Dodgers win opening night, GRAMMY Museum exhibit on Sublime, Craft chocolate in LA— Afternoon Edition

0:00Here at LAest, you ask, we answer. Our best things to do newsletter is delivered to your inbox twice a week and helps you discover events, outdoor activities, dining, and nightlife in your community. To subscribe, go to LAest.com slash newsletters. Today on the LA Report, the Dodgers are off to a strong start after last night's opening game will bring you a recap. The Grammy Museum's newest exhibit honors the iconic Long Beach Band sublime. And for Food Friday, where you can get some delicious craft chocolate here in LA. It's Friday, March 27. I'm Nere the Moreno, and you're listening to the LA Reports after noon edition from L.A.S. News.

1:01The Dodgers began their quest for a third straight world series with a home win last night. Matt D'Angelo Antonio has more. The Dodgers picked up right where they left off in 2025, knocking off division rivals the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-2. They got off to a slow start after a Shohei Otani single in the bottom of the first. The offense went quiet until the bottom of the fifth when Max Muncie and Teosca Hernandez got on to start the inning, and then Andy Pahez smoked a 400-foot home run to give the Dodgers a three-to-two lead. They never looked back, tacking on five more runs after that. Yoshinobi Yamamoto looks strong on the mound, striking out six over six innings of work. The Dodgers play Arizona again tonight at Dodger Stadium, where they'll also receive their world series rings. Matt D'Angelo Antonio, LAest News. The Grammy Museum opens a special exhibit today, celebrating the Long Beach Band sublime. It comes as the group's groundbreaking self-titled album turns 30 this summer. Jacob Noel is the son of the late frontman Bradley, and is stepped into his father's

2:02role in the band. It's been a really interesting process. I got sort of get to know someone posthumously through their work, and something that's so emotionally entangled in all of my machinery, right? The Grammy Museum's exhibits sublime straight from Long Beach is on display until September 7th. The band's new album, until the sun explodes, drops on June 12th. Coming up, we'll talk to the owner of a chocolate shop that brings in flavors from all over the world. Stick around. Support for this podcast comes from Enviro Voters. Californians are in an insurance affordability crisis. More than one in five California homeowners are uninsured because of canceled policies and unaffordable premiums. Enviro Voters believes that Californians deserve accessible home insurance with affordable rates. Learn more at affordableinsurancenow.org.

3:04Looking for something different in LA? Roe is a city within a city, in LA's arts district. Browse independent shops like Sneaker Heaven, Bodega, and vegan favorite besties, pos for coffee at Go Get Him Tiger, or lunch at Pico Nico for Japanese fried chicken. Moorgasburg, pop-ups, and other events add life to every corner. With easy, free, two-hour parking, it's the kind of LA experience that invites you to slow down and explore. Visit RoeDTLA.com Welcome back to the LA Report, I'm Neri, the Moreno. It's time for food Friday when we talk about all things food and drink going into the weekend. Easter is just around the corner and if you're looking for a place to buy some really good chocolate, you can head to the Chocolate Dispensary in Echo Park. It sells more than 1,000 craft chocolate products from over 100 chocolate makers around the world. Kala Maxim is the co-owner and she joins us now in studio, hey Kala. Hello Neri, how are you?

4:05I'm doing great, thank you so much for being here. I see that you've brought some chocolate for us, we will get to that. But first, I want to talk about the name, Chocolate Dispensary. This has nothing to do with cannabis, right? All ages? No, we just chocolate. We wanted to go back to the real meaning of the word, which is a place you go to get things to make you feel better, which is what a dispensary is and so we dispense craft chocolate. And you opened at the end of 2024, right? Cune 24. Why was that a good time to open a shop specializing in chocolate? Well, no one was doing it, so it turned out to be sort of a really interesting time to open a chocolate shop because 2024 was the time when cacao prices went absolutely bananas. But we didn't know that when we came up with the idea, maybe if we'd thought about it, we would have made a different decision, but we were already in it. And it turns out that chocolate is something that people want and need, in my opinion,

5:06all the time. Let's try some of the chocolate that you brought. I'm just going to try stuff. Can you actually describe what we're looking at? Sure. So I wanted to bring a few things here for you. Some fun things, some things from our weird sections. So I think you're picking up the moon rocks, which is going to give you a little pop rocks in your mouth. Oh my gosh. I can see her face. I did not expect that. Yeah. We have here some white chocolate with us, yeah, and this is a bar with portini mushroom flavor and time. Isn't that incredible? That is so good. I've never had anything like that. That's the thing is a lot of people think chocolate is what the grocery store shelf tells you it is. It's almonds, caramel salt, and maybe mint at the holidays. But we have about 1,100 chocolates and they're all different. Think of it as a food. It's not candy. It's food. You can do so much with it. That's Colla, Maxim, co-owner of the Chocolate Dispensary in Echo Park. You can read more about the store and see photos on our website, lais.com.

6:08Colla, thank you so much for coming in. This was so amazing. Thank you so much for having me. It's a real honor. Thanks for listening to the LA Report. I'm Nerey de Moreno. This podcast is produced with help from Jillian Moran Perez. Our engineer is Donald Bass. This old house radio hour is your new home improvement podcast. In each episode, we answer your questions. Whether you're fixing a leak, refinishing a floor, or restoring a century-old house. Our roster of experts have the answers to help you get the job done right. I never thought I'd be saying this to other people I'm just meeting, but I have a thinking home. Colla, it's more. I want the details. Find this old house radio hour in your favorite podcast app.