Lisa Horowitz

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Best Public Garden

Lisa Horowitz
Built on a 3-acre site that once was the garden of a mansion on Pasadena's "Millionaires Row," Arlington Garden is the city's only public garden. Situated between busy Orange Grove and Pasadena avenues, it's easy to bypass, but this hidden treasure is worth a stop. Free to the public, with......
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Best Native Plants

Lisa Horowitz
The Theodore Payne Foundation's Sun Valley property was abuzz on a midsummer Saturday morning with both happy pollinators and people from all over the Southland stocking up on drought-tolerant plants. You might have run across TPF staffers or volunteers spreading the gospel of California native plants at your local farmers......
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Best Pet Maintenance

Lisa Horowitz
Marc Ching sits at a table at the PetStaurant, consulting with an anxious-looking couple about their dog's yeast and urination issues. If he notices anyone lingering nearby, he immediately asks if they have a question or need help. PetStaurant owner Ching draws on his background as a fourth-generation Japanese herbalist......
Kim Biddle founded Saving Innocence to help kids rescued from sex trafficking.; Credit: Photo by Ryan Orange

Kim Biddle Saves Teenagers From a World of Coercion and Pimps

Lisa Horowitz
One of the 54 fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People Issue 2015. Saving Innocence founder Kim Biddle describes her realization that child sex trafficking was "shockingly common" in L.A. as her Matrix moment — as if she had taken the red pill that allows Neo to go "back into......
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Lost Reunion, 10 Years Later: No, They Were Not Dead the Whole Time!

Lisa Horowitz
"We debated as to whether or not we should show you the REAL finale" to Lost, Damon Lindelof teased the nearly full Dolby Theatre Sunday night. To the hoots, applause and groans, Carlton Cuse said, "Too soon?!" The Lost co-creators joined some of their stars for a 10th-anniversary tribute to the ABC cult hit....
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Remembrance of Things Past

Lisa Horowitz
Pack your best vintage frock in your steamer trunk and prepare to sail into the glorious past aboard the Queen Mary. On Labor Day weekend, the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles hosts its ninth annual Art Deco Festival aboard the sumptuous ocean liner parked in Long Beach. Deco aficionados......
Simon R. Lewis; Credit: Kevin Scanlon

Simon Lewis: A Hollywood Survivor

Lisa Horowitz
One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here.Simon R. Lewis would like to expand your consciousness, which might seem odd coming from the man who co-produced the silly but successful movies You Can't Hurry Love and Look Who's......