Rubio's Coastal Grill closes 48 restaurants in California
Rubio's Coastal Grill, a Carlsbad-based fast-casual Mexican restaurant, abruptly closed 48 stores in California, citing the rising cost of doing…
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Aid! I'm looking for a ring in all the wrong places
As we walked back to our cars after the party, my ex-boyfriend said, “I have something for you,” and dropped…
Los Angeles' only Spanish-language children's bookstore will soon be bigger
When Chiara Arroyo and Celene Navarrete decided to sell children's books in Spanish in 2012, they weren't worried about customer…
Before 99 Cents Only, there was Bargain Circus in La Brea
To the editor: When a 99 Cents Only store took over the wonderfully chaotic Bargain Circus location on La Brea…
Here's What $20 Can Buy Now at 4 Different Discount Stores in Los Angeles
Checkout lines stretched into the aisles of the 99 Cents Only store in Beverly Grove on Monday afternoon. Red and…
Los Angeles store clerk hit by robbers may need heart transplant
When a group of four women tried to leave a beauty supply store in East Los Angeles with several stolen…
We will lose many coastal treasures such as the Wayfarers Chapel.
To the editor: You quoted the Rev. Dave Brown of Wayfarers Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes as saying, “We don't…
Book Rack in Arcadia is closing. Customers cry
“Welcome to Book Rack,” says Karen Kropp, as her eyes scan the dwindling shelves inside her bookstore. “Before it was…
Opinion: Will too many transplants change Montana?
My version of Livingston, Montana, where I've lived since 1987, began with a kind of artistic, impoverished chain migration: My…
REI Santa Monica to close, second downtown location this month
REI will do it Close shop in Santa Monica at the end of the month, marking the second move this…