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The Pasadena Parrots
Where did they come from and what are they doing here?
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Who Was Owen Brown?
A gravesite off of the El Prieto trail in Altadena provides a window into the inciting incidents preceding the US Civil War.
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A Brief History of Los Angeles Floods
"City in a grasp of swirling water. Wheels of traffic generally halted and the populace marooned." - LA Times, February 19, 1914
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The Best Lake in the Sierra Nevada
According to one extremely biased source
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The Salton Sea: California's Accidental Desert Lake
Years of agricultural runoff transformed the bustling 60s lakefront resort into an environmental disaster, and things only seem to be getting worse.
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How to ID Eight Common SoCal Oak Trees
Or at least convince your non-botanist friends that you know what you're talking about on your next hike.
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How to Finish the LA Tourist Race
Everything you need to know before attempting LA's most challenging bike race.
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Life at the Pace of Bike
In which I crawl out from under my rock to ride my bike with strangers.
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I Murdered a Caterpillar
I am GUILTY and deserve no mercy for my sins.
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100 Years of Hollywood: The Sign that Defined a City
How a giant billboard became LA’s most iconic landmark.
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The White City
Notes on motivating morning-me out of bed and into the mountains on the heels of LA's historic snowfall.
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A Brief History of the Los Angeles Water Supply
-or- How a Desert Town with No Water Maintains a Population of 9 Million +
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