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A roadside memorial on the Pacific Coast Highway.
We Don't Always Have Tomorrow
We pave and build and act like today is forever. Every now and again the earth shakes like a wet dog.
Charles Wright in 2006. | Photo: Holly Wright, Courtesy Library of Congress
Charles Wright: United States Poet Laureate and My Teacher
It seemed to me in 1971 that every American poet should have Wright's accent, like the sound of a small orchestra playing in a minor key in a distant room.
On the beach, searching for crabs.
On Father's Day, Remember Who to Thank
Sometimes life's pieces fit together in ways you don't expect.
Despite Prop 42, State Lawmakers Still Lack Transparency
California voters took a whack at man not entirely made of straw on Tuesday at the polls.
Radiate L.A. aims to get young Catholics in touch with their faith.
Radiate L.A.: The Archdiocese's Push to Engage Millennials
Tearing a page out of the pontiff's playbook, the L.A. archdiocese is trying to fit into the changing digital landscape.
Los Angeles Food Culture During My Childhood
The future of food hadn't arrived when I was a boy.
The curl-crested aracari is one of many animals displaying hypnotic colors in the Tambopata National Reserve in Peru.
The Caterpillar, a Botfly, and the Foolish Aloofness of One Man
I returned home with the Amazon's Darwinian lessons reverberating in my head.
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Sriracha and Irwindale: The War May Not Be Over as Questions Remain
Something has been left out of the story of Huy Fong Foods and the city of Irwindale.
A career in writing is nothing to be scared of.
Teaching Children the Power of Belief
This is what I tell the kids when I stand in front of them, waving my hands in the air in what I hope is an enthusiastic, and not lunatic, manner.
Rick Ross.
L.A.'s Notorious Drug Dealer, 'Freeway' Rick Ross, is Moving On
The 54-year-old former drug lord of South Central is still in the business -- of self-fulfillment and community improvement, that is.
In Minnesota, 'California Dreaming' on the Prairie
The literature of California tells us how mixed the extravagant dream of California had been, even while the dream was being retailed to America by the state's booster economy.
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Always Hope in Dark Times: Shedding Light on the Isla Vista Tragedy
In this world, vast harbors of conscience and compassion exist.
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