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Even etched in stone, memories are fleeting.
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The celebration in a small Riverside community is a cultural memorandum that the one-square-mile neighborhood is one of the oldest Mexican-American districts, or barrio, in Southern California.
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Places get to be real places by many means. Naming things is one way.
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Thousands of immigrants' rights and labor activists marched downtown on Sunday, rallying for amnesty and for collective bargaining rights for unions. Check out our slideshow.
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The U.S. Post Office has worked with Seventh-day Adventists in Loma Linda, CA for 81 years to deliver mail on Sundays instead of Saturdays, their Sabbath. That service stopped this weekend.
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Hundreds of Angelenos packed into Pershing Square on Saturday to revel in that peace-loving combat, the pillow fight.
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If it is a new moon weekend (and yes, the new moon is this Sunday, April 3rd), heading to one of the three deserts in California will treat your eyes to a spectacle not easily seen in urban areas.
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When it snows, Mount Pinos in the Grapevine is one of Southern California's popular destinations for skiing and other winter recreation. But any such plans for this weekend might be hindered. Forest Service officials today advised travelers to postpone...
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Los Angeles looks up at its fiberglass Ozymandias in search of inspiration. Is the bucket of twice-fried chicken he offers half empty or half full?
SoCal Focus is a blog about the people, places, and issues in and around Southern California.
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