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Fire: Prepare for the Worst while Enjoying the Best

People living in Severe Fire areas are eager to learn their role in preventing fires and keeping their homes and neighborhoods safe. Two public agencies are helping them prepare. Let’s face it.…

Prepare an Herbal Emergency Kit

September is Emergency Preparedness Month. While it’s always a bonus to have first aid training and a well-stocked kit on hand containing bandages, splints and remedies for common injuries and ailments, MMN’s…

A Weekend in Juarez

What I did was illegal. In 1955, I was living in California, married, when my “kid” sister, Muriel, called from New York. We had lost touch since she married Alfred Letourneur, a famous French…

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“A Bullfight Shuts Down the Rodeo Grounds”

Although rodeo stunts were introduced to the Cooper brothers’ ranch by Helen Gibson in 1921, and the first official rodeo was thrown there in honor of Sheriff William Traeger in 1922, the…

Abernethy’s Launches Innovative Emerging Chef Program

A restaurant in L.A. for L.A. and by L.A., Abernethy’s is a showcase of emerging chefs who have a unique narrative to share. Created by The Music Center, the restaurant is a…

Paperback LA 3: Secrets, Sigalerts, Ravines, Records

Paperback LA is back, and better than ever. In her third Los Angeles anthology, Paperback LA 3: Secrets, Sigalerts, Ravines, Records, editor Susan La Tempa once again weaves together a colorful cross-section…

Trump Administration Guts Endangered Species Act

Conservationists and elected officials prepare to take legal action to protect key environmental protections. The Trump Administration is attempting to gut the 1973 Endangered Species Act, the federal law that protects endangered…

Wild LA Invites Readers to Explore Urban Wildlife

If you want to see bats, bears, and bighorn sheep, you don’t have to travel too far from the city to find them. Yes, bighorn sheep can see downtown Los Angeles from…

Native American Sky Stories

Native Americans have watched the skies for thousands of years. Every culture has developed stories about their origins, meanings, and place in their culture. August 12-13 the annual Perseid meteor shower begins…