Los Angeles

The Cerca Guide to Los Angeles.

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LA is larger than life. A cinematic sprawling mash of chic and down and out, a rolling hilled gem, a jam packed pocket of 4 million dreamers who moved here for an LA that was promised to change their lives. And maybe it did. In this Cerca Guide, J.J Duncan takes us out for many dinners, we head out on an epic road trip, and she tells us some dark tales that make this sunny city a little knowable but also a little more mysterious. This is the Los Angeles you don’t see on the screen.

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Episodes in this Guide

Los Angeles: Haunted City – Ghosts of Hollywood

E9
July 1, 2022
39.16

Hollywood loves a good ghost story, so we're going to take you to some of the most famous haunted sites in the city and introduce you to some famous spirits

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  • Hollywood loves a good ghost story, so we're going to take you to some of the most famous haunted sites in the city and introduce you to some famous spirits. From Marilyn Monroe at the Roosevelt Hotel, to some ghosts from LA's earliest days at Pico House, to Jim Belushi and the great hauntings of[...]

Los Angeles: Play Here

E8
July 1, 2022
40.06

From the beach to the mountains, here's our suggested plan for a week of perfect, kid-friend, So-Cal days.

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Los Angeles: Drive Here – The Pacific Coast Highway, Part II

E7
July 1, 2022
26.51

From San Luis Obispo to Monterey in part two of our Drive Here guide to the Pacific Coast Highway.

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  • There is no better drive than the the coast of California, and there are some secrets to making it the most spectacular road trip ever, including appreciating the history of this gorgeous land. In Part Two, San Luis Obispo to Monterey.

Los Angeles: Drive Here – The Pacific Coast Highway, Part I

E6
June 1, 2022
26.51

The CA Coast makes for one of the best drives ever, and we've got all the secrets you need to know to do it right.

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  • There is no better drive than the coast of California, and there are some secrets to making it the most spectacular road trip ever, including appreciating the history of this gorgeous land. In Part One, Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo.

Los Angeles: Architecture – The City Hollywood Built

E5
June 1, 2022
40.40

Los Angeles - the city, and its architecture, came to be defined by a singular industry with the power to shape it - Hollywood.

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  • On its face LA’s architecture looks like a collection of various styles - pockets of neighborhoods with interesting design but little context. But scratch just below this surface and you’ll find the story of 100 years of LA’s history built into these walls. LA came to be defined by a singular industry with the power[...]

Los Angeles: Dark City – Criminally Famous, Part II

E4
June 1, 2022
42.47

The City of Angels has always had its fair share of devils too. In this episode the Menendez brothers and O.J. Simpson.

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  • In the second part of our series on the crimes that changed Los Angeles we’re going to explore an era when LA of modern Hollywood came into its own, and the flip-side to that glamorous life-styles-of-the-rich-and-famous image. The story of the Menendez brothers defined both sides of LA during the 1980s. Then fast-forward to the[...]

Los Angeles: Dark City – Criminally Famous Part I

E3
June 1, 2022
42.47

The City of Angeles has always had its fair share of devils, too.

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  • Like the people who populate this city - the crimes that happen here seem fit for the big screen. In a place full of cameras, paparazzi, and superstars - it makes sense. If you take a survey of the most infamous and well-known crimes and trials of the century - the ones seared into your[...]

Los Angeles: Eat Here

E2
May 1, 2022
38.07

CA Cuisine, Fusion, Sushi, and of course, Tacos. Always, Tacos.

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  • Los Angeles has long been home to the glamorous Hollywood lunch - and we’ll tell you about these old Hollywood standards - but these days the most exciting food in LA is also really, really good food. In a city that is constantly coming up with what’s new and trendy it’s no surprise that the[...]

Los Angeles: Start Here

E1
May 1, 2022
47.03

Everything you need to know to explore the City of Angeles in style.

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  • Los Angeles. The City of Angels. Even if you’ve never set foot here in person, chances are you’ve been here in your imagination - or in someone else's via film and television. It’s Hollywood! But it’s also so, so much more. From the beach to the mountains, gritty on the rise Downtown to iconically posh[...]