KCET Socal tag:www.kcet.org,2010-03-05:/socal/68 2013-04-26T18:00:19Z Movable Type Pro 4.38 Blackface Video: College Lessons Learned, The Hard Way tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/updaily/socal_focus//1239.58878 2013-04-26T17:45:26Z 2013-04-26T18:00:19Z The purpose of the video at UC Irvine was innocent enough -- that is, until one of the members performed in blackface. Elson Trinidad http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/elsongs The purpose of the video at UC Irvine was innocent enough -- that is, until one of the members performed in blackface.

Read the full article Positively Committed: The Fight for HIV Education in Black L.A. tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/updaily/socal_focus//1239.58870 2013-04-26T00:07:28Z 2013-04-26T00:06:53Z Tony Wafford fights the good fight -- mostly alone -- for HIV awareness in places that need it the most. Erin Aubry Kaplan http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/eakaplan Tony Wafford fights the good fight -- mostly alone -- for HIV awareness in places that need it the most.

Read the full article When 'Winged Rats' Were a Tourist Attraction: The Los Angeles Pigeon Ranch tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/updaily/socal_focus//1239.58867 2013-04-25T23:35:21Z 2013-04-26T15:18:38Z Winged rats? Until destroyed by a flood in 1914, a Los Angeles pigeon farm home to 100,000 of the birds was a big tourist draw. Nathan Masters http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/nmasters Winged rats? Until destroyed by a flood in 1914, a Los Angeles pigeon farm home to 100,000 of the birds was a big tourist draw.

Read the full article L.A. River 'Crown Jewel' Parcel Purchase Zeroed Out in Favor of Albion Project tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/socal/departures/lariver/confluence//1860.58856 2013-04-25T22:30:37Z 2013-04-25T23:59:25Z The dreams of creating a 100-acre green open space that truly connects to the Los Angeles River seem to be dying of a long, lingering disease. Carren Jao http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/Carren Jao The dreams of creating a 100-acre green open space that truly connects to the Los Angeles River seem to be dying of a long, lingering disease.

Read the full article How CicLAvia Engaged Angelenos in the Space and Place of L.A. tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/socal/departures/landofsunshine//1488.58796 2013-04-25T22:00:39Z 2013-04-25T22:42:19Z The 15-mile route celebrated Los Angeles in unique ways that allowed Angelenos to experience the geographic diversity of the city. George Villanueva http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/George Villanueva The 15-mile route celebrated Los Angeles in unique ways that allowed Angelenos to experience the geographic diversity of the city.

Read the full article Ilaria Mazzoleni: Splitting Her Time Between Italian Village and L.A. tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/socal/departures/landofsunshine//1488.58717 2013-04-25T17:00:00Z 2013-04-25T17:50:55Z "I find L.A. to be very similar in certain aspects to Milano. They both are cities that one needs to discover, where everything is hidden and where things are not really coming at you." Jeremy Rosenberg http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/jrosenberg "I find L.A. to be very similar in certain aspects to Milano. They both are cities that one needs to discover, where everything is hidden and where things are not really coming at you."

Read the full article On Collecting and Translating Anthropology to Contemporary Art tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/socal/departures/community/fulldollar//1425.58835 2013-04-24T23:00:36Z 2013-04-25T00:14:14Z Ecuadorian artist/anthropologist X. Andrade reflects back on the Highland Park-based Full Dollar project, which turned out to be a two-year long project. X Andrade http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/X Andrade Ecuadorian artist/anthropologist X. Andrade reflects back on the Highland Park-based Full Dollar project, which turned out to be a two-year long project.

Read the full article I Am Los Angeles: Living the Dream tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/socal/departures/landofsunshine//1488.53635 2013-04-24T20:00:18Z 2013-04-24T23:49:42Z L.A. was the perfect escape from Antwerp's cobblestone streets and its lack of great skating spots. Joris Debeij http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/I Am Los Angeles L.A. was the perfect escape from Antwerp's cobblestone streets and its lack of great skating spots.

Read the full article What Is So Important About Growing Up? A Lesson From Jonathan Winters tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/updaily/socal_focus//1239.58767 2013-04-23T20:42:29Z 2013-04-23T22:08:56Z What happened to us? When did we become so elevator-silent, so dour, so proper, so scrunch-faced, so mature? Ken McAlpine http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/kmcalpine What happened to us? When did we become so elevator-silent, so dour, so proper, so scrunch-faced, so mature?

Read the full article A Los Angeles Primer: Little Tokyo tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/socal/departures/landofsunshine//1488.58743 2013-04-23T17:00:14Z 2013-04-23T18:25:30Z The place to stock up on canned green tea, buy a genuine futon, burn an hour at the arcade, eat a heaping plateful of Hayashi rice, or gaze upon the finest men's style magazines: Little Tokyo remains all these, but does it, strictly speaking, remain Japanese? Colin Marshall http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/Colin Marshall The place to stock up on canned green tea, buy a genuine futon, burn an hour at the arcade, eat a heaping plateful of Hayashi rice, or gaze upon the finest men's style magazines: Little Tokyo remains all these, but does it, strictly speaking, remain Japanese?

Read the full article Seeing the Dark: More Photographs from the Edison Collection tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/updaily/socal_focus//1239.58751 2013-04-22T21:00:00Z 2013-04-23T18:02:39Z Looking at the "found photographs" in the Huntington's archive of Southern California Edison photographs and finding why the darkness is such chilling fun. D. J. Waldie http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/djwaldie Looking at the "found photographs" in the Huntington's archive of Southern California Edison photographs and finding why the darkness is such chilling fun.

Read the full article 'All That Glitters Is Not Gold': A Planner Replies About L.A. Zoning tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/socal/departures/landofsunshine//1488.58749 2013-04-22T17:00:00Z 2013-04-24T05:03:09Z Los Angeles' vast array of zoning overlays and local zoning conditions make little difference in actual land use decisions and investments. Jeremy Rosenberg http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/jrosenberg Los Angeles' vast array of zoning overlays and local zoning conditions make little difference in actual land use decisions and investments.

Read the full article Small Presses: Poetic Communities Coast to Coast tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/socal/departures/landofsunshine//1488.58732 2013-04-20T00:45:16Z 2013-04-20T01:17:06Z This week L.A. Letters spotlights a few quintessential small presses and communities of poetry across the country that are redefining the art form and promoting community simultaneously. Mike Sonksen http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/mikeS This week L.A. Letters spotlights a few quintessential small presses and communities of poetry across the country that are redefining the art form and promoting community simultaneously.

Read the full article The Chateau Elysee: Scientology's Celebrity Centre Before it Went Clear tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/socal/departures/landofsunshine//1488.58707 2013-04-19T23:00:56Z 2013-04-19T23:39:08Z The glittering stories of the old Chateau, and the once scandalous myth of its origins and construction, have been subsumed into the now greater legend of the Church of Scientology. Hadley Meares http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/hmeares The glittering stories of the old Chateau, and the once scandalous myth of its origins and construction, have been subsumed into the now greater legend of the Church of Scientology.

Read the full article Courting Division: How Three Southern California Court Cases Bolstered and Hindered Multiracial Civil Rights Movements tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/socal/departures/landofsunshine//1488.58473 2013-04-19T21:30:37Z 2013-04-19T21:51:08Z Southern California's landscape provided the setting for three critical court cases that reveal the ability of the law to cleave efforts toward equal rights. Ryan Reft http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/Ryan Reft Southern California's landscape provided the setting for three critical court cases that reveal the ability of the law to cleave efforts toward equal rights.

Read the full article What Do We See When We Look at L.A.? Photographs from the Edison Collection tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/updaily/socal_focus//1239.58651 2013-04-19T21:00:00Z 2013-04-19T00:42:59Z Many of the images were taken by by G. Haven Bishop whose work, almost entirely unknown today, has the subtlety and richness of Julius Shulman's photographs. D. J. Waldie http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/djwaldie Many of the images were taken by by G. Haven Bishop whose work, almost entirely unknown today, has the subtlety and richness of Julius Shulman's photographs.

Read the full article Where the Wildflowers Were: When L.A. Blossomed Each Spring tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/updaily/socal_focus//1239.58709 2013-04-19T00:50:55Z 2013-04-19T23:36:22Z Wildflowers once blanketed hillsides and plains throughout the Los Angeles area where strip malls, suburban homes, and industrial warehouses prevail today. Nathan Masters http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/nmasters Wildflowers once blanketed hillsides and plains throughout the Los Angeles area where strip malls, suburban homes, and industrial warehouses prevail today.

Read the full article Interview with Pastor Phil Reller: Los Angeles Filipino-American United Church of Christ tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/socal/departures/community//761.56026 2013-04-19T00:00:16Z 2013-04-19T01:03:50Z He wants sees the future of Eagle Rock as one that is blended, one that is open to diversity, and one where there is neighborhood gatherings where people would come together. Luis Orozco http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/Luis Orozco He wants sees the future of Eagle Rock as one that is blended, one that is open to diversity, and one where there is neighborhood gatherings where people would come together.

Read the full article Nice Knowing You, Inglewood Neighbors tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/updaily/socal_focus//1239.58706 2013-04-18T23:15:15Z 2013-04-18T23:13:21Z My neighbors and new friends are definitely moving, something I just can't seem to accept. Erin Aubry Kaplan http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/eakaplan My neighbors and new friends are definitely moving, something I just can't seem to accept.

Read the full article Race and Place Do Matter: Economic Hardship, Obesity, and Equal Justice tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/socal/departures/landofsunshine//1488.57576 2013-04-18T20:30:13Z 2013-04-18T22:26:19Z In Los Angeles County, children who are of color and low income disproportionately live in the areas with the highest levels of obesity and the worst access to parks and schools fields. In Los Angeles County, children who are of color and low income disproportionately live in the areas with the highest levels of obesity and the worst access to parks and schools fields.

Read the full article João Morlett: Fourth Time's a Charm and the Link to His Ink tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/socal/departures/landofsunshine//1488.57764 2013-04-18T17:00:01Z 2013-04-20T01:12:31Z "Putting the L.A. Metro symbol on me would really encompass the past two years. I feel like it will close a chapter of me traveling and starting a new life." Jeremy Rosenberg http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/jrosenberg "Putting the L.A. Metro symbol on me would really encompass the past two years. I feel like it will close a chapter of me traveling and starting a new life."

Read the full article Sign Up for StoryShare: L.A. River Bike + Walk, April 27, 2013 tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/socal/departures/community//761.58645 2013-04-18T00:00:31Z 2013-04-25T22:05:13Z Sign up to participate in our StoryShare event at Marsh Park in Elysian Valley. Sign up to participate in our StoryShare event at Marsh Park in Elysian Valley.

Read the full article I Am Los Angeles: Hollywoodland tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/socal/departures/landofsunshine//1488.53631 2013-04-17T22:30:18Z 2013-04-17T23:31:38Z "I hate that idea, that word, the cliché, the 'struggling actor.' I don't see it that way at all." Joris Debeij http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/I Am Los Angeles "I hate that idea, that word, the cliché, the 'struggling actor.' I don't see it that way at all."

Read the full article Taking the Long View on the Colorado River tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/updaily/socal_focus//1239.58649 2013-04-17T22:19:14Z 2013-04-17T22:20:14Z The Colorado River will outlive us all. What's endangered are the communities, human and non-human, who depend on it. Chris Clarke http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/cclarke The Colorado River will outlive us all. What's endangered are the communities, human and non-human, who depend on it.

Read the full article Johnny Carson Park Upgrade Includes Plans to Restore Natural Streambed tag:www.kcet.org,2013:/socal/departures/lariver/confluence//1860.58646 2013-04-17T20:30:14Z 2013-04-17T20:43:10Z All Burbank needs is just a little more funding to proceed with the renovation. Carren Jao http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/Carren Jao All Burbank needs is just a little more funding to proceed with the renovation.

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