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Moments of danger, innovation, and wonder in the San Gabriels are reminders of Los Angeles' place at the edge of the sublime.
A new bill would make the state's "open meeting" law just two words shorter and a lot easier to get around.
Three students at LFCSA draw their reflection maps
Drawing maps helps students gain a deeper understanding of Sycamore Grove and prepares them for the next phase of their project.
Downtown L.A. was used to being kicked around. But like a wimpy kid who grows up to be an All American, downtown has beefed up. What downtown doesn't have is enough hotel rooms to justify a bigger and better convention center.
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For many years communities like Pacoima have been planned and built for us, instead of with us. The effects of the lack of community input are evident: polluting industry next to homes, lack of economic development opportunities, lack of green space, a...
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Taking a walk from Sycamore Grove Park across the Arroyo Seco to get to the Audubon Center at Debs park opens your eyes to the amount of nature all around.
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Locating the remnants of the California Cycleway and visiting the Lummis Home, a unique place, built by a man that came to define Sycamore Grove.
Buddhist and Christian ministers say prayers and chants during the interfaith service at the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage.
They came from miles around. From San Diego, from the San Gabriel Valley, from Sacramento, even Seattle. They came here like they have every last weekend of April, to convene in this special, even sacred, spot in the desert.
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Heritage Square and the Arroyo Seco link Angelenos to our past and future.
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Taking a walk through a neighborhood can open your eyes to some amazing things.
A bike ride in Ventura, CA.
There are few places where you see dolphin and deer on the same bike ride.
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Brown v Board and the Civil Rights Movement had an impact on transforming the nation, and the lives of everyday people like me.
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