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Is the painting on a wall at Third and Main downtown, which had a beer logo prominent for a week, a mural, an ad, or a sign?
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When Tony Tolbert says he'll give you the roof over his head, he really means it. For two years he has given up his home to families in need charging them only $1 a month in rent while they get back on their feet.
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In 2011, Daryl L. Osby was sworn in as the first African American Fire Chief of the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACFD), the second largest fire department in America.
This week L.A. Letters showcases four African-American poets that have made major contributions to the city's literary community.
From the first Korean saint to the first dracula (aka Bela Lugosi), diverse tales of people from many different continents are all united by a single religion at this Culver City cemetery.
A presidential address isn't enough to cure the blues that seem to be setting in for those black folks who need more from him -- and from themselves -- than encouraging words.
Pedestrians like me have an intimacy with the stuff of the everyday that habitual drivers probably don't. Since I live in a conventional, tract house suburb from the 1950s, I look at lawns at lot.
The triangle-shaped intersection no longer exists, but for decades the junction of Main, Spring, and Temple streets was the commercial center of Los Angeles.
For close observers, signs of a Japanese American presence are visible throughout the Crenshaw district.
Asian American basketball leagues have given shape to the unique histories of each ethnic group living under the flattening designation of "Asian American."
The Promise Zone designation from the White House struck me with great interest -- not only do I live there, but I'm a homegrown product of the area as well.
Whether you take your brew with a multi-hour writing session or take it out the door in one hand with your toddler in the other, Atwater Village has a coffee shop for you. As this latest Los Angeles neighborhood to draw comparisons to Portland grows ev...