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library worker, hiker, lapsed folklorist, paleta hoarder El respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz #FlowerReport 🌱
“You’re getting a double whammy,” the longtime civil rights lawyer replied. “They’re hitting you twice, physically & psychologically” The slur is so vile—predicated on violence by law enforcement, unlike ethnic jabs that insult food or culture—that it has never crossed over into mainstream English
Col. Gustavo Arellano@gustavoarellano.bsky.social · 6d agoMY LATEST @latimes.com COLUMNA: The banality of evil in the Border Patrol's secret anti-immigrant slur. Share, porfas!
Google Earth's new AI feature lets anyone fabricate inaccurate satellite imagery, from making it look like a place has been drone striked to manifesting a nuclear plant in Iran. What could go wrong? @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Story @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/google-earth...
“I was always asking myself,” says Saar, “‘Can I get away with this?’” www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Enough about her legacy. At 100, Betye Saar just wants to keep making art in L.A.
As Betye Saar turns 100, she's more interested in creating new work than reflecting on her legacy as one of America's most groundbreaking artists.
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The pilot study was able to predict five collapses at least several hours — sometimes even days — before they happened. “It was surprising how good the data turned out to be, and how consistent it was for these types of landslides that we were monitoring,” www.latimes.com/environment/...
Scientists crack the code on predicting California's deadly cliff collapses
Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography found that it is possible to predict a coastal landslide hours, sometimes days, before it happens.
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“It’s like an anti-displacement strategy, in which you are empowering the community to steward the land — but also make decisions on what happens in the land,”
The San Diego Union-Tribune@sandiegouniontribune.com · 3w agoCommunity land trusts reimagine what affordable housing could look like in San Diego
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will open Sept. 22 in Exposition Park and offer free annual passes to South L.A. residents in 90037 zip code Residents can register for passes at: lucasmuseum.org/lm37 www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Lucas Museum to give free annual passes to South L.A. neighbors, host community preview day
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will give free annual passes to South L.A. neighbors in the 90037 ZIP Code.
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Tremendous enthusiasm, less ads, and along with Cantor’s ‘gooooooooool’ there’s ‘El árbitro dice que no hay tiempo para más’ which always makes me laugh
NPR@npr.org · last mo.They may not understand every word, but fans appreciate exuberant announcers who match their enthusiasm. Plus, cameras stay on the field during hydration breaks rather than cutting to commercials. n.pr/4p6ZMaI
California returns stretch of coast to Indigenous tribes. 'This is beyond huge'
California returns stretch of coast to Indigenous tribes. 'This is beyond huge'
State transportation officials recently approved the transfer of Blues Beach and the surrounding bluffs to Kai Poma, a nonprofit founded by representatives of the Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians, Round Valley Indian Tribes and Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians.
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Chicano Park Boulevard’ street signs installed today, starting at Crosby Rd near Chicano Park on the Bay “For more than 30 years, the Chicano Park Steering Committee has fought to correct the name of the street that borders the heart of our community” www.insidesandiego.org/chicano-park...
‘Chicano Park Boulevard’ Street Signs Installed in Barrio Logan
Signs officially identifying Chicano Park Boulevard in Barrio Logan were installed today, marking the conclusion of a community-led process to rename the street formerly called Cesar E. Chavez Parkway...
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American Payasos: Culture Clash's End Times, Grand Performances, 350 So Grand Ave, LA on Saturday, June 27th, 6-10pm Free with reservations: www.eventbrite.com/e/culture-cl... www.grandperformances.org/events/cultu...
AMERICAN PAYASOS! Culture Clash’s End Times Cabaret — Grand Performances | Free Outdoor Summer Concert Series
Culture Clash returns to Grand Performances to present Culture Clash American Payasos: End Times Variety Cabaret.
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Before new policy, Park Serv had template available for each park to write own crisis comm guidance, could tailor to staff & circumstances … including policy of “Maximum Disclosure, Minimum Delay” giving details to media as quickly as possible once info confirmed to avoid public speculation or panic
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last mo.Exclusive: The Interior Department’s new policy prohibits park staff or other department employees from directly notifying the public about fatalities or the severity of injuries, breaking from past disclosure practices.
Fahrenthold reported that the reflecting pool was refilled before Greenwater Services could install a permanent water purification system, which raised the risk that it could become clouded with algae
Voice of San Diego@voiceofsandiego.org · last mo.A contractor that recently tested experimental methods for cleaning the Tijuana River is now at the core of the reflecting pool fiasco. voiceofsandiego.org/2026/06/22/e...
Join in the celebration of the renaming of Chavez Pkwy to Chicano Park Blvd, Sunday, June 21, 10am-2pm
Through July 6, residents & tourists can download the California State Parks Historian Passport for free, allowing access to more than 30 state historic parks through end of 2026. To download a free pass at ReserveCalifornia.com www.latimes.com/travel/story...
Now you can visit dozens of state historic parks for free through 2026. Here's how
Californians can download a Historian Passport for free on ReserveCalifornia.com and use it for unlimited visits to participating parks.
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Fútbol is Life: Animated Sportraits by Lyndon J. Barrois, Sr. on view @LACMA Fútbol is Life meticulously recreates historic moments from women’s and men’s soccer in miniature with gum wrappers, glue, paint, and other materials laist.com/news/los-ang...?
He's been making 1-inch soccer players out of gum wrappers since age 10 — see them at LACMA
Fútbol Is Life meticulously recreates historic moments from men’s and women’s soccer... with miniatures.
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Dataland, a 25,000-sq ft immersive, environmental, generative, multisensory AI arts museum, opens June 20 in Gehry’s Grand LA with rainforest journey using biometrics, scent, sound & light to transform how visitors experience nature and technology
Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · 2mo agoDataland defies expectations. But will L.A. embrace the world's first AI arts museum?
Organ Pipe Cactus commissioned me to design this poster to celebrate their new dark sky status. www.spacearttravelbureau.com #art #spaceart #astronomy
"Hospital of Emotions"-- immersive art scene temporarily occupies 4 floors of former hospital, May 27 - July 31. 45,000-sq-ft exhibition includes the work of more than 70 artists organized into emotional departments including grief, fear, hope, joy, & sadness. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Get a first look at the immersive art taking over 80 rooms in a shuttered downtown L.A. hospital
A new immersive art project in Los Angeles is set to occupy the shuttered St. Vincent Medical Center, turning a site in transition into a large-scale environment organized around human emotion.
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So, to recap: Castro lied to the FBI. He lied to his fellow ICE agents. He lied to medical personnel. His lies cast him as the victim rather than the aggressor and resulted in Aljorna and Sosa-Celis being charged with a crime he knew they didn’t commit
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago"The ICE agent's version of events would not have come under such scrutiny had the federal government not gotten greedy and charged Aljorna and Sosa-Celis with assaulting a federal officer who was performing their official duties. And that’s where things started to fall apart." — @snipy.bsky.social
Criticizing the status quo is necessary — but waging a campaign of humiliation isn’t how to heal L.A.
Col. Gustavo Arellano@gustavoarellano.bsky.social · 3mo agoMY LATEST @latimes.com COLUMNA: Spencer Pratt's Make L.A. Great Again acolytes and their dark vision of the city. Share, porfas!
Poll na bPéist /The Wormhole (Serpent’s Lair). Rectangular sea pool formed by erosion of limestone. Surrounding area just as stunning
