Jeremy Rosenberg
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Jeremy Rosenberg is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor, and consultant whose work has appeared in various books, magazines, newspapers, and online.
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Crossing continents, oceans and national borders isn't the only journey taken by the Los Angeles migrants and immigrants; many of our participants tell of the journey their hearts take, too.
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The creation of the National Park system in 1872 gave way to L.A.'s original streets planned around natural landscapes, like mountains, streams, and the coastline.
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Posted Yvonne Chan: 19 Days on a Boat from Hong Kong; A Lifetime of Making a Difference in L.A.
in Land of SunshineFor the life-long educator, "the City of Angels definitely embraced me, nurtured me, taught me and I am proud that they made an angel out of me!" -
President of the American Planning Association weighs in on the two laws that set the basic foundation for city planning and zoning over 85 years ago.
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Contrary to previous reports, Laguerre's TiGeorges' Chicken restaurant will *not* be closing at the end of January 2013.
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A third generation Angeleno describes his family's tight connection to Los Angeles, from working on the railroads as a Spanish interpreter to a marriage proposal at the Point Fermin Lighthouse.
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Posted Meena Nanji: Kenya As Paradise; London As Post-Punk; Los Angeles As Definitely Weird
in Land of SunshineIn England, it was a given that you are miserable, that's just how it is. In L.A., the goal was to be happy and cheerful and nice to people. -
Without the Clean Water Act, the fetid sewers in South Los Angeles and across town would waft the smell of rotten eggs.
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Both sides of her family came from the same town in Italy -- but arrived in America under very different circumstances.
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For those interested in keeping up with the most current activities and musings of past interviewees and contributors, we've put together a Twitter list.
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Posted Aura Leticia Martinez: Four-Years-Old In Guatemala, She Said, 'I'm Going to California'
in Land of SunshineSpanish speakers were hard to come by when she arrived to Los Angeles fifty years ago. -
Surprising fact: Los Angeles is the largest manufacturing center in the nation, where almost 25% of jobs in City Los Angeles are in the industrial sectors.
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We took the bus to Guatemala, where we got assaulted by our coyote. He took almost everything from us.
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Born right after the Soviet invasion of her family's home country, she grew up in two worlds: the '80s and '90s La Cañada and the world of Afghanistan.
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The "Least Interesting Policy That Dominates Most Everything" has ruined the character of our streets.
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I said 'Amsterdam is a close second, but I want to live in L.A.'...cut to five years later, I'm still not in L.A. yet.
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A California law passed in 2002 mandates that by 2020, 33% of the state's electricity must come from renewable resources.
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Setting up shop in Chinatown was the logical conclusion after fleeing Communist China.
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Safety regulations require the design to allow not only the air to flow over the car, but also the people.
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Walking out of the airport was like a dream for the future Atwater Village business owner.
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This 1906 federal law allowed a city that was then about 400,000 people to grow to about four million today.
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From Paris, San Francisco, and London to the "shambolic Third-World-ness" of L.A.
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Do you have any suggestions for the Laws That Shaped LA column? Send them our way.
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President Obama spent two years in L.A. as a student at Occidental College in Eagle Rock.
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Posted Dr. Strangevote, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Ballot Initiatives
in Land of Sunshine101 year-old Prop 7 was designed to give power to the people and the opportunity to practice direct democracy through initiatives and referendums. -
Zimbabwe-born, South Africa-raised former rock'n'roller has been in L.A. for 25 years -- but still doesn't consider it home.
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Davis S. and @erik_griswold -- Thank you both for the catch. I think the caption should have read, "Century Boulevard gummed up with traffic from LAX to the San Diego Freeway." My apologies for the error -- embarrassing to miss...
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The World War II hero most publicly associated with this law's passage is rumored to have, while sitting stuck in traffic, called himself a "numbskull" for doing so.
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L.A. has allowed the former cruise ship dancer and world traveler to redefine himself as a local politician.
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Despite the state spending fifty percent of its funds on road-building, traffic congestion was getting worse.
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Davis S. and @erik_griswold -- Thank you both for the catch. I think the caption should have read, "Century Boulevard gummed up with traffic from LAX to the San Diego Freeway." My apologies for the error -- embarrassing to miss...
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Crossing continents, oceans and national borders isn't the only journey taken by the Los Angeles migrants and immigrants; many of our participants tell of the journey their hearts take, too.
-
The creation of the National Park system in 1872 gave way to L.A.'s original streets planned around natural landscapes, like mountains, streams, and the coastline.
-
Posted Yvonne Chan: 19 Days on a Boat from Hong Kong; A Lifetime of Making a Difference in L.A.
in Land of SunshineFor the life-long educator, "the City of Angels definitely embraced me, nurtured me, taught me and I am proud that they made an angel out of me!" -
President of the American Planning Association weighs in on the two laws that set the basic foundation for city planning and zoning over 85 years ago.
-
Contrary to previous reports, Laguerre's TiGeorges' Chicken restaurant will *not* be closing at the end of January 2013.
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A third generation Angeleno describes his family's tight connection to Los Angeles, from working on the railroads as a Spanish interpreter to a marriage proposal at the Point Fermin Lighthouse.
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Posted Meena Nanji: Kenya As Paradise; London As Post-Punk; Los Angeles As Definitely Weird
in Land of SunshineIn England, it was a given that you are miserable, that's just how it is. In L.A., the goal was to be happy and cheerful and nice to people. -
Without the Clean Water Act, the fetid sewers in South Los Angeles and across town would waft the smell of rotten eggs.
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Both sides of her family came from the same town in Italy -- but arrived in America under very different circumstances.
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For those interested in keeping up with the most current activities and musings of past interviewees and contributors, we've put together a Twitter list.
