David Karp, who writes richly detailed stories about food in the LAT often, tours the avocado groves of Southern California for the New York Times today. He delves into the history of the ubiquitous Hass, invented by a Pasadena postal carrier in 1926, and packs in a lot of background, as usual.

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6:50 PM Thu | Largest crowd for a Walk of Fame star ceremony that many could remember, outside the Capitol Records tower on Thursday. Photo by Gary Leonard.
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