Best restaurant in the country is next to USC
Tomo Chien
February 13, 2025
Good morning. It’s Thursday, and I’m reading about cannabitic home decor. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles, and California stories you need to know for today.
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The best restaurant in the country is right next to USC, according to Yelp’s annual power list that uses a combination of ratings and expert opinion. Holbox (pronounced “hol-bosh”), which recently earned a Michelin star, offers ceviche to die for and “sublime” fish tacos at a surprisingly affordable price.
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UCLA suspended two pro-Palestinian student groups after masked activists descended on a Jewish UC regent’s home, smeared his walls with painted handprints, then surrounded his wife while she was in her car. “Damn that’s crazy… 😏” one of the groups wrote on Instagram after the suspension.
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LA officials issued evacuation warnings for burn scar areas from the Palisades and Eaton fires, anticipating mudslides and flash floods. An atmospheric river is expected to douse parts of the region with as much as 1 inch of rain per hour today; the threshold for debris flow in burn scars is half an inch.
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The Northern California city of Fremont passed a sweeping law that criminalizes homeless encampments and threatens anybody “aiding, abetting or concealing” them with up to six months behind bars. Critics characterized the law as a draconian policy that effectively makes feeding homeless people a misdemeanor.
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A California appeals court ruled that a Bakersfield baker violated the law when she refused to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple. The case, which is likely headed to the state Supreme Court, echoes a nearly identical Colorado incident where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the baker after finding that state officials acted with prejudice.