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Hip-hop, epithets and all, is America's music -- and that's not necessarily a good thing, as I discovered recently shopping in a tony boutique in Larchmont Village.
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The Woman's Building stood in the elite pantheon of important L.A. literary spaces like the Watts Writers Workshop, Beyond Baroque, and the World Stage.
Not tumbleweeds, eucalyptus trees, Brazilian peppers or even the bees in them are native to my block, and yet they are all part of the nature through which I walk.
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Youth Voices attends Back to School Nights to introduce the program to the school community and collect community data for the Youth Voices participants.
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Today, there is almost no evidence of the Japanese American community that played such an important role in the early twentieth century development of El Monte and the San Gabriel Valley.
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A cozy, enchanted cottage on a transitioning stretch of Figueroa Street in Highland Park has close connection to Sycamore Grove Park -- and to the famed composer John Phillip Sousa.
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This week L.A. Letters celebrates the contemporary community of writers in San Pedro and Long Beach, and also touches the respective areas storied literary history.
Aliso Street in 1899, looking west toward downtown Los Angeles. Courtesy of the USC Libraries - California Historical Society Collection.
Long before it became the downtown portion of the 101 freeway, Aliso Street was a major transportation corridor for early Los Angeles.
If I had been counting the panel members' votes, I'd say Southern California got two votes of qualified optimism and one vote of qualified pessimism. Perhaps that's the best we can expect.
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I am a computer science teacher, but a significant portion of my curriculum is not just focused on coding and app and web development. I am trying to teach my students hustle; I am trying to teach my students to write cover letters, emails, and resumes...
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After nearly a century of service as one of L.A.'s vital connections for communities separated by the L.A. River, the Hyperion Bridge is in need of a facelift, but figuring out how to serve everyone's needs is often challenging.
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California surfers have been especially active in environmentalism, much of which can be attributed to the efforts of pioneering women surfers.
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