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There once was a giant cowboy cutout standing above L.A. at the entrance of The Strip.
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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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It's time for some flag self-reflection.
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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.
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Displaced by racism and civic development, L.A.'s Chinatown rose like a phoenix from the ashes of the city's first such enclave.
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Settled by French and Swiss immigrants, it became a hub of California haute cuisine.
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Never forget. Before Dodger Stadium was a legendary baseball venue, the area was home to generations of families, most of them Mexican American.
