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On the Occasions He Left the House, This Is Where F. Scott Fitzgerald Spent...
F. Scott Fitzgerald may now be regarded as one of the most popular American writers of the 20th century (the sixth film adaptation of his magnum opus, The Great Gatsby, hits theaters May 10th), but...
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‘Injunctions 101’ in the Gang Capital of the United States
Click map to open Los Angeles is the gang capital of the United States. It’s also the first city to introduce controversial antigang tactic: the gang injunction. The gang injunction—a civil suit filed...
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A Glock in the Park: A Guide to the Gangs of the MacArthur Greens
MARA SALVATRUCHA Nicknames: MS-13, MaraOrigin: Pico-Union Founded: 1980s High-profile rivalry: 18th Street gang Known for: Being transnational. MS-13 was formed in Los Angeles but expanded...
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The Gangs of Echo Park
Echo Park is a place where stops signs tagged “ExP” (Echo Park Locos) and “CRS” (The Crazys) share blocks with happy hour chalkboards hawking “PBR,” so it’s perhaps unsurprising that locals reacted...
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Foam Finger: The Fan’s Guide To L.A.’s Best Bars For Watching Football
Although Los Angeles is the largest city in the United States without its own pro football team, that doesn’t mean the season passes quietly here. All but four of the NFL’s 32 teams have some kind of...
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Making Waves
A riptide is a powerful mass of shallow ocean water that moves anywhere from one to eight miles per hour. That may not sound fast, but more than 100 people drown in riptides every year nationwide, and...
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Mars Rover
After 352 million miles, Curiosity landed on Mars in August of last year. But the rover, which is the size of a Jeep and looks like a cross between Wall-E and a grasshopper, took its first spin in the...
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First Responder
➻ “It started for me when I was seven years old and had my tonsils out. My mom went into the Northridge Hospital gift shop and got me this little fire engine that had a wagon battery with a pump that...
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