Raul Macias Field at L.A. River Center Grand Opening Jan. 24, 2009
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Triumph of the Heart
The World Wall is a traveling installation mural that envisions a future without fear. It was conceived by Chicana mural artist and UCLA Professor Judith F. Baca and coordinated by the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) in celebration of 30 years of community-based, participatory public arts projects. The World Wall [...]

Located on the north end of Chinatown, St. Bridget’s Chinese Catholic Center has been a centering force for Los Angeles’s Chinese community since its founding in 1940. Each Sunday, the newly remodeled church hosts one service in English and one in Cantonese.
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Anahuak Youth Sports Association, Urban Semillas, and The City Project invite you to have fun in the park this weekend!

Rio de Los Angeles is a world-class, balanced park with active and passive recreation that meets the needs of

the community as defined by the community. The park is a best practice example [...]

“Many people before us [wanted] to preserve this park only with nature. They had the good intention of restoring the park by leaving the trees the flora, and the fauna. And that’s when the problem started, because other people wanted other things, like soccer fields and recreation for our community.” Raul Macia, President and Founder, [...]

The Sepulveda Flood Control Basin is a best practice example of a multibenefit green space. The green space includes a park, grass, trees, soccer fields, baseball diamonds, wildlife preserve, birds, rabbits, and flood control. It is a great place for families to visit. The green space naturally filters rain water and run off through natural [...]

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Preliminary findings from a recent Sacramento State survey found that visitors to California’s state parks spend an average of $4.32 billion per year in park-related expenditures, based on attendance estimates by state Parks and Recreation of about 74.9 million visitors a year.

The survey, commissioned and funded by the California Parks and Recreation Department and conducted [...]

  
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