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Somewhere in the mid-to-late 2010s, L.A. s barbecue scene began popping in a new way. Woody s and Phillips and Bludso s and JR s were established local classics. Now, a new generation discovered smoked meat. Instead of opening restaurants, they were cooking low and slow in their yards, selling over Instagram and putting an Angeleno spin on their spices. This hybrid style is especially prominent in East L.A., where Alan Cruz from A s BBQ dishes out his Chicano Soul BBQ, stirring chilis into mac and cheese, glazing baby back ribs with tamarindo and rubbing cubes of pork belly with his personal al pastor spice blend. Cruz is not alone compatriots Ragtop Fern s, Beatdown BBQ and East LA BBQ Company are painting with a similar palette but his creative versions of everything from smoked cochinita pibil to chipotle barbecued beans are among the most intriguing and best-executed versions around. ....
Yesterday, jurors in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, found Chauvin guilty on all three counts with which he was charged: second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. He could face up to 40 years in prison. Many local officials weighed in on the jury’s decision, often noting that policing in America must change. On Twitter, L.A. District Attorney George Gascón who has vowed to review several local police shooting cases in which no charges were filed wrote: “The jury delivered accountability, but the future of equality rests squarely in America’s hands … Effective policing must be fair and just to enhance our collective safety.” ....