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Photo: Michael Jekogian
It's the people you never hear of who really make a difference. And the boys from New Jersey and the California surfboard shaper fit that bill.
Which Is Home?
Making something out of the American landscape, one house at a time.
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The desert is defined by its lack of rain. Ironic, then, that it's during rainstorms that the desert most truly expresses its nature.
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Caltrans announced today it has put in place ways to warn desert travelers of such massive traffic jams like the catastrophic February 12, 2012 backup.
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It's been two decades since three friends came together while attending UCLA.
What would you chart as a guide to the city you know? Beaches, radio stations, Hollywood beauty salons, taquerías, swimming pools, the other downtowns of Los Angeles?
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The carcass of a long dismantled metal sign at Runyon Canyon Park reminder of the history that may or may not have happened right next door.
During World War II, Catalina Island reinvented itself as a training camp for the U.S. armed forces, including the forerunners to today's CIA and Navy SEALs.
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The Morningside Park Chronicle is a new paper that's determined to get Inglewood right.
In England, it was a given that you are miserable, that's just how it is. In L.A., the goal was to be happy and cheerful and nice to people.
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Kathy Gallegos is the owner and founder of Avenue 50 Studios, a multicultural alternative art space in Highland Park with an emphasis on Chicano and Latino art.
Lady Gaga arrives at the Park Hyatt Melbourne in June 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. | Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images
The current legal framework breeds the almost ceaseless need for campaign cash, which harms both officeholders and the public.
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