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Before cars, a so-called “Camel Corp” was brought to Los Angeles in hopes they could transport goods.
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It's time for some flag self-reflection.
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Located in L.A.'s Mid-City area, it just celebrated 50 years of art and activism. Can it survive another half-century?
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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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He was a swaggering, foul mouthed, hard-drinking Texan who liked to brag that he never read.
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Put on your raincoat and dive into history.
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After traveling the U.S. as a Pullman porter, he became one of the first black chefs to write a cookbook.
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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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The Mount Lowe Railway took riders on a breathtaking trip through the San Gabriel Mountains.
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On December 10, 1958, a blast in Box Canyon killed 10 people and decimated a religious sect. Why did two acolytes want to kill their guru?
