An 81-year old woman riding the 67-mile trail over the Santa Monica Mountains ... The California African American Museum just announced a major grant and collaboration with the Smithsonian ... We remember Carolyn See, who once said, “When I started to write, I was relatively old, and lived in California. So I was the wrong sex, wrong age, wrong coast. Luckily, I was too ignorant to know it.” ... We'll check in with KPCC’s Mike Roe at Comic-Con to see if anybody’s actually getting work done, or if they’re all playing Pokemon Go ...
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“When I started to write, I was relatively old, and lived in California. So I was the wrong sex, wrong age, wrong coast. Luckily, I was too ignorant to know it.” -- Carolyn See
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Ruth Gerson, 81, and Crystal, 19, will ride the 67-miles of the Backbone Trail to celebrate the opening of the trail, the fact that they can still do it, and to get more campsites built for hiker and riders.
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Chicas Rockeras, an affordable rock-and-roll summer camp for girls, just launched in an often overlooked part of town.
This Sunday, The Hollywood Forever Cemetery is hosting a tribute to guitarist Johnny Ramone along with a screening of 1979’s "Rock N’ Roll High School," which stars the band.
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Opened in 1981 at Exposition Park, the California African American Museum is one of the smallest museums in a place that's becoming a renewed epicenter for Los Angeles culture.