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  1. 6 minutes ago

    Preservation problems are different in the country.

    The Town of Leesburg said the carcasses remained untouched during the investigation, per request, but African-American historic preservation activists say the months-long presence of the carcasses calls the town's preservation effort into question.
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  2. 1 hour ago

    Raymond Chandler's noir Los Angeles is still here, if you know where to look. Join us on May 5 for a time travel trip trailing the frustrated oil executive as he reinvents himself as a hard-boiled detective novelist and highly-strung screenwriter.

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  3. 2 hours ago

    RT : Here's a great rundown of 's movement and the embarrassing public meltdown that the current owners of the alt-weekly and their lackeys are having this week.

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  4. 2 hours ago

    Roses are starting to unfurl at the Huntington Gardens. The rose docents have put a few spectacular blooms on display.

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  5. 2 hours ago

    Neat story about a landlord restoring tiny houses in Orange's Old Towne Historic District.

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  6. 4 hours ago

    From disgruntled Downtown postal worker to internationally acclaimed poet and novelist. How did Charles Bukowski do it? Find out on a tour of the writer's favorite haunts and havens. The Buk Bus rolls on April 28.

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  7. 4 hours ago

    Why did Brookfield stealthily demolish Lawrence Halprin’s only atrium design? To clear space for “Halo,” a $60 Million corporate hang-out space featuring yoga, showers and bike lockers. The Cranky Preservationist laments the loss.

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  8. 5 hours ago

    95 years ago today, at the Examiner building, the great escape artist Harry Houdini was placed in a straitjacket by LAPD Chief Louis D. Oaks, winched 50' feet-first into the air and then neatly freed himself in just five minutes before a crowd of 20,000 souls.

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    21 hours ago

    L.A. County voters approved a new sales tax to fight homelessness last year. A new audit has found the agency tasked with managing tens of millions of those taxpayer funds is ill equipped to do so

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  10. 19 hours ago

    On the Charles Bukowski tour on 4/28, we'll take you to "Jane Land," the pocket of L.A. where he first experimented with love. And to East Hollywood homes surviving and demolished, where complicated affairs with fans and fellow artists fed his fiction.

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  11. 20 hours ago

    The 21st Century lost in the mist, viewed from the 1889 Cummings Block.

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  12. 21 hours ago

    Are you an Angeleno interested in getting involved in historic preservation, but don't know where to start? We've created a map showing endangered places all across the Southland. See what's at risk near you, read the links and help save local history!

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    24 hours ago

    Also was the LA Weekly reporter who broke the story of the Grim Sleeper, the LA serial killer who terrorized communities of color for decades. The LAPD covered up his existence until the Weekly's reporting forced them to act. That's what we've lost.

    I don't know how we decided to do this but we called up the LA Weekly (or maybe emailed?) and somehow ended up talking to who was writing for the paper at the time.
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  14. Apr 4

    April 21 on the Blood & Dumplings tour, we'll seek out the weird history of the San Gabriel Valley, featuring lion farms, feuding Nazis, men from Mars, mysterious pyramids, sea monsters and much more. Join us, do!

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    Apr 4

    While . were talking about themselves yesterday, . was addressing West Covina City Council regarding the growing sanctuary state lawsuit. This is in our backyard and more important than ferrets.

    Pandemonium breaks out in West Covina; council considers joining lawsuit challenging sanctuary state law
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  16. Apr 4

    Digging this Los Angeles Chinatown time capsule footage by You Chung Hong from 1942, including cool views of the original Golden Pagoda neon signage. Newly digitized from Internet Archive and the Huntington Library.

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  17. Apr 4

    California art tile lovers, rejoice! We’ve added a second spring date (5/19) for the Lowdown on Downtown tour, featuring Ernest Batchelder’s landmark 1914 Dutch Chocolate Shop.

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    Apr 4

    One of 's owners, David Welch, said in "There are a group of misfits out there violently threatening advertisers.” You would think if was VIOLENTLY THREATENING anyone, would -- you know -- cover that. But it's a total fabrication!

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  19. Apr 4

    Recommended Reading from the Esotouric Emporium of L.A. Lore: Jim Dawson's little book about Angels Flight, featuring the funicular's colorful history and very noir film appearances.

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  20. Apr 4

    Recommended Reading from the Esotouric Emporium of L.A. Lore: Jim Dawson's little book about Angels Flight, featuring the funicular's colorful history and very noir film appearances.

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