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Where We Are:
They are "inauthentic" in an entirely authentic Californian way.
Where We Are:
A lot has changed since April 1992. Mostly, there are a lot fewer jobs from which a decent life might be made.
Where We Are:
1992 was a long time coming in neighborhoods across Los Angeles County; it will be a long time going.
Where We Are:
They welcomed the flotsam of the early 20th century city with a "genteel" offering of dance music, sing-alongs, and the possibility of romance.
Where We Are:
A downtown building with an impressive pedigree marks the turning point when L.A. became the state's economic capitol.
Where We Are:
History, memory, and the state deficit complicate the fate of a piece of the city's past.
History:
At places like Murray's Dude Ranch in Apple Valley the history of African-American people in the desert mainly involved kicking back, enjoying a break from the grind of mid-20th-century city life and drinking in that clean, high-desert air.
Where We Are:
The man behind the iconic cafeterias faced down a corrupt city hall and a murderous LAPD "goon squad."
Notes of a Native Daughter:
Coming out of the Ontario Airport, travelers can see just beyond the railroad tracks a vast stone building with arched windows and the skeletal remains of a wooden roof. Nearby are smaller buildings wrapped incongruously in shiny white plastic,...
Commentary:
Celebrating the history of black Americans every year should be simple, but it's anything but.
History:
Prejudice against African-Americans can still be found, and the wealthier cities in the West Valley are almost as segregated as they were when such discrimination was still legal, but without pioneers like Nobles and Crossley the divisions might have run much deeper.
Where We Are:
1950s science fiction speculated on the answers, both tragic and majestic, but today only Newt Gingrich seems convinced.
Commentary:
Residents of the Lanfair Valley may well have enjoyed more relative freedom, and less hatred, than any other African-Americans in the U.S.
Notes of a Native Daughter:
It can be historic, as it remains the nation's first-ever master-planned retirement community where seniors could buy their own plot of land, move onto it a single or double-wide mobile home, and run this world.
Arts & Culture:
Bill Mohr's new book on poetry in Los Angeles is a rich, exuberant and pleasurable history of nearly 50 years of extraordinary writing.
Where We Are:
There is a middle way between big government and little cities. It began 58 years ago.
Notes of a Native Daughter:
The nighttime security officer arrives when the sun sets and the Santa Ana River is lit by floodlights at the construction site. Here in March of 1774, a party formed by Juan Bautista de Anza to form a trading route in New California crossed the river for the first time.
Where We Are:
Los Angeles was beautiful then (more beautiful than we realized or cared to consider).
Where We Are:
Defeat of the socialist candidate for mayor brightened the season for the Los Angeles Times.
History:
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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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