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Laurel Canyon
Lost LA
Laurel Canyon Suite: Gods, Myths, and Fires
Post date:Reflecting on the canyon wonderland's millennia-long history reveals something more complicated and darker.
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Native American Heritage Month
Lost LA
Genocide, Slavery, and L.A.'s Role in the Decimation of Native Californians
Post date:In 1851, California’s first Anglo-American governor stood before the state legislature and declared the genocide of Native Californians a sad inevitability.
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arroyo seco
Youth Voices
Outreach: The Tongva are the Native People of Los Angeles
Post date:The Tongva are part of the past, present, and future of the Arroyo Seco.
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east of east
History & Society
Toypurina: A Legend Etched in the Landscape of Los Angeles
Post date:The story of the Tongva medicine woman that helped lead a revolt against the padres and the communities who continue to claim her legend.
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San Gabriel River
Departures
Mountain Fortress: Indian Resistance to Mission San Gabriel
Post date:As Spanish missionaries staked their claim to the San Gabriel Valley, the mountains would serve as the last fortress of protection and resistance for the native people.
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San Gabriel River
Departures
The Indigenous Dawn of the San Gabriel Mountains
Post date:The brilliant heritage of the San Gabriel Mountains is largely unknown to millions of Southern Californians. The historical and cultural impact of the mountains' indigenous people is where the astonishing story begins.
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commentary
Redefine
A Usable Past: How Norris Hundley, Jr. Schooled California on the Meaning of Water
Post date:The late Norris Hundley, Jr. warned that California's "Great Thirst" would be its undoing -- a warning we must heed.
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green justice
History & Society
Native American Values, Health, and Green Access in Southern California
Post date:Native Americans do not enjoy equal access to green space, parks, and recreation.
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commentary
Redefine
Fires, Floods, and Human History -- The Value of a Single SoCal Creek
Post date:Thompson Creek is a symbol of how much a creek can matter, to SoCal civilizations past and to the very real wildfires and floods of the present.
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maps
Lost LA
The First Map of Los Angeles May Be Older Than You Think
Post date:In 1786, a sergeant in the Spanish army sketched what was likely the first map of Los Angeles.
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South Pasadena
Lost LA
The Oak Trees of Southern California: A Brief History
Post date:Native to Southern California, the oak tree has been a powerful force in shaping the region's human history.
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Anaheim
Lost LA
The Santa Ana River: How It Shaped Orange County
Post date:Southern Californians have long maintained a complicated relationship with the Santa Ana River, accepting its life-giving water but fearing its wrath.
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Redefine
Long Beach Historic Park Uses Earth To Save Energy
Post date:Long Beach's Rancho Los Alamitos' new earth-friendly heating and cooling infrastructure doesn't compromise the park's historic integrity with noisy boilers, condensers, or generators.
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History
Lost LA
Culver City: From Barley Fields to the Heart of Screenland
Post date:On June 20, the Expo Line arrives in Culver City, a town that sprang from the barley fields of Rancho La Ballona and grew into "The Heart of Screenland."
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Sierra Madre
Lost LA
Rise of the Sierra Madre: A Brief History of the San Gabriel Mountains
Post date:For thousands of years, Southern Californians have found many reasons to value the San Gabriel Mountains, from recreation to resource extraction.
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SoCal Focus
Continuity and Change at Historic Rancho Los Alamitos
Post date:The story of life at Los Alamitos threads from from Povuu'ngna to the present. It's inclusively retold in the rancho's new exhibits.
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los angeles aqueduct
SoCal Focus
Earth, Water, Air, Fire: A Historical Look at SoCal's Troubled Relationship with Nature
Post date:Southern California's photographic archives richly document the region's troubled relationship with the four classical elements.
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Ballona Creek
Lost LA
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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green justice
History & Society
L.A. State Historic Park: A Deserted Railroad Yard is Transformed Yet Unfinished
Post date:12 years after its approval for conversion from an abandoned rail yard, the Los Angeles State Historic Park remains unfinished.
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Tongva
Lost LA
Should We Celebrate the Legacy of Junípero Serra, California's Founding Father?
Post date:A statue of JunÃpero Serra has represented California in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall since 1931, but over the past few decades scholars have come to view the Franciscan priest's mission-building project as a disaster for the state's native inhabi...