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Cold War Diary: 'I Was a Suburban Combatant'
I was born under the shadow of the Berlin Airlift in 1948, while Soviet troops and tanks blockaded the city.
An LAUSD school bus.
Schoolyard Bully? A Look at Mudslinging in the LAUSD Race
The intensifying race between George McKenna and Alex Johnson has become a study in negative campaigning.
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Kollaboration: Setting the Stage for Visibility and Empowerment
A predominantly 20s-30s-aged Asian American crowd packed The Troubadour in West Hollywood in late June to see Kollaboration.
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Improving California Means Doing Some Things and Not Doing Others
Better education and air quality, as well as not splitting up the state are what I want to see for the future of California.
On Main Street in Ventura, CA.
Across America, Trust is Freefalling
The man was waving his arms and barking oddities. When I handed him a few dollars, he did something that planted me firmly on the side of those who still trust.
Professor Money, God, and the First Book Published in Los Angeles (Maybe)
Crank theologian, crank historian, and crank healer,Professor Money embodied nearly all the clichés of the seekers who would come to Southern California after him.
Wearing Out of the Green.
Study in Brown: The Mixed Messages of Water Conservation
The couple in Glendora whose brown lawn was the subject of media hyperventilating have, I hope, moved on in their lives. Too bad their story isn't the one you heard.
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A Travel Listicle About Ventura Has Put Me Over the Edge
To be blunt, I think lists are lazy and shallow, requiring little effort on the part of the writer, or the reader.
For a Better State, Give Local Government What It Needs
Do you want a better California? Then restore to local governments the economic resources with which local aspirations can be realized.
At the fast food drive through window.
Enjoying Work, Whether Fast Food in Ventura or an Elevator on Wilshire
Switching off is the easy out. Let the people, and the hours, pass as quickly as possible.
Hot Town: The Shape of Los Angeles and the 'Heat Island' Effect
We know more about the nature out of which -- and into which -- we've built Los Angeles, but we still know far too little.
Dogs and fireworks do not always mix.
My Fourth of July Experience is Just Ending
It isn't a holiday for everyone. It can be a real drag for dogs and anyone else who counts themselves in the ninety-nine percent.
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