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Lost LA
How Alcohol Still Seeped Into Los Angeles During Prohibition
In 1919, Congress passed the Volstead Act, the 18th Amendment’s liquor ban. Despite the Prohibition the liquor continued to flow in the Southland, along with the sun and waves and a few secret tunnels.

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Blue Sky Metropolis
Worth the Struggle: Diana Trujillo's Journey from Colombia to NASA
After immigrating from Colombia, Diana Trujillo took the long path to becoming an aerospace engineer at JPL, but for the Colombian aerospace engineer, it was worth it.

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Blue Sky Metropolis
Meet the Daring Women of Color Who Beat Bigotry in Aviation
Despite gender and racial discrimination, Bessie Coleman and those inspired by her blazed the trail for future female aviators.

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Blue Sky Metropolis
Soaring into Herstory: The Women's Air Derby of 1929
In 1929, Santa Monica was overflowing with spectators as the host for the first Intercontinental Woman’s Air Derby, where twenty female aviators signed up to participate in the 2,759-mile course to the finish line in Cleveland, Ohio.