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We’ve gathered a selection of uniquely Los Angeles gift ideas spanning the entire city and beyond, all inviting you to support local businesses and artists who call L.A. home.

(Mara Carrizo Scalise) Mara Carrizo Scalise’s 7-inch micro rectangle chain bracelet, available in silver and 14-karat gold-filled, is hand made in Los Angeles and perfect for stacking with other chain bracelets and cuffs. (The bracelet also comes in 14-karat and 18-karat gold.) Advertisement (Concrete Geometric) Krizia Flores designs colorful concrete planters and votives in a variety of sizes as well as a DIY Concrete Kit that allows you to create your own pot at home using recycled take out...

"We are 100% owned by people of color. So myself, I’m Black and Afro Latino," he said. His world tour box of coffee pods is one of many gift suggestions on laoriginal.com, where you can shop for locally made gifts from small businesses, many owned by people of color and/or women. "It’s not Amazon. Someone’s hands really made each and every product, there isn’t any machine," said Krystyl Wright, the co-owner of Lot Xi. Wright and her mother started Lot Xi in her Compton garage. The apot...