I am dominican and live in NJ, but have been travelling to CA for over 7 years on business trips. In that time I have met two dominicans, both in the Bay area. One of them ironically enough is from a town about 21KM from my town and knew many people I knew...
While in the Bay area, I usually go to this spanish club downtown San Jose named "Club Miami". They play everything, including merengue and salsa, though no Bachata.
I have not found a nice spanish -caribbean- club in LA. If you know of any and/or want to hang out, let me know. I am planning to be in LA on Nov 14th.
Tranquilo Quieto!
El Pesao
elpesao@optonline.net