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Los Angeles’ fifth CicLAvia heads from Expo Park up Figueroa past USC all the way the USC Health Sciences Campus in Boyle Heights. You just have to get on your bike to enjoy streets that are open only for bikes - NO CARS ALLOWED.

Today Sunday, October 7, from 10 am-3 pm 9.1 miles of normally congested streets is a linear park…

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Hello my name is Liliana Vasquez I recently joined this group. A little about myself I grew up in the area of University park lived all my life in the parameters that are between Toberman and Vermont Jefferson 23rd St area.

I am interested in the preservation and cultural history our neighborhood. In recent years I have noticed a revival in the interests of neighborhoods all around the Downtown Los Angeles areas. I feel that our area is as rich in history if not more then places such…

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Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker was honored as "Woman of the Year" March 26 at the Capitol by The California Legislative Women's Caucus for her significant contributions to our neighborhood. Assemblymember Holly Mitchell nominated her for the 47th District.

"Early in life she was impacted by the models of an entrepreneurial and visionary father and maternal grandfather who…

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The Dinosaur Hall Opens July 16 and you can get tickets at NHM.org



The all-new, 14,000-square-foot Dinosaur Hall will mark the halfway point of the Museum's seven-year transformation. Twice the size of the Museum's old dinosaur galleries, the new permanent exhibition will rival the world's leading dinosaur halls for the number of individual fossils…

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USC Students to Host Visit from President Barack H. Obama, 44th president of the United States.



He will speak at the University of Southern California October 22 at 1:30 on USC's University Park Campus.



South Los Angeles is becoming a favorite stopover for the president.



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It was just over two years ago that I found myself in the middle of history.



For the common man you don’t get to be in a spot like that very often. And rarely do you realize the importance of the history while it’s happening. But being in the right place and the right time, with a little bit of reporter’s intuition (or plain old common sense), is all it took to be part of something that I will tell my grandchildren about.…



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