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How long, like a dull echo, does a killing reverberate? For a death in an onion field in Kern County, it's been fifty years.
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The difference between lower case 'w' "wilderness" and upper-case 'W' Wilderness can mean protection of millions of acres of land.
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This week in L.A. Letters I celebrate two towering women literary figures: journalist Joan Didion and the poet Ursula Rucker.
Out on the "great flat" of the Los Angeles Basin, winners and losers in dozens of city elections were tentatively adding up what their voters intended.
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A sign in Echo Park is a symbol of the building's multi-purpose past, its multi-cultural present and its multi-faceted founder.
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Forthcoming film "Who Are My People?" is not just a one-hour exploration of conflicts between Native people anxious to defend their culture and the rush to develop the desert for utility-scale solar power, it's also a profoundly personal statement abou...
This image is widely considered the earliest-known photograph of Los Angeles.
Its origin story is something of a mystery. Who took the photo, and when?
Walking around an Inglewood landmark after a long time way made me think about the city's mixed past and its still unclear future
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When C.L. Peckham opened Ye Market Place on Los Feliz Road in Glendale in 1924, few realized the influence the drive-in market would have on urban planning and American retail.
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This is Gaby's story; a cheerleader at Roosevelt High School who uses "circles" with her classmates and cheer team.
"With so little greenery and so much grey, I was prone to daydreaming, to wanting for something better. It was called America."
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Noelle Reyes and Danell Hughes explain how their business has been influenced by its location on York Boulevard in Highland Park.
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