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Another young black man was senselessly killed in L.A. this week. Not a surprise, but certainly a tragedy on par with the tragedies of Ferguson, Baltimore and here.
A good example of Los Angeles being itself is the proposed redevelopment of seven acres of retail and residential property fronting on Sunset Boulevard around the 79-year-old Cross Roads of the World.
In El Monte CA, lean how a group of high school students used social media to talk about teen dating abuse and mental health in their community.
Director Ava DuVernay recently shared in the celebration of black history -- and her-story -- with students, faculty and community at Cal State L.A.
This week L.A. Letters highlights a few groups and individuals that are doing phenomenal work to make South L.A. rise.
The native garden will honor Mr. Salcedo while beautifying the campus and create a space for the school community to come together to learn, and become stewards of the environment.
Students from the Knights Garden at Arroyo High School look back on the work they have accomplished during their KCETLink Youth Voices involvement.
El Monte almost became a mural city before two controversial works were stomped by a citywide moratorium in the 1970s.
Brooklyn in May, like Los Angeles in other seasons, is pearl gray light, but there it falls into narrow streets edged closely by four and five story buildings so that, as the day ages, the shadows that gather everywhere deepen. It might have been late ...
On the morning of April 30th, Arroyo Highs' school garden was visited by Mr. Bart Patel, City of El Monte's Mayor Pro Temp.
In the landscape of Los Angeles suburbs, Montebello is among the most historic. The city's population is especially known for its Chicano, Armenian, and Japanese communities. This week L.A. Letters celebrates the past, present and future of Montebello.
The history of Yamashiro, a fanciful mish-mash of Japanese, Chinese, and other Asian architectural elements built by two German Jewish brothers, is as odd as its atmosphere.