Not Her First Rodeo
From the little wooden sound box, located to the left of the chute, “Austyn Campbell, you are next on deck,” bellows from the speakers. It is 9 a.m., and the sun has barely began to heat up the day. The nervous impatient woman sits atop her eager gelding just waiting for the alarm to sound and for the gate...
Refillable & available
Zero-waste store provides homegoods and personal care products for conscious consumers
Laura Yochum, owner of Prostainable, cleans the counter at the Prostainable store in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Saturday, March 5, 2022. Photo by Ginina Pulcinella.
Laura Yochum, a former corporate hotshot, began to notice...
Divine Intervention
Story By: Kari Golden
Red.
Green.
Walk.
San Julien Street. Busted walls and littered concrete. Cracked windows and ignored street signs. Clusters of men and women lean against doorframes and empty spaces as others sporadically cross the street with blind eyes to oncoming traffic. Black hoodies and blazer jackets cover layers of clothing; layers of thickened scars. There is no sense of time or...
Corbin’s Monsters
Tucked away in a cramped garage in Calabasas, California, monsters are created. The smell of burnt fuel and melted metal stains the atmosphere. The monsters that leave this space are flame-spitting, ear-splitting, sensory-polarizing devil’s chariots.
Corbin Goodwin, a 25-year-old mechanical engineering major at CSUN, gained notoriety when his first mad creation was featured on the /Drive Channel on YouTube. His...
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Jeremiah Johnson's past led him on a journey to step out from the dark and into the light through Skid Row.
Icing on the cake
Who says small business is dead? Stacy Nakamura makes a go of it—her own way.
Living a double life
Kevin Perez sits in his bedroom in Sun Valley, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2020. Photo by Katya Castillo.
After a long night of dance practice for his cousin’s quinceanera, 12-year-old Kevin Perez came home late. His mother was angry—rightfully so, he thought.
But when he sat down for her lecture, she...
Ink Me Up
A new spasm of pain surges through a large man’s body lying on the thick padded hospital style table as a consistent buzz
resonates through the room. His face scrunches with each touch of the humming machine to the skin covering his ribs.
A man with blonde and black dreads leans in closer to note the exact spot he should bring...
Indian Runway Dazzle
Models representing India stride down a long, pearly-white and polished runway wearing colorful and carefully beaded traditional dress. Each outfit that sashayed down the catwalk shimmered when it caught the light.
Each side of the stage has two large boards with the writing “LA India Fashion Week.”
Just three days before the world-famous LA Fashion Week, LA India Fashion Week was...
Charlie hustle
Charlie sits against the wall behind Jerry's Famous Deli in Woodland Hills. He strokes his sandy, gritty white beard as he reads the latest issue of the Los Angeles Times.