Diverse allies have submitted public comments to the National Park Service in support of the proposed National Recreation Area to bring the San Gabriel Mountains closer to the people – and take the people to the mountains. View of the San Gabriel Mountains from the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area. The allies recommend that NPS [...]

Green Justice Bringing the San Gabriel Mountains Closer to the People by Robert Garcia Paco Serrano, a Highland Park youth advocate with the Anahuak Youth Sports Association, will drive three hours to go hiking and camping in Lake Isabella in the heart of the Kern River Valley, but he has never been to the Angeles [...]

Pacific Standard Time unprecedented collaboration of cultural institutions across Southern California coming together to celebrate the birth of the L.A. art scene.

Lance Armstrong California Tour 2009 Pasadena Rose Bowl “I am gratified to learn that the US Attorney’s Office is closing its investigation. It is the right decision and I commend them for reaching it. I look forward to continuing my life as a father, a competitor, and an advocate in the fight against cancer without [...]

Click here to read Tom Hayden and Robert Garcia on Occupy. . . The New York Times has analyzed the demographics of the 1% in a series of features linked in green below. The Wealth Gap The wealth gap, as measured by net worth, is much more extreme than the income gap. The New York [...]

Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemala’s former military dictator, was ordered by a Guatemalan judge on Thursday to stand trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity leveled at him. He is accused of orchestrating the razing of Indian villages decades ago during the country’s long civil war. . . . It came at the end of [...]

Green Justice What Is Green Justice? by Robert Garcia I am a civil rights attorney. I have represented people on Death Row, helped free Geronimo Pratt, the former Black Panther leader, from prison after 27 years for a crime he did not commit, prosecuted public corruption and international drug trafficking conspiracies, and litigated international banking cases [...]

Today marks Chinese New Year’s Day and the reign of the Black Water Dragon. Here are some interesting aspects of the Black Water Dragon to consider for the upcoming year! “Ever since 1996 the year element has been in a destructive relationship with the fixed element of the animal sign. That is the longest unfavorable [...]

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Pacific Standard Time unprecedented collaboration of cultural institutions across Southern California coming together to celebrate the birth of the L.A. art scene See the revitalization of the Great Wall of Los Angeles