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urban wildlife
Earth Focus
Hey July 4 Picnickers: Stop Worrying About Snakebite in the Baldwin Hills
Post date:The good news: there are no rattlesnakes in the Baldwin Hills. The bad news: there are no rattlesnakes in the Baldwin Hills.
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fossil fuels
Redefine
Report: Fracking Imperils Southern California Residents, Wildlife
Post date:Fracking at three oil fields in Southern California poses significant potential risk to the environment and public health.
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History
History & Society
On Location: Culver City
Post date:This week L.A. Letters spotlights Culver City, its natural landscape, illustrious history, and the brisk redevelopment that has reenergized the city's core over the last decade.
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green justice
History & Society
'Walk a Mile in My Shoes': Public Art Park Celebrates the Civil Rights Revolution
Post date:Located near Baldwin Hills, the public art park commemorates the Civil Rights Movement by honoring local and national heroes, through art and green space that transform two traffic islands one mile apart from each other.
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leimert park
Departures
Leimert Park and the 1932 Olympics
Post date:Located in Baldwin Village, only a mile away from the nascent Leimert Park development, this was the very first Olympic Village since the ancient Greeks pitched their tents on the plain of Elis.
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leimert park
Departures
Walter H. Leimert and the Selling of a Perfect Planned Community
Post date:Walter H. Leimert was so confident with his new westside L.A. development that for the first time in his career, he lent his own name to the subdivision, creating the neighborhood we now know as Leimert Park.
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Production Notes
Departures
California's Need to Secede: From the Rancho Days to the Present
Post date:Tomás Sanchez once owned the land of present day Baldwin Hills and Leimert Park. While deep in the throes of research, a small aspect of this man's life struck a chord: his need to secede.
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L.A. County
SoCal Focus
Zimmerman Verdict Shows That We're Still Playing the Waiting Game
Post date:The protests in Crenshaw about the George Zimmerman verdict are deja vu all over again.
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A Los Angeles Primer
History & Society
A Los Angeles Primer: La Brea Avenue
Post date:Despite making genuinely credible claims to importance in eating, drinking, and specialty shopping, La Brea remains, on a human being's scale, for much of its twelve-mile length, starkly inhospitable.
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block by block
History & Society
Exploring the Course of the Future Metro Crenshaw Line
Post date:For this auto-less adventure, I decided to explore a train line that doesn't yet exist.
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baldwin hills
SoCal Connected
Fracking Still Unregulated Despite Quake Connection
Post date:The controversial drilling method called "fracking" could potentially open up vast new supplies of oil and gas, but some believe it could also be causing earthquakes.
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History & Society
The First-Ever Olympic Village Was Built in Los Angeles
Post date:The 1932 summer Olympic games held in Los Angeles offered a chance for athletes traveling from around the world to experience the very first Olympic Village since the ancient Greeks pitched their tents on the plain of Elis.
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green justice
History & Society
The Grass Roots Fight for Clean Water and Green Justice
Post date:Grass roots groups and city leaders are working together to eliminate horrible odors from the L.A. sewer system.
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green justice
History & Society
The Baldwin Hills, Black L.A. and Green Justice
Post date:Completion of the two square-mile Baldwin Hills Park will result in green space larger than Golden Gate Park in San Francisco or Central Park in New York City.
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Ballona Creek
Lost L.A.
The Lost Wetlands of Los Angeles
Post date:What did the L.A. Basin look like before there was an L.A.? A team of scientists, geographers, and other researchers recently released a report that reconstructs the historical landscape of the Ballona Creek watershed.
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Inglewood
Food
Chef Govind Armstrong's Post & Beam: An Adventure in Super-Local
Post date:Unlike "Hollywood" or "Beverly Hills" or "Melrose," Baldwin Hills is not a Los Angeles place name that people around the world instantly recognize.
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baldwin hills
Food
A Sneak Peek at Govind Armstrong's Post & Beam
Post date:We've got an interview with Baldwin Hills chef Govind Armstrong coming next week. To tide you over until then, here are some photos of his restaurant, garden and food.