Coach Cat, owner and CEO of Cat’s Club Fitness in Sherman Oaks, is no stranger to adversity. Being honorably discharged from the US Army in the late 90s was a devastating blow to what she thought was her destiny. Despite this tragedy, she found a way to survive and carve a new path for herself. “I was homeless, abusing drugs
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Longtime friends and former roommates, Jonathan Andrade and Derek Lee Ramsey, are the co-creators of Brews with Masters, a YouTube channel featuring local breweries in and around the San Fernando Valley. While writing as a sports journalist for The Acorn Newspapers, a weekly newspaper in Ventura County, the idea of creating a craft beer channel was already brewing in the
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Compiled by Jonathan Andrade and Derek Lee Ramsey, co-creators of Brews With Masters. Father’s Day is upon us! Celebrate with pints in hand. With everything fully re-opened, local craft beer fans can flock to the tasting rooms of the microbreweries in the (818), where they’re churning out some of the best brews in all of So Cal. We’ve compiled a
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KimBobRex, a food truck known for serving up sushi burritos, is a staple at the Granada Hills Grubfest every Friday for more than five years. You can always expect a line wherever they’re around. One of their bestsellers is the Best Friend Roll—spicy tuna, salmon, shrimp tempura, their special sauce, all wrapped up in sushi rice and seaweed. Chef Jin,
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Time sure flies! As Meet The (818) celebrates its second anniversary, I’d like to say thank you for your continued support for this little enterprise of mine. I am truly grateful for all the stories I got to tell and everyone I got to meet the past two years. Sharing your stories and seeing you all work so hard to
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Woodland Hills, CA, June 9, 2020 – Accredited Home Care marks its 40 year anniversary by continuing to do what it does best: taking care of your loved ones – even in the midst of a global pandemic, and donating $40,000 to local nonprofits providing relief and recovery to communities impacted by the current health crisis. One year ago, in
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BY LUIS SAYO When you think of comic book stores, the first image many of us think of are the small, cramped, and quite frankly, uncomfortable stores of yore. One store defies that thinking, along with other stereotypes people may have about the comic book store. Nestled in an all too familiar looking strip mall in the San Fernando Valley,
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