NEXT L.A.: A look at issues, people and ideas helping to shape the emerging metropolis.
“Gathering and staring is one of the great pastimes of the countries of the world. But not in Los Angeles. We have forgotten how to gather. So we have forgotten how to stare.” --RAY BRADBURY
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