Trestles Wetlands Natural Preserve The United States Department of Commerce on December 18, 2008, upheld the California Coastal Commission decision to stop the toll road through the sacred Acjachemen site of Panhe and San Onofore State Beach. With 2.7 million visitors a year, San Onofre is the fifth-most popular destination in the state’s 278-park system. [...]

The first incarnation of Chinatown was located on Calle de los Negros (known in English as “Nigger Alley”) a rundown street that was home to brothels and plagued by petty crime. The earliest Chinese inhabitants arrived after 1859, when they were hired to construct wagon routes and railroads. By 1900, Old Chinatown was a mostly-male [...]

Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris) Cactaceae

CHICANO PARK Chicano Park was founded on April 22, 1970 — the same day as the first Earth Day — when the community of Barrio Logan joined activists to protest the construction of a Highway Patrol station on the present site of the 8 acre park. The community had already been degraded by the demolition [...]

For more information, contact Rebecca Robles, rebrobles1@gmail.com, or Angela Mooney D’Arcy, at angela.ucpp@gmail. Save Panhe and San Onofre.   Sunday, April 19th11am to 5pmPANHEEarth Day CelebrationFeaturing Native Singers, Dancers, SpeakersStorytelling, Basketry, Native Plant Demonstrations,and lots more!!Flute Circle9:30 am to 11:30am PANHE: From CA I-5, exit at Cristianitos in San Clemente and go East towards Camp Pendleton for [...]

Griffith Park is being restored after the 2007 fire that destroyed a quarter of the park — over 800 acres, the size of Central Park in New York City. Ruben Martinez discusses an open park, open for all in the Los Angeles Times. With five square miles of chapparal and landscaped parkland and picnic areas, [...]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (CAHPERD) sends the following URGENT REQUEST FOR ACTION: Sacramento legislators are proposing to to EXEMPT high school students from taking physical education courses if they are involved in school activities such as cheerleading, color guard, marching band, and more under AB 351! If WE [...]

“In Sacred Memory This Memorial is reverently placed here by the Japanese American Community, under the auspices of the Southern California Burial and Memorial Committee, in memory of American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who fought, suffered, and died in World War II that Liberty, Justice, and Equal Opportunity in the Pursuit of Happiness might come [...]

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Woman with umbrella at Central Plaza Chinatown 2006.  Photo by Nic Garcia. With generations carrying on tradition, Chinatown celebrates 70th anniversary. The downtown Los Angeles community has lasted, with second- and third-generation Chinese Americans continuing their families’ legacy. Festivities will begin Saturday. By David Pierson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer June 28, 2008 . . [...]