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A view of the lot on  3324 Chapman St
We speak with two community members who have lived next to the lot for the past 15 years.
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All who pass through Union Station, Los Angeles' 1939 memorial to the heyday of passenger rail, must dream of a distant, glamorous, lost era of American train travel. Having passed the post-WWII decades as little more than a curiosity, how has Union St...
The several lessons to be learned from the FBI's investigation of Tom and Ron Calderon aren't pretty.
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This week L.A. Letters examines the unfolding debate at Cal State L.A. and discusses why Ethnic Studies and events like Black History Month remain important.
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A youth group based in Chinatown and Lincoln Heights helped to create what the L.A. Times' editorial board called "A Model of L.A. Planning."
A community of mourners has maintained a roadside memorial at least since 2008.
The statue of James Meredith at the University of Mississippi.
The recent attack of a civil rights memorial at Ole Miss is another teaching moment.
A Pacific Electric car on Santa Monica Boulevard at Canon in Beverly Hills, 1954. Photo by Alan K. Weeks, courtesy of the Metro Transportation Library and Archive.
Why are there two San Vicentes? Look to the boulevards' origins as electric railway lines.
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The gradual abandonment of frontier exploits in the San Gabriel Mountains left behind ruins of lost enterprise and enchantment.
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Dayana Molina received "dreamer" status under the temporary federal program for young undocumented residents. She tells us about her dream status, and her community organizing work.
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What makes anything worth having and owning has a lot to do with preserving art and culture within a natural environment. The Leimert Park artist village is that sense of place.
The view from Poinsettia Pavilion in Ventura, CA. | Photo: Courtesy Hank Tovar
Community in this country has not faded away.
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