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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Ice Cream Renaissance

    L.A. is in the middle of an ice cream renaissance. The pricey ice cream chain Jeni’s opened its first West Coast location in Los Feliz this year. Around the corner, there’s often a line out the door at the Churro Borough, where they serve $5 churro ice cream sandwiches.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 25, 2015 • 1 min read

    L.A. is in the middle of an ice cream renaissance. The pricey ice cream chain Jeni’s opened its first West Coast location in Los Feliz this year. Around the corner, there’s often a line out the door at the Churro Borough, where they serve $5 churro ice cream sandwiches. These are just two examples of the many new, artisanal frozen dessert spots that have opened all over the city.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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    Chinese Birth Tourism, New Homeless Numbers, and LA’s Ice Cream Scene
    1. 0:00New Study Finds Growing Homeless Population
    2. 18:20Biden 2016?
    3. 30:02Chinese Birth Tourism in the San Gabriel Valley
    4. 44:51Ice Cream RenaissanceYou’re reading this
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