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Post and Beam has become the between home and work spot that facilitates and anchors community in the Crenshaw District.
Do you want a better California? Then restore to local governments the economic resources with which local aspirations can be realized.
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At a small elementary school in East San Fernando Valley, a group of young girls are spending their summer cultivating their interests in science, technology, engineering, and math, while promoting their self-confidence.
At the fast food drive through window.
Switching off is the easy out. Let the people, and the hours, pass as quickly as possible.
The Hollywood Sign stands on the face of Mount Lee, a 1,708-foot peak in the Hollywood Hills. 1960 photo courtesy of the Security Pacific National Bank Collection - Los Angeles Public Library.
Behind the Hollywood Sign rises the 1,708-foot summit of Mount Lee, a hilltop flattened for a never-built house that would have been L.A.'s grandest mansion.
We know more about the nature out of which -- and into which -- we've built Los Angeles, but we still know far too little.
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The student presentations identified issues that face their community of Boyle Heights, and provided suggestions on how they could be improved by using the Local Control Funding Formula.
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From the 1910s until its demolition in 1972, Hicks Camp was one of the most vibrant neighborhoods of El Monte.
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This week L.A. Letters highlights the vibrant spirit, historic architecture and emerging bike friendly programs that are revitalizing and redefining these two great Long Beach neighborhoods.
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Bike lanes are contentious, and they're making people angry, fearful, and frustrated. While robust redesign is taking place in some parts of the city, some communities are being left in the past, such as the northern segment of Figueroa that runs throu...
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What if school was fun? And what if this fun facilitated rich, meaningful learning? We explore what happened when designers and programmers from educational game company FutureBound collaborated with students from South L.A.
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The story of the vendors is critical to humanizing the debate around street vending and putting a face to the struggle that thousands of Angelenos experience.
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