Time might not exist in quarantine, but Alfred’s iced vanilla latte does. Alfred, a local coffee shop with 10 locations across Los Angeles, has reopened its doors for contactless pick-up and created a delivery subscription program for its coffee beans and matcha tea tins. Read more...

Photo: The California-based coffee chain Alfred created a subscription-based program so customers can indulge in both coffee and less-caffeinated drinks like matcha. To adapt to the ongoing pandemic, Alfred offers contactless pick-up of its products.(Lauren Man/Daily Bruin)

Professor Gigi Johnson is interweaving the diverse sounds of music with her podcast, “Innovating Music.” The alumna said her podcast was inspired by traveling around the world meeting different types of creatives in the industry, such as DJs and composers. Read more...

Photo: Professor Gigi Johnson created her podcast, “Innovating Music,” four years ago. She said each guest shares how they stylistically innovate their own music and how they plan to improve the industry through new musical compositions and artificial intelligence technologies. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)

Metal is putty in Malia Zoraster’s hands. With just pliers and coils of wire, the second-year business economics student started her own metal wire jewelry business, Mai’a Hawaiian Jewelry, last August in person and recently moved it onto Etsy. Read more...

Photo: Second-year business economics student Malia Zoraster started her own metal wire jewelry business, Mai’a Hawaiian Jewelry, last August. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Lia Wallfish adds bursts of color to times of darkness with her face masks. After graduating with a degree in costume design and entrepreneurship in 2019, the alumna started her own clothing company, Simplicity Vintage, in September. Read more...

Photo: Alumna Lia Wallfish wanted to put her costume design and entrepreneurship background to work, so she began make affordable yet fashionable face masks. (Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor)