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Economic hardship in the U.S. and increasing obstacles to informal border crossing have made the northward trek far less enticing to would-be job seekers. So why does Representative Rob Bishop want to ramp up extreme border protections even further?
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Born in Mexico, East L.A. College journalism student Erick Huerta considers Boyle Heights his home.
Founder of Studio for Southern California History remembers running around Los Angeles as a child, at landmarks that are now long-gone.
Urban planner John Arroyo has seen four generations of his family live under the same roof in East L.A.
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An activist from the Philippines retains her fighting spirit in L.A.
Los Angeles-based artist's work is defined by his upbringing in Japan as a monk at an 800-year-old Buddhist monastery.
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They have returned to Southern California, soaring over beaches, across freeways, and into the northwest on their annual migration route.
Founder of the popular Coolhaus truck tells us how even ice cream can be passed down the family tree.
A 1990 law changed the nation's collective understanding of who is an immigrant and what it means to arrive in America.
Weightlifter Richie Arakelian arrived in Los Angeles as a European champ, but now he was ready to set new world records.
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We explore an unlikely but important area to the growth of black identity in Los Angeles - a 66-square-block area known as Little Tokyo.
Writer from London is puzzled by the homogenous population of West Hollywood.
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