 min read

    Luis Sanchez is an LA street vendor who goes by the name Grace of the Sea. Grace sells bacon-wrapped pineapple-stuffed hot dogs and candy out of a golden basket in Jefferson Park. We close out the show this week riding along with Grace on the candy route. Producer David Weinberg is our guide. You can hear more stories in KCRW's Below the Ten: Stories of South LA series.

    Music: "El Paso" by Marty Robbins

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    The full episode

    7 of 7
    Consolidation in biotech, aeroir, smoked beets, beer cocktails
    1. 0:17Bayer's $62 billion bid for Monsanto
    2. 10:24The air we … eat?
    3. 18:34You can't stop the beet
    4. 26:31A tour de force chop at Salt's Cure
    5. 34:06Make that cold one a beer cocktail
    6. 42:37Let them eat cake
    7. 51:07Peddling candy in South LA with Grace of the SeaYou’re reading this
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