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California's history has consistently been one of re-invention and simulacra--an environmental space where meaning and geography are replaced or proceeded by symbols of what it was or should be.
Gardening at school and at home can help foster healthy lifestyles and encourage healthy eating with more nutritious foods -- something that communities like South El Monte and El Monte urgently need.
As early as the 1920s the predominantly white residents of Highland Park began looking to other areas of Los Angeles for housing. After World War II, this westward drift became a full-on exodus of Anglo middle-class families out of communities like Hi...
Departures: Highland ParkDeLyser, Dydia. Ramona Memories: Tourism and the Shaping of Southern California. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press,…
While the vast streetcar system in Los Angeles was wildly successful since early in the 20th century, it was doomed to extinction in the era of automobiles and bus routes. This change is now referred to as the Great American Streetcar Scandal.
Queer and disabled square dancers in Covina, CA break out of highly regimented gender and ability norms to create a safe space within country western culture.
The Great Wall of Los Angeles mural was conceived of in 1974 as a means to revitalize the Tujunga Wash Flood Control Channel. What would unfold, would be more than Judith F. Baca ever imagined.
With over 400 employed youths, and in collaboration with scholars, muralists, and historians, the Great Wall of Los Angeles would be built over the course of 5 summers beginning in 1976.
Land of Sunshine The Long Road to MLK Jr. Day Why did it take 15 years for Martin Luther King Jr. Day to become an official holiday?Learn More
Fifty years ago this week, Watts exploded with violence. The scenario sounds uncomfortably familiar in today's environment of racially fueled police abuse and racial tension. What sparked the uprising in 1965 was a physical altercation while a white po...
