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For Luceli, being an Angeleno means feeling cold in moderate temps
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Apr 18, 2018
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For Luceli, being an Angeleno means feeling cold in moderate temps
When she ran out to get something from her car, she thought it was freezing. But not her family...
KPCC listener Luceli Ceja, bundled up for a cold morning in Southern California. Which, to her, could be in the mid-60s.
KPCC listener Luceli Ceja, bundled up for a cold morning in Southern California. Which, to her, could be in the mid-60s.
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When she ran out to get something from her car, she thought it was freezing. But not her family...

NO PLACE LIKE L.A. IS OUR SERIES THAT ASKS L.A. TRANSPLANTS AND IMMIGRANTS: "WHEN WAS THE MOMENT YOU FELT THAT LOS ANGELES WAS TRULY HOME?"

THIS IS THE STORY OF Luceli Ceja IN San Gabriel WHO'S ORIGINALLY FROM Fresno.

I moved to Los Angeles in 1992, and I didn't realize I was an Angeleno until about ten years ago.

At that time, I went back to visit family in Fresno. I was at my sister's house and it was, like, in the late evening or early afternoon.

I ran out to my car to get something, and when I ran back in I was just so cold. I was like, "Oh, I'm freezing!" 

My sister and brother-in-law both looked at me kind of odd. They're like, "It's not cold."

I would say it was the 70s or high 60s. To me, it was really chilly.

To me, I thought it was 60.

And that's when I realized, oh yeah, after ten years, I am from L.A.

TELL US YOUR STORY, TOO. IF YOU'RE A TRANSPLANT OR IMMIGRANT, WHEN WAS THE MOMENT YOU THOUGHT TO YOURSELF, "L.A. FEELS LIKE HOME, NOW?"