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L.A.’s Grand Green

Among the mistaken myths about Los Angeles is that the city is little more than snaking freeways, strip malls, and housing tracts. But L.A. encompasses 16,000 acres of parkland and 13 lakes.

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Shady Park

Griffith Park was a Christmas present to Los Angeles, generously given by a man who later spent two years in San Quentin for shooting his wife as she knelt before him.

Ethics, Los Angeles

Trees, Please

Although we may take them for granted, the trees of Los Angeles are as crucial to our health as sunlight.

Environment, Features, Los Angeles

Nature Nurture

Wendy Butts MBA ’00, CEO of the LA Conservation Corps, talks about the role of nature in nurturing work ethic, confidence and community.

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American Customs

First turned away at Ellis Island, an immigrant family found a way into the U.S. from Canada and helped build America for the next 100 years.

Los Angeles

Storefront churches in Los Angeles are a testament to evangelical Latino spirituality. LMU Professor David Sanchez and Photographer Kevin McCollister explore the history and modern ramifications of the seeds of evangelical missionaries in Mexico and Central America. In addition, how they are shaping spirituality today, and the many faces of their places of worship.

Features, Los Angeles

Who Are We?

The people of Los Angeles have had many names since 1850, complicating their sense of place. But each is a part of who they are.

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Looking for Sepulveda

Driving the length of Sepulveda Blvd., a major city arteries, is a sojourn along a border between L.A.’s past and present, and its living and its dead.