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  Featured image credit: Vince’s Spaghetti It makes sense that the diverse Rancho Cucamonga community would offer a wide variety of culinary curiosities. Maybe that’s why it’s so challenging to pin down a “taste of Rancho Cucamonga”. Instead, you have to let the area’s plethora of restaurants speak for themselves. And as much as the city uses Victoria Gardens as its axis, several of the city’s best eateries predate the iconic shopping hub. So, make sure to take note of your favorites as we examine five of the best Rancho Cucamonga restaurants.  The Deli: Best Sandwiches in Rancho Cucamonga Photo credit: The Deli A great deli isn’t that hard to find in the LA area. But there’s still often something a bit corporate about the standard LA deli. If you’ve ever got a hankering for that traditional deli feel, Rancho Cucamonga has you covered. That’s right: one of the most celebrated Rancho Cucamonga restaurants is a spot that, at first glance, just appears...

  Featured image credit: Eric T. Gunther Jagged, snow ravaged peaks scrape frosty clouds; a steel gray contrast overpowering blue skies. Blankets of deceptively powdery snow, punctuated by puma prints, blanket thick, unyielding slabs of ice. Silence is broken by the cascading rustle of falling ice shards and frozen boulders gaining shudder-inducing inertia. No, we’re not in Nepal. Nor the snow-saturated peaks of Pakistan or China. We’re just over 40 miles from downtown Los Angeles. It’s the tallest peak in LA county, towering above the rest of the San Gabriel Mountains. And while its official name is Mount San Antonio, it’s been colloquially referred to as Mt. Baldy for as long as most of us can remember. Mt. Baldy is synonymous with day trips for adventurous Angelenos. It’s also been the site of over 100 search and rescue missions since 2020. And sadly, not all of them have been successful. Now, at the tail end of a particularly chilly winter, rescue crews are hop...

    Punctuating an admittedly bizarre stretch of Western Avenue, the world’s strangest KFC stands unapologetically. Now, a KFC in Los Angeles doesn’t typically inspire doubletakes. But in that blur of the map where East Hollywood is often mistaken for Koreatown looms one of the most futuristic buildings in the city. And, again, it’s a KFC . We’re betting you’ve seen a KFC before. Typically, they look cookie cutter. Same faux mansard roof. Same cupola. And, of course, there’s the sign with the giant bucket, presumably of chicken, beaming Colonel Sanders’ face to hungry motorists. Just not on Western Avenue. That’s because one franchise owner opted for a more dystopian model. So, today, we’ll struggle to answer the age-old question: what’s up with that weird KFC on Western?  What Makes This KFC So Unlike the Others? Photo credit: Zed Adams Some Angelenos swear designers modeled this Googie-influenced scion of futuristic buildings to look like a two-s...

  Love You Latte: Lots to Love About  This Exotic Glendale Coffee Shop   At the base of the NEXT on Lex Apartments stands Love You Latte , the Glendale coffee shop that’s frankly more than a cafe. Its physical position as a support for a residential building draws immediate parallels to its place in Glendale’s community. This full-service, family-owned establishment opened its doors during the early days of pandemic. It was a time when the community was starved for a sense of togetherness. Therefore, it’s only fitting that founder Talin Stephen has kept a social aspect central to her vision. And the absolutely delicious food and beverages are just a byproduct of that love. The Potential of a Vacant Glendale Cafe Stephen was no stranger to hosting friends. But something about coffee at her place began to feel limiting. When she noticed a “for lease” sign in a coffee shop window on the first floor of a residential building, it almost seemed too casu...

  INSTAGRAM’S FOUNDERS CREATE  NEW APP CALLED ARTIFACT   The co-founders of Instagram have announced they will be launching a brand new app called Artifact. This distinctive app has no set release date but promises a personalized news feed. A promise we’ve heard before, but this time it will be powered by artificial intelligence. The Instagram founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, let the world know today, Tuesday, January 31, that Artifact has opened virtual doors to the public by inviting us to join a waiting list .  How to Sign Up Photo Credit: Screenshot from Artifact.news All you have to do to join the Artifact app waiting list is to head on over to artifact.news and enter your mobile number. We tested it for you and here’s what we found: No confirmation text will come through to your phone. Rather, the website gives you an update reading, “Thanks! You’ve been added to the waitlist. We’re adding people as fast as we can, and we’ll te...