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Following last week's list of poetry venues for National Poetry Month, this week L.A. Letters salutes publishers of poetry and an important anthology.
Ever so slowly, California has begun unwinding a tax policy called the "third rail" of politics for its presumed ability to take down any politician who dares touch it.
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Long Beach resident and community organizer Marin Yann has decided, after an entire decade of writing about it, to tell his story.
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Growing up in the '70s, the Dodgers were my rock stars. Things have changed.
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Eight artists, selected from 400 applicants, will make the rail system a visual engagement between people and place.
Andrew Cooper planted this Moreton Bay fig tree in Los Angeles in 1876. By the time of this 1946 photo, the spreading giant was surrounded bya parking lot for a Shell Oil facility.
Spreading giants imported from Australia, Moreton Bay fig trees have become a cherished part of Southern California's arboreal heritage.
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Student feel at ease recording their lives -- Youth Voices offers an opportunity to explore not just how to hit the record button but how to think creatively and critically as they build their neighborhood stories.
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Robin Nixon, Patricia Provencio, and Frank del Castillo are all teachers at Yorkdale Elementary school.
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L.A. once boasted the largest network of interurban rail, and there are numerous abandoned rail paths that have become, in many cases, hidden greenways.
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weSpark is a special place dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for cancer patients, their families and friends by providing encouragement, support and information to help heal the mind, body and spirit.
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The proposed expansion would go a long way to ensure access to green space and better health for park poor, income poor communities.
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Say what you will about their limited reach; the Red and Purple Lines surely must rank among the cleanest, most comfortable, least urine-smelling systems in America. You may lose twenty minutes waiting on platforms, but you'll have taken a subway - in ...
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