A new distillery makes vodka from California dates in a former mortuary in Hollywood

Plus, an L.A. bar is named one of the 100 best in the world, and a flatbread-focused Spanish restaurant debuts in Los Feliz.

Daughter of former president James Monroe to be buried in Virginia 200 years after dying alone in France

I am now in distress, in ill health, & in a forreign [sic] country,” Hay wrote in one letter from 1839, pleading its reciever ...
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City of the Dead: The Forgotten History of the People of Los Angeles, Told By Six East L.A. Cemeteries

Thanks to Hollywood films, Day of the Dead has evolved from a Mexican holiday to an international one celebrated by all of ...
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Marilyn Monroe's Grave: This Is Her Resting Place

Marilyn Monroe was one of the most famous and most photographed women in the world. Built by the 20th Century Fox film company, she became a sex symbol and film icon in the 1950s.