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The click-click-click-click of a sprinkler counts the passages of September on the hottest morning of a summer that should have ended.
Singapore may offer a solution to Los Angeles' illegal street vending problem.
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Remnants of the incline railway, which helped turn Avalon into a destination resort, still await adventurous explorers on Catalina's hillsides.
The files of "days" and "weeks" proclaimed serve to measure the past's fears and hopes, stereotypes and traditions, the bureaucratic and the tragic.
Though Asian Americans aren't totally above making up phonetic pun jokes of our own, actual names of Asian origin, particularly family names, are much more than just random monosyllabic noises -- they have actual meanings.
It is a place so quiet that when you bend to the tall wind-stroked grasses the sound you hear is like the softest snowfall. It is the loveliest almost-quiet and satisfying beyond words. It is also a reminder.
In a city that prides itself on its cultural diversity, its legislative body is currently comprised of eight whites, three Latinos, and three African Americans. And zero of Asian/Pacific Islander ancestry.
The protests in Crenshaw about the George Zimmerman verdict are deja vu all over again.
Held up against Egyptian tumult, airplane crashes, and jury acquittals, this is certainly not global news, but it is just as important.