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When Reverend Compton donated the land that we now know as Compton, he stipulated that a certain acreage be zoned for agricultural purposes. Thus the City of Compton and Richland Farms were born.
As Departures visits places rich with myths and forgotten histories we encounter issues that highlight ongoing - sometimes fraught - efforts to tell the story of race in Los Angeles.
We met biologist, Ellen Mackey outside the Sizzler off of Sunland Ave from the 210 Freeway and followed her up Foothill Boulevard towards the mountains. After just a few miles, we pulled over to the side of the road and walked up to a waist high cement...
Diane Gamboa's photographs and commentary provide a window into the explosive energy of the East Los Angeles music scene of the early 1980s.
I stood among the fortunate ones who made their way up the metal staircase at Self-Help Graphics on Thursday nights and fell into the Vex for the music.
The Undertakers, from East Los Angeles, first started practicing during mid-1977. They decided early on not to go for the "leather or New Wave look" and would instead wear black suits on stage to emulate their namesake.
Departures Community Story Share in Venice Join us this Sunday! Departures will be in Venice recording and collecting stories firsthandMore
Departures East L.A. Time Travel Artists paint portraits of the music scene in the explosive setting of East LA in the 80's More
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Los Angeles is no longer being shaped by infrastructure and development. Today, L.A. is being transformed by ethnic and cultural diversity.
Departures Changing Maps of Los Angeles Urban sprawl once shaped by infrastructure now based on ethnic and cultural diversity in Los AngelesMore
Our teens are taking pictures of the environments within Roosevelt High School that influence their eating and physical activity choices. Their pictures give insight into where we can begin to focus to fight obesity and Type II diabetes
