Columnist Jeremy Rosenberg asks, "What's your or your family's Los Angeles arrival story?"
Here's a running list of "Arrival Stories":
- 6/7/12 -- Arts administrator, painter and founder of Big City Forum, Leonardo Bravo
- 5/31/12 -- Movie and theater director Stuart Gordon
- 5/24/12 -- Architect, Archinect.com senior editor, and Cal Poly and Woodbury University professor,Orhan Ayyuce
- 5/17/12 -- Opera company artistic director Yuval Sharon
- 5/10/12 -- Sumo wrestler and actor Byambajav "Byamba" Ulambayar
- 5/3/12 -- Vice President of Propulsion Development for Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or SpaceX, Tom Mueller
- 4/19/12 -- East Los Angeles College journalism student and member of Dream Team Los Angeles, Erick Huerta
- 4/12/12 -- Founder & Executive Director, the Studio for Southern California History, Sharon Sekhon
- 4/5/12 -- Urban planner John Arroyo
- 3/29/12 -- Cal State LA student Michael Mattice
- 3/22/12 -- Associate Director, Pilipino Workers Center, Lolita Lledo
- 3/15/12 -- Artistic director of the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, Hirokazu Kosaka
- 3/8/12 -- Coolhaus ice cream truck co-founder Natasha Case
- 3/1/12 -- World record powerlifter Richie Arakelian
- 2/23/12 -- Writer, artist and curator Janet Owen DriggsLI>
- 2/16/12 -- Student and childhood illness survivor George Castillo
- 2/14/12 -- Valentines Day Special love stories wrap-up
- 2/9/12 -- Associate dean of academic affairs and urban planning professor at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
- 2/2/12 -- Journalist Michael Miller
- 1/26/12 -- College student Michelle Lopez
- 1/19/12 -- Jess Espanola, Emmy Award-winning animator and The Simpsons assistant director
- 1/12/12 -- Bill Patzert, Jet Propulsion Lab research scientist and oceanographer
- 1/5/12 -- Rachel Rosenthal, cultural icon and Artistic Director and founder of The Rachel Rosenthal Company
- 12/29/11 -- Brett Goldstone, artist and L.A. River activist.
- 12/21/11 -- Ceci Bastida, singer, songwriter and musician.
- 12/15/11 -- Archie Gips, film and television writer, producer and director.
- 12/8/11 -- Claudia Carcamo, UC Riverside student.
- 12/1/11 -- Michael Dawson, author and rare book and photography dealer.
- 11/28/11 -- Lynn Hasty-Tejada, publicist and culture marketer.
- 11/17/11 -- Stacey Martino and René Rivera, playwright/acting teacher and actor, respectively.
- 11/10/11 -- Terry Castle, writer/producer and daughter of filmmaker William Castle.
- 11/3/11 -- TiGeorges Laguerre, chef and restaurant owner.
- 10/27/11 -- Noelle Reyes and Danell Hughes, boutique owners.
- 10/20/11 -- Edgar Arceneaux, artist and Watts House Project executive director.
- 10/13/11 -- Lucas Benitez, Cal State - LA student.
- 10/6/11 -- Alejandro Cohen, musician, deejay and member of the creative collective dublab.
- 9/29 -- Marjan Vayghan, conceptual artist and writer.
- 9/22 -- Ruben Mendoza, writer and educator.
- 9/15 -- Leila Hamidi, artist and writer.
- 9/8 -- Gabrielle Garcia, summer intern, The Studio for Southern California History.
- 9/1 -- Guillermo Bordarampe, musician and music and folklore promoter.
- 8/25 -- Aldo Velasco, filmmaker and playwright.
- 8/18 -- Roxanne Steinberg & Oguri: Dancers, co-founders of Body Weather Laboratory in Venice.
- 8/11 -- Max Presneill: Artist, curatorial director of ARTRALA, and curator and director of the Torrance Art Museum.
- 8/4 -- Jenny Price: Writer, Los Angeles River expert and Los Angeles Urban Ranger senior ranger.
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