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We look into its pioneering beginnings and why Angelenos were so fond of it.
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And what it says about the 'Land Back' movement. “This is our one home. There is no other homeland or mother country. That means everything to us.”
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In the past five years, women in L.A. and throughout California have started creating a new future for custom car culture.
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Baldwin Hills communities began with an Olympic village in 1932 and later became home to affluent Black families in L.A. It is now facing changing demographics and gentrification.
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Never before or since has the simmering resentment between workers and employers boiled over the way it did that day.
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After a surge in anti-Asian incidents, support is growing to build a memorial at the massacre site in downtown L.A.
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After her neighborhood was bisected by a railroad, she placed a railroad tie and a steel bar on a newly laid section of track, hoping to derail an express train. She tied a note to it demanding $10,000.
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The mountain resort was so famous for its epic parties, William Randolph Hearst considered it a rival to his San Simeon estate.
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Out in the boondocks, where the gossamer threads of civilization were tenuous, that's where the real action went down.
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The former talent agent had a vision. "Everyone was stoned and had the munchies so he was always warmly greeted," his son says.
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Alpha Beta. Alexander's. Hughes. Crawford's. The Boys. Dale's. Grab a shopping cart and pull into the express lane of local history.
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Many Angelenos still embrace zoot suit culture today. But it's important to remember the violence and racism it once sparked.
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Here, in a paper-thin egg roll wrapper, is the tension at the heart of culture, cuisine and commerce in the U.S.
