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This 1847 map of Mexico shows the extent of Alta California, then a conquered province under U.S. military occupation. Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico, California &c. by John Disturnell. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
From 1849-51, two separate states laid claim to the Los Angeles region.
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A nearly century-old ship and former entertainment center off the coast of Santa Cruz attracts marine animals and curious onlookers.
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A cooking workshop at the Getty Villa prepares dishes that were the fusion of two millenia ago -- the merging of Gaul and Roman foods in modern-day France.
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Hemingway's birthday is this week, so here are three bars in Los Angeles where you can drink a great daiquiri made like those he enjoyed in Havana.
In 1886, house-moving contractors hoisted the Los Angeles Central School building on stilts and moved it across the city. Courtesy of the USC Libraries - California Historical Society Collection.
In the late 19th century, buildings regularly wandered the streets of Los Angeles.
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A decade and half into the 21st century, 2015 serves as useful moment to consider the history of Filipinos in America's boxing history and L.A.'s role in making it all happen.
San Sweet's book series "All Night Menu" tells the stories of people, places, and histories that lay beneath Los Angeles street numbers and names.
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The historic park will host three late night tours guiding guests through its "most fascinating ghost stories and legends."
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This week L.A. Letters spotlights Downey's past from the agriculture of the 19th Century, through the war years and the rise of the aerospace industry, and the development of the Apollo Space program there in the late 20th Century.
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The building itself appears tired and worn out, and its history has been as jammed packed and traumatic as any melodrama made by the city that it calls home.
One of the last remnants of the original Bunker Hill in 1968. Photo by William Reagh, courtesy of the California State Library.
By 1969, bulldozers had cleared Bunker Hill of its Victorian mansions. Steam shovels had shaved 30 feet off its summit. Only one stubborn house remained.
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The $9.6 million renovation includes exhibits about regional Native American history and the transcontinental railroad through the Sierra.
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