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Of the five Metro rail projects currently under construction in L.A., the Regional Connector is the shortest at just 1.9 miles long -- the but its consequences will be among the most far-reaching.
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Better education and air quality, as well as not splitting up the state are what I want to see for the future of California.
On Main Street in Ventura, CA.
The man was waving his arms and barking oddities. When I handed him a few dollars, he did something that planted me firmly on the side of those who still trust.
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A memoir of love, bmx bikes and arcades with South El Monte's Golfland as the setting.
From 1937-40, workers blasted a roadcut through Point Mugu. The rocky stub of the headlands, Mugu Rock, now appears frequently in car commercials. Undated photo courtesy of the Santa Monica Public Library Image Archives.
Today, Pacific Coast Highway passes effortlessly through Point Mugu between Oxnard and Malibu.
Crank theologian, crank historian, and crank healer,Professor Money embodied nearly all the clichés of the seekers who would come to Southern California after him.
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Now a public park, the stone-faced Tudor mansion is a palace of dreams and illusions that was once the site of a double murder, involving one of the city's most prominent families.
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This week LA Letters covers the history of the Rendezvous and also previews the upcoming reunion show that includes members of legendary Surf Rock groups like the Chantays, the Surfaris, former members of Dick Dale and the Del-Tones as well as Bill Med...
Wedged between car parts and brick walls, Elvira grows various chiles, sarabando beans and marigolds. | Photo: Vickie Vertiz
More people are turning to self-provisioning in ways they had not considered before, signaling a need to reconnect with this part of our lives
Wearing Out of the Green.
The couple in Glendora whose brown lawn was the subject of media hyperventilating have, I hope, moved on in their lives. Too bad their story isn't the one you heard.
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To be blunt, I think lists are lazy and shallow, requiring little effort on the part of the writer, or the reader.
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In June of 1967, those hip enough to be in the know were looking with worrisome eyes toward the summer months, anticipating the predicted invasion of 100,000 or more hippies to Los Angeles.
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