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Student Winston Thomas III became a father at the age of 15, forcing him to reckon with social implications his son would face.
"Hips" explores the different experiences of being a black woman in America.
In her original poem, April Wells from iLead North Hollywood confronts her mother who accuses her of becoming a stereotypical black woman.
Designed to connect San Francisco and Santa Cruz, the incomplete Ocean Shore Railroad offered one of the most scenic rides in California. But it did not last long.
In the late 1970, young gay men from the Eastside found their identity on the disco dance floors of Hollywood.
Though California was technically a "free state" in the 1850s, its laws blessed a system that amounted to slavery for Native people.
Most Southern Californians have only a murky understanding of the groundwater aquifers they rely upon – and the political bodies that manage them.
Keithayonna Davis, an 18-year-old from College Bridge Academy, shares her experience of growing up in South Los Angeles and the harsh realities that many immigrants face in America.
The legendary designers arrived in Los Angeles in July 1941. The city's aerospace and entertainment industries would help them define the mid-century modern look.
Unimpressed by his first sight of the Bay in 1769, Spanish expedition leader Gaspar de Portolá had unknowingly stumbled upon one of the greatest natural harbors in the world.
In their original poem "Her Name was Kitty", iLead North Hollywood students Ryann Ersoff, Mila Cuda, and Ashley Flores tell the shocking story of Kitty Genovese's rape and take a stand on violence against women.
Ashley Biggs, a 14-year-old from Larchmont Charter School, opens up about her struggle to compete with liquor for a spot in her father’s heart.