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City Council Declares ‘Val Zavala Day’ in Los Angeles
Val Zavala was honored by the Los Angeles City Council at City Hall on Tuesday, declaring February 13 as “Val Zavala Day” in the City of Angels.

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Val Zavala’s 30-Year Career in Broadcast Journalism
Val Zavala's had an award-winning career in public media. How did she start and what were some of her milestones?

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Lost LA
Is L.A. a West Coast City? For Many, It's the East. Or the North.
What does the idea of a "West Coast" mean to migrants who traveled east to get here?

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The Fruitcake Gets its Just Desserts at Annual Festival in Inyo County
"The fete includes the traditional introduction of the Archival Fruitcake -- a 10-year-old fruitcake sealed inside a Cold War-era Civil Defense barrel."

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20 Years Later, Thai Ex-Sweatshop Workers Reflect on Freedom From Slavery
Twenty years ago this month, a raid on an El Monte sweatshop holding 72 Thai laborers in captivity opened the public's eyes to how such severe labor exploitation can exist in the Land of the Free.

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Photographic Memory: World War II Through the Lens of a Japanese American Soldier
For Dr. Susumu "Sus" Ito, taking a photo was no small feat, especially as a soldier during World War II. His wartime photographs are the subject of a new exhibit at JANM in Little Tokyo.

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Urban Ryu-newal: A New Era of Asian American Political Representation Begins in L.A.
In the year of the improbable, the impossible has happened: David Ryu became L.A.'s first Korean American and second Asian American to be elected to the city council.

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What Manny Pacquiao Means to Us, in Victory or Defeat
Pac-Mania produced a surreal experience: For Filipinos, used to seeing our culture mis-represented, or even ignored outright, a Filipino has become a household name worldwide.

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Transmitting Live from Mount Wilson: How KCET's Signal Comes to You
Keeping KCET running on the air, which requires a lot of electricity, a lot of equipment, and a lot of backup systems.

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A Sound Tradition: The L.A. County Holiday Celebration
The L.A. County Holiday Celebration, which KCET broadcast live for 49 years, is a uniquely SoCal tradition which highlights our region's unrivaled racial, ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic diversity.