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Horse-drawn fire engine (thumbnail)
The urban horse's importance to Los Angeles in the late 19th century rivaled that of the internal combustion engine in the 20th.
Free Healthcare Services in the Eastern Coachella Valley I Photo By: Ricardo Palavecino
Flying Doctors, a non-profit comprised of volunteer doctors, provides free healthcare services in Coachella Valley to a community largely lacking year-around healthcare.
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Hidden Harvest has rescued over 16 million pounds of produce from Coachella Valley fields and packing houses, averaging over 1 million pounds a year since 2001. Recovering crop waste can be a key to solving hunger in the heart of California's abundant ...
Revitalizing the Los Angeles River could redefine what nature means to the city. But contending definitions of nature, re-greening, utility, and even the river must be reconciled first.
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The Serbian Cemetery is in a little corner of hardworking, industrial East L.A. and cross the street is Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church. Once, this was the center of the Serbian community.
Clifford Clinton, best known as the founder of Clifton's Cafeteria, was not only a colorful restaurateur, but also a political reformer, mayoral candidate, and the founder of Meals for Millions.
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The St. Anthony Mobile Home Park was never intended to be a hospitable place for families. Like many unlikely enterprises that have grown as if by miracle in the middle of the Coachella Valley desert, the property that today houses over 100 homes was o...
Alan and Erin Kaplan, 2006
In teaching the lessons of race, Alan Kaplan built a relationship with the whole world. That included me.
CSUDH Toro Pep Club 1970s I Photo Courtesy of CSUDH Archives
With park-like panoramic views of downtown Los Angeles, California State University Dominguez Hills was strategically placed in Carson to address racial inequalities in South L.A. communities following the 1965 Watts Rebellion.
99 Homes Writer and Director Ramin Bahrani with actor Michael Shannon I Photo Courtesy of Broad Green Pictures
The film "99 Homes" is the story of single father Dennis Nash (Golden Globe nominee Andrew Garfield) as he is evicted from his home and his only chance to get his home back is to go to work for Rick Carver (Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon), the...
Queen Anne's Cottage | Photo: Los Angeles Public Library
Some say that the California's land baron and "jolly joker" used this Arcadia cottage as a love shack for his many mistresses.
Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles are both known the world over for their important place in Chicano history. A lesser known but equally important area…
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