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How do you play the L.A. River at the Spring Street Bridge?
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Founded by a fun-loving British musician, The Cat & Fiddle has been considered a second home to rich rockers, poor hipsters, intellectuals, artists, preps, and jocks alike.
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The ongoing crisis of faith prompted by Ferguson isn't just about the police, or even about racial justice. It's about something much more fundamental than that.
Bellevue Terrace appears prominently within the larger, trapezoidal Bellevue Terrace Tract in this 1868 map of Beaudry's real estate holdings. Courtesy of the Map Collection - Los Angeles Public Library.
Bellevue Terrace and Beaudry Park could have become jewels of L.A.'s parks system.
This is an introduction to using the Youth Voices Portal and an opportunity for you to share information about yourself and your neighborhood.
Artist Eloy Torrez invites viewers at the El Monte Bus Station to venture out of their ordinary daily life into unexpected territories as he also pushed himself to explore new aspects of his arts practice and identity.
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Change has come to the Board of Supervisors. More changes are ahead. What that means for how the county does its many jobs is unclear. But whatever the changes are, they will affect the lives of ten million county residents.
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There are online programs that are amazing and helpful, but it is not enough to get an entire class focused and motivated -- a teacher is still needed to facilitate and encourage.
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This week L.A. Letters offers a slew of alternative marketplaces and events diverging from the more crowded and traditional options. To add even more to the mix, CicLAVIA will be making its debut in South Los Angeles.
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The Dunbar was the crown jewel of Central Avenue, until it wasn't. A new play by the Robey Theatre Company explores the magnificence of the Dunbar, but also the fatal flaw of history that brought it down.
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Jim Hodges weaves together memory and tenderness at the UCLA Hammer Museum from the discarded materials of everyday life.
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Across Los Angeles and Southern California there are many groups working together to keep the faith and make things better. This week L.A. Letters celebrates these people and expresses gratitude for all they do to improve the future of Southern Califor...
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