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Andrew Johnson describes Richland Farms and how horses became an alternative to joining a gang for many young men in the Compton area.
Jocie Reynaga, resident of Richland Farms, talks about her family ranch "Pueblos Unidos" and how training horses is in part of their Mexican blood.
Eric J. Perrodin, former policeman and now the mayor of Compton, has pride in the agriculture roots of Richland Farm and advocates for more green space outlets for Compton's youth.
Departures Community Riding Relentless Scaling the roads down from Griffith Park, this 'old' skater continues to laugh in the face of dangerMore
As the population of carp grows in the Los Angeles River, urban fly fishing in Glendale Narrows and Elysian Valley is becoming more popuplar.
With a name meaning "People of the Earth" in the Tongva language, the Gabrieleno-Tongva Mission Indians were the original inhabitants of the Los Angeles Basin.
By 1870, an identifiable "Chinatown" of two hundred or so inhabitants was situated on Calle de Los Negros - Street of the Dark Hued Ones - a short alley fifty feet wide and one block long between El Pueblo Plaza and Old Arcadia Street.
Community activist Gilbert Hom explains the importance of the Chin-Ming ceremony for Chinese immigrants in the Evergreen Cemetery.
As an advisor, past President and now member of the board of directors of the Kong Chow Benevolent Association, Mr. Robert Eng tells a history of the Kong Chow Benevolent Association, the oldest family association in Los Angeles Chinatown.
Peter Ng, the Chinese Benevolent Consolidated Association's charismatic leader (and former President), sat with Departures to discuss the meaning and purpose of Chinese family associations and their role in 21st century Los Angeles.
In a series of video interviews, Professor Zhou explores the nature of the networked culture created by early Chinese immigrants through Family Associations and the lessons that this experience sheds on contemporary migration.
Like early Cantonese migrants, Zung Wu came from the Pearl River Delta looking for the "Gam Saan" or "Gold Mountain"; we found him playing the Erhu, or Chinese Fiddle, in Chinatown's Main Plaza to make ends meet.
