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Latino street culture more than low-riding. estevan oriol is a photographer. >> estevan: go on the other side of that pole. >> anthony: chronicler of everything iconic at the crossroads of hip-hop, design, tattooing, fashion, and low-riding. >> estevan: the old timers, they used to cut the coils or put bricks or sandbags in their trunk to make them lower. and then around the '70s is when it got popular. >> anthony: why these particular models of cars? >> estevan: it's pretty much always been, uh, late '50s, all the way through the '60s, and into the '70s. and then the '80s came up. they starte...

Talk to your dad. >> roy kim: oh, yeah. [ laughter ] that's, that's a problem. >> anthony: what do you do if you're a locavore in l.a.? you look around. what's local and delicious, artisanal and authentic, and as iconically l.a. as it gets? if you're roy choi, you see tacos. and with kogi truck, roy choi brought one of the first great mutation mash-ups of korean and mexican to the people. what started as one truck became four trucks and three brick- and-mortar restaurants to go with them. >> roy choi: for me, kogi was always one truck in my mind. but then the lines got big, you know? and it ev...

Ever since the twitter announcement 30 minutes ago. >> roy choi: yeah, this is just -- >> anthony: i feel guilty. i'm jumping the line, right? wow. what's the longest line you've ever had at one of these things? >> roy choi: 600. >> anthony: 600 people for one truck? >> roy choi: yeah. >> anthony: the kogi taco -- double-caramelized korean barbecue short rib on fresh corn tortilla, salsa roja, cilantro-onion- lime relish, and a napa cabbage/romaine slaw in a chili-soy vinaigrette. oh yeah. >> roy choi: the, the rep for kogi is that we go everywhere. we go to every single corner of the county a...

Can you pull up, like, on a corner in a residential area in bel air? >> roy choi: yeah, yeah. we go -- >> anthony: what happens there? do you get rousted, or --? >> roy choi: no, no, they come out in the versace robe and, >> anthony: that i got to see. >> roy choi: yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] . let your inner light loose with one a day women's. ♪ a complete multivitamin specially formulated with key nutrients plus vitamin d for bone health support. your one a day is showing. thisreally passionate about- i really want to help. i was on my way out of this life. there are patients out there that d...

Samosas, tandoori chicken. oh, yeah, and this -- lahori fish curry, with no small amount of chilies. >> anthony: it's such fragrant, aromatic, delicious food. >> roy choi: this is really good. >> anthony: what good food are you likely to find within the confines of koreatown? >> roy choi: we have el salvadoran and guatemalan all around. koreans all throughout. pakistani and bangladesh food. yeah, oaxaca takes over all of eighth street. >> anthony: why oaxaca? just that's the way it worked out? >> roy choi: mm-hm. you know how it goes. >> anthony: yeah. >> roy choi: probably one guy showed up. ...