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Throughout 2008, the Los Angeles Times will produce a series of weekly dispatches, each one a postcard from a different community in Southern California. The articles will serve as a portal for readers to offer feedback, discuss their own communities and learn more about the people and places that make up our rich mosaic.
Millions are being spent in the area along Whittier Boulevard that in its heyday was a center of Latino pride and activism.
No one called police for over an hour as the victim cried for help near Poinsettia Park. Residents say the area has been growing more dangerous, and they are organizing to fight crime.
The keeper of the memorial where the vigils are held takes Old Glory down beforehand, to demonstrators' consternation.
In the conservative Orange County town, where 'hippie' is a weight problem, homegrown activists are springing up to fight what they see as unchecked development.
For nearly a quarter of a century, Sister Nuala Ryan has taught music and been the Catholic chaplain at Lanterman Developmental Center in Pomona.
John Hood, a Navajo and Vietnam vet, has created many works in his job as a Caltrans graphic artist. But the picture of an immigrant family running has resonated far beyond his office cubicle.
Pain and dreams, hellos and goodbyes. In notes stuck in a table, L.A. says, 'I was here.'
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A massive housing project may mean the end for Neenach, in the Antelope Valley.
SCOTT GOLD | Out There
One afternoon a week, police remove the drug detritus from a skid row park so kids can play
Norco is divided over plans to regulate the disposal of equine manure. Many in 'Horsetown, U.S.A.' see a threat to their lifestyle.
Books & Authors
Called by some the nation's gayest city, it is described as a center of aging men with sexual hyper-drives.
The sun splashed onto the roof of a church, filling the faces of two golden statues of angels who opened their arms to the sky. It was the first light of the morning, which made everything look pretty, even the hardened heart of South Los Angeles.
Gunfire, graffiti and drugs prevail in what was once a center of African American culture. 'We've lost control,' a pastor says.
Badminton changed Don Chew's young life in Thailand. Now the successful immigrant businessman is on a mission to raise the game's profile in his adopted homeland.
The designation of tiny El Porto's commercial strip as North Manhattan Beach marks the evolution of the once-raucous enclave and leaves some locals feeling the colorful past is being cast aside.
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Discussion Suggest places and stories for our weekly series on Southland neighborhoods.
1. Need follow-up on David Kelly's story May 4, 2008 about Purepecha Indians being evicted from trailer park near Thermal. Have any offers of help been received? What can people do to help? Is anyone organizing help? Can a foundation buy the trailer park, make repairs, forgive back rent and turn it over to a tenants' assn.? Is Sister Gabriella Williams working on it?
Submitted by: Pearl Munak 9:17 AM PDT, May 6, 2008 Submitted by: Kathryn Berry 4:01 PM PDT, Apr 20, 2008 Submitted by: Health Care in California 10:26 AM PDT, Apr 8, 2008 |
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Delano, CA. I often wonder how this small farm town has become a safe haven for gang leaders and their destruction. 
— Reader Mary Beth.
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Delano, CA. I often wonder how this small farm town has become a safe haven for gang leaders and their destruction.
— Reader Mary Beth.
Share your ideas here and read other readers' suggestions
About the reporter
Scott Gold has been a Times staff writer since 1999.
Among the major news events he has covered in that time: the recount of the presidential vote in 2000, the terrorist attacks of 2001, the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003, Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and last fall's wildfires. In between, he has explored Southern California, writing about a beauty pageant scandal in Barstow and urban preservationists intent on saving the "76" gas station balls.
Born in Laguna Beach, he has also lived in Irvine, Sierra Madre, Long Beach, Glendale and Los Angeles, where he lives today.