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West Is Eden:
With fatherhood there is no telling what might unfold.
Where We Are:
Murkier and murkier grow the politics of the Central Basin Municipal Water District.
Where We Are:
Father and son look for connections -- familial and civic -- in Los Angeles. They depend on a shared "moral imagination" that helps them fill the gaps.
Cakewalk:
For students who never thought they were traditional college material, graduation is not just about a piece of paper. It's about peace of mind.
West Is Eden:
One percent for the dinosaurs and all the other creatures scurrying to stay out from underfoot. One percent for seven billion people. And counting.
Where We Are:
The crosswalk button is a placebo, a signal to higher (computer) powers, and possibly a device with magical properties. It all depends on whether you push or not and where and when.
Where We Are:
1849 taught California a harsh lesson about the permanent costs of a boom-and-bust culture. Governor Brown seems to have forgotten what the Gold Rush gave us.
Notes of a Native Daughter:
They came here because of war, though no one might think of it that way when sitting down to get a massage or their nails painted.
Cakewalk:
What we don't say about about the realities of black/Latino relations can hurt us.
West Is Eden:
There is hope. It's a narrow window, but the breeze of possibility blows through it. I like to think our island fox has shown us the way.
Where We Are:
Getting to Terminal Island and the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach once has more than a little terror, weirdness, and even tragedy.
Where We Are:
Metro's Blue Line is the oldest in the system. It's showing its age and its limitations. Long Beach city officials hope for some improvement.
Cakewalk:
The Crenshaw Subway Coalition is making a difference -- really.
West Is Eden:
Chris Martinez left an indelible trail. This is a fine thing, because there can never be enough smiles.
Where We Are:
I was going to take the rosary away when, thinking better of it, I walked back.
Where We Are:
Studio One Eleven - the people behind the 'parklets' idea - have re-imagined waiting for a plane. Think of it as your holiday on a modernist main street. You may want to rebook to a later flight.
Cakewalk:
The end of the school year compels me to write another story -- though certainly not the last -- about one of LAUSD's most successful but most beleaguered campuses.
West Is Eden:
Each time I see Two Trees they whisper the same thing to me. If your town has an icon -- and I'm betting it does -- you understand.
Where We Are:
That the Los Angeles region is pretty dense already is the counter-intuitive finding of a new Census Bureau report.
Where We Are:
The palm is definitely found; CEQA is severely questioned; Proposition 13's doubters have their own. And "where we are" gets a bit clearer.
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I Am Los Angeles: Strings of Success
Sasha is content just to be living his life on his own terms, doing something he thoroughly enjoys: building and playing guitars.
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