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Arrival Stories
Each week Jeremy Rosenberg (@LosJeremy) asks, "What's your or your family's Los Angeles arrival story?"
These are the tales of how L.A. residents became an Angeleno. From the Philippines and Mongolia to Ukraine and Chile, the map above shows the melting pot of cultures that make up the diverse communities of L.A.
Click on each pinpoint, and a link will take to you their Arrival Story. (Note: The map may not display properly on Chrome browsers. Try Firefox instead.)
These are the tales of how L.A. residents became an Angeleno. From the Philippines and Mongolia to Ukraine and Chile, the map above shows the melting pot of cultures that make up the diverse communities of L.A.
Click on each pinpoint, and a link will take to you their Arrival Story. (Note: The map may not display properly on Chrome browsers. Try Firefox instead.)
Arrival Stories:
Writer and educator Ruben Mendoza shares his Los Angeles arrival story.
Arrival Stories:
"Within my family's circle of friends alone, I knew of three different families that had the same model home within a 2-mile radius - no need to tell me where the bathroom is, because I already know the full layout of your house."
Arrival Stories:
"My dad was a city rat, skinny dipping in the dirty blue river, and smoking in the cold gray alleys, but he was a dreamer. He ran away at seventeen to come to Los Angeles and become an engineer."
Arrival Stories:
"During our escuela secundaria years along with a couple of friends we decided to put together a music band, that later on became very popular, under the name Arco Iris. It was a sort of South American Pink Floyd."
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"I struggled to adjust to my new life and learn English. I turned six years old, and was given a Jaws-themed game for my birthday."
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"My grandmother came out to California to work and then when my grandfather decided to come out, he walked into my grandmother's office with a bunch of rattlesnakes."
Arrival Stories:
"I had a big goodbye party for all my friends and family and the next day got on a plane bound for Los Angeles - the city of my childhood dreams of sunshine and skateboard parks and where I believed the next big center of art would be."
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Here's a running list of our Departures "Arrival Stories"
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KCET Departures asks, "What's your or your family's Los Angeles arrival story?" Today, we hear from writer, Los Angeles River expert and Los Angeles Urban Ranger senior ranger Jenny Price: "In 1998, I had just finished up my PhD...
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