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The story of West Hollywood is complex. We look at some key times through history that shaped LGBTQ+ community in the city.
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The design from the L.A. artistic duo of Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong and Judy Chui-Hua Chung was selected from more than 170 entries from around the world.
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The site of the former Rockhaven Sanitarium was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2016 “as one of the best extant examples of an early twentieth century woman-owned, women-serving private sanitarium in the State.”
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It was home to the first Academy banquet, the fourth awards ceremony — and, legend has it, where the Oscar statuette was first sketched on a napkin.
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Shop owners got 30-day notices to vacate this week but said the new owners reached out to extend that another 30 days. This comes after its weekly swap meet permanently shut down earlier this month.
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Although the fight for racial equality is ongoing, Stax co-owner Al Bell says so is the hope for a better future envisioned by Wattstax a half-century ago.
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We take one more long, lasting look at the group of pioneering thinkers known as the "Suicide Squad."
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Supernatural women, occultism and rocket fuel: Say hello again to Jack Parsons, a Suicide Squad original.
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The location is packed with history. Some of it joyful, some of it painful.
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Nazi Germany falls, and the United States sees opportunities to beef up its rocket research even further.
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The return of the property was hailed as a step toward righting the wrongs inflicted by systemic racism. Now, the parties say, the $20 million sale will help restore some of the wealth stripped away.
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LAist's new podcast LA Made: Blood Sweat & Rockets explores the history of Pasadena's Jet Propulsion Lab, co-founder Jack Parsons' interest in the occult and the creepy local lore of Devil's Gate Dam.
