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Jackie Robinson's High School has a new field - now what?
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Episode 13082
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Jackie Robinson's High School has a new field - now what?

It was 80 years ago that Jackie Robinson went to John Muir High School in Pasadena. He played shortstop and catcher on the baseball team. But flash forward to today: what about the team he played on, and the school he went to? Take a leap into a Los Angeles of the future it's unlikely any city will have changed more than Inglewood, future home to the new NFL stadium. We take a look around and talk with Inglewood movers and shakers. And we go inside the Eames House, one of Los Angeles' most important, most beautiful and elusive homes.

John Muir High School Pitcher Bryan Barrios warms up with coach Robert Galvan.
John Muir High School Pitcher Bryan Barrios warms up with coach Robert Galvan.
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It was 80 years ago that Jackie Robinson went to John Muir High School in Pasadena. He played shortstop and catcher on the baseball team. But flash forward to today: what about the team he played on, and the school he went to? Take a leap into a Los Angeles of the future it's unlikely any city will have changed more than Inglewood, future home to the new NFL stadium. We take a look around and talk with Inglewood movers and shakers. And we go inside the Eames House, one of Los Angeles' most important, most beautiful and elusive homes.

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Jackie Robinson's high school in Pasadena was once a destination for young athletes — before the team fell on hard times. With help from the Dodgers, they're turning that around.
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We celebrate the new Eames Anthology with an interview with the editor and an Eames grandchild ... inside the Eames House in the Palisades.
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Four years after the repeal of the Defense Department's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, tens of thousands of veterans are still fighting to receive honorable discharges.
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Undertaking LA will help you plan and hold a funeral at your loved one's home, and will connect you with a co-op crematory or a cemetery near Joshua Tree if you want to be buried un-embalmed.
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Even Rose Hills' PR man didn't know who made the 20-foot-tall East L.A. landmark that stands guardian over thousands of graves.