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Pioneer and early forester Louis Newcomb saw the mountains change drastically after the birth of the Angeles National Forest.
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Recently urban guerilla beekeepers have been fighting over the right to cultivate bees in their backyards. But beekeeping in Los Angeles is nothing new--its foothill have long been a popular area for apiaries.
Good jobs will continue to flee Hollywood.
Ann Reiss Lane
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Ann Reiss Lane is the Founder and Chair Emeritus of Women Against Gun Violence (WAGV). The organization started in 1993 in response to the gun industry's expansive marketing campaign toward women and the surging handgun homicide rate (at the time ther...
Leslye Borden
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In 2008, Leslye Borden made a decision that would give hundreds of abused women something to hold on to. Having sold her stock photo business the year before, without any idea of what life was going to hold for her next, she decided to combine her lov...
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His most recent body of work seeks an understanding of the widespread lynching of Mexicanos in Texas between 1848 and 1928.
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Nearly 20% of the people in Pacoima live in rented rooms or converted garages -- the suburban appearance shields a hidden density, where a single family house may actually be home to several families.
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The Valley hotspot was once the premier club on the West Coast for cowboys, truckers, and country music.
Sriracha, the almost mythical red sauce made in Irwindale, is actually pretty simple stuff.
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As "12 Years A Slave" demonstrates, the stories we celebrate on screen are not necessarily the ones we celebrate in real life.
A private, open-air shopping street, Mercantile Place stretched 325 feet between Spring and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. Courtesy of the Photo Collection - Los Angeles Public Library.
Long before The Grove, Third Street, or even Universal CityWalk, Angelenos flocked to another open-air shopping promenade: Mercantile Place
Esther and Sergio present their cause to revitalize the school's mural
This is one way the students insert themselves into the public conversation on the crucial issues facing their communities.
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