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It's imperative that Parkway becomes a street for all users of the road because if it doesn't, things will only get worse.
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Built in 1939, the Whittier Narrow's Nature Center has served as a natural oasis for locals, but recent controversial plans seek to transform it into an ambitious educational center.
The First-Beverly Viaduct over Glendale Boulevard in 1956. Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive, UCLA Library.
The First Street-Beverly Boulevard Viaduct is something of an infrastructural anomaly.
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How do you play the L.A. River at the Aliso Creek Confluence?
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South Los Angeles has been deemed a "health desert," where one third of its residents perceive their general health status as poor.
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This week L.A. Letters meditates on the preservation of sites across Literary Los Angeles and why much more of it is needed.
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Wednesday night's conversation with Jeff Chang and Justin Simien at the central library pondered race, multiculturalism and the existential question of who we be.
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The Latino quest for cultural identity parallels the African-American Civil Rights Movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s, which has its genesis in protests -- many of which were carried out in public spaces.
We were housed in Lakewood in the 1950s. But we didn't have a home yet.
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Downtown Los Angeles' premier athletic club has been a destination for the region's top athletes, including many Olympics medalists, for more than 130 years.
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We want to create a Bobby Salcedo Memorial Garden at Mountain View High School that commemorates his legacy and creates a stepping stone for future environmental improvements at our school.
MVHS students listen to members of SEMAP and La Historia Society, photo by Luis Sierra Campos
An arts organization offers students a chance to take a deep look at the people and stories that make up their community.
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