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Self Help Graphics' struggle somewhat self-inflicted
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSupporters of Self Help Graphics, the historic East L.A. arts center, got a little sanctimonious last week when they learned that the building they had occupied rent-free for decades had been sold by their landlord and longtime benefactors, the Sisters of...Tags: Los Angeles, Government, Cheech Marin, Academic Progress, Arts
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Mexican seafood finds a home in L.A. County
Special to The TimesIT'S A good time for Mexican seafood in Southern California, if you know where to look. Three seemingly modest restaurants, Mariscos los Arcos in Canoga Park, Mariscos el Rey in Lynwood and El Puerto Escondido in Hawthorne are worth seeking out for...Tags: Los Angeles, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Personal Data Collection, Canoga Park, Inglewood
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Without a name, former 'South Central' L.A. has become almost invisible
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterVivian Bowers works in a neighborhood that has gone undercover. "Are there still businesses over there?" people ask when she mentions her dry-cleaning shop on South Central Avenue near East Adams Boulevard. Five years ago, the city expunged the name...Tags: Transportation, Los Angeles, Count Basie, Riots, San Pedro
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The real gentrification story
The Times’ recent article on gentrification in Echo Park, like all of its kind, missed one fundamental truth: Gentrification starts, historically and consistently, when the original property owners -- regardless of ethnic origin -- realize that...Tags: Los Angeles, Long Beach (California), Echo Park, Beverly Hills, Montana
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Is U.S. ready to serve?
Chicago Tribune reporterFrom Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, presidents and those who aspire to be president have long put forth calls for greater public service. Some found success, while others fell short of their lofty rhetoric....Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Government, Bill Clinton, Illinois, National Security
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East L.A. art center will need a new home
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersIn the early 1970s, a Franciscan nun turned an East Los Angeles garage into a thriving cultural center that gave rise to some of the city's most successful Latino artists. Self Help Graphics & Art later moved into a 1920s-era building on Cesar Chavez...Tags: Los Angeles, Minority Groups, Property, National or Ethnic Minorities, Crimes
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Obama's call for more public service
The SwampBy John McCormick Sen. Barack Obama called his fellow citizens to greater public service today, as he outlined several proposals to boost the involvement of Americans both at home and abroad in helping meet the nation's needs. "Loving your country......Tags: Government, Illinois, Defense, John F. Kennedy, Students
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Diversion of Rx drugs on the rise
Tribune newspapersA Riverside County, Calif., psychiatrist who drove a Corvette and lived in a gated community allegedly wrote prescriptions in the lobby of his fitness club and outside of restaurants for $100 each. More than $1 million was stashed in luggage at the house...Tags: Los Angeles, Orange County (California), Illinois, Fraud, Orange (Orange, California)
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STREET SCENES: EAST L.A.
It was a quintessential L.A. scene. The bride sat squeezed between her parents, wrapped in embroidered white satin, bejeweled, makeup in place, waiting for her groom. They were to be married in just a few minutes.
But the groom hadn't arrived. He...Tags: Los Angeles, Christianity, Roman Catholic, Christmas
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When Antigua Cultural Coffeehouse closes its doors, more will be lost than a morning cup of joe
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterForget short, tall and venti, that strange code for ordering Starbucks. The sizes at Antigua Cultural Coffeehouse are ce, ome and yei, the Mayan words for one, two, three. Somehow, that's easier to follow. Sadly, though, today will be the final day to...Tags: Los Angeles, Transportation, Restaurant and Catering Industry, San Gabriel, Alhambra
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