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It's no secret to anybody who is a pedestrian. Los Angeles is a crumbling town. The fix will come at a price some neighborhoods may not be able to pay.
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Every day busy Californians drive right over the spot where the first steps toward American statehood were taken many moons ago.
Stars are out in Hollywood
Those of us who live here have become hardened both to the city's come ons and its disappointments.
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This week L.A. Letters connects the dots between the World Cup in Brazil, celebration capitalism, and the 30th anniversary of the 1984 Olympics.
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A growing body of research is reinforcing what public health and housing advocates in Los Angeles have long known: losing your home can be hazardous to your health.
Peter Zumthor's proposed LACMA design | Photo: © Atelier Peter Zumthor & Partner
Christopher Hawthorne ask some provocative questions about the proposed replacement to the L.A. County Museum of Art.
Two women harvesting fruit protect themselves from insecticides and dust by wearing kerchiefs over their faces. Photo by Alexandra Galvez
This photo project tells the untold stories of the farmworkers and community health issues of the Eastern Coachella Valley.
At the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
Paris did not need to promote itself but P.T. Barnum did, and he did so with a vengeance.
When indictments are unsealed, reform is on every legislator's agenda. Later, the goal isn't reform, it's self-protection.
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Downtown will be alive with electric energy this Saturday, as nine blocks of its historic core are transformed into a criterium race course, where bicyclists from Los Angeles and abroad will converge for the second annual race.
A Pacific Electric trolley rolls down Redondo Beach in 1939. Courtesy of the Metro Transportation Library and Archive.
Trolley lines were once an essential transportation link between populated inland areas and beaches.
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Participants in this month's Drop-in Community Story Lab were invited to explore, meander, and get lost in the community on a Photo DeTour around Venice.
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