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High school musical…and so much more
Since coming to town as the new principal of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, George Simpson hears one question constantly. “People ask me all the time, ‘Is your school like ‘Fame’?”...
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An autumn story, in living color
Southern California may specialize in the colorful and unexpected, but here’s something that even locals can appreciate as a novelty: From Topanga to Pomona, the hills and streets have turned scarlet...
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Leaf peeping, Beverly Hills-style
If you think of fall color as a strictly New England phenomenon, you haven’t visited the county’s Virginia Robinson Gardens in Beverly Hills. These photos, with radiant persimmon trees providing much...
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A virtual ridealong with the food cops
Inspectors with Los Angeles County’s street vending compliance program encounter a stomach-churning array of unsafe food preparation practices as they work with law enforcement to conduct regular...
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Local flavor blossoms at farmers’ markets
What’s fresh and green and fun all over? Farmers’ markets, of course—and the 3rd District is bursting with them. No longer just a place to find the makings for a locally-grown dinner, a thriving market...
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A lens on their young lives
For months, Venice Arts teamed with ten youths between the ages of 13 and 18 to document their lives through photography in the downtown Garment District. The photographers–recruited at St. Francis...
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Civic Arts
Artwork in the public eye From swimming pools to court houses, art is thriving on the walls and in the buildings of Los Angeles County-owned facilities. Our growing Civic Art collection includes works...
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Riding to the rescue for 100 years
Bathing beauties were still posing on county lifeguard trucks in 1959. Photo/LA County Lifeguard Assn. Summer isn’t summer in Los Angeles County without the bright yellow vehicles of the beach patrol....
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A public life
Zev Yaroslavsky, now in his final term as a Los Angeles County Supervisor, has spent nearly four decades in elective office, starting in 1975 on the City Council at the age of 26. Here’s a photo...
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Baby, you can’t drive these cars
This 1953 Cadillac Eldorado reflects the design dominance of GM's legendary Harley Earl, who was born and raised in Hollywood. It just might be the best vintage car collection you’ve never heard of....
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