Perry House (Mount Pleasant) Built in 1876 for prominent businessmen and lumber baron, William Hayes Perry. This house is the largest at the museum and once was the largest house in Los Angeles. Perry came to Los Angeles from Ohio in 1854. Within a few years, he helped organize the Los Angeles Gas Co., which [...]

One of the few surviving landmarks of Old Chinatown, the Hellman/Quon building is named for its two long-time owners, a white European builder and a Chinese businessman. When Hellman, the original owner, died in 1920, the building was sold to Quon How Shing, who helped fellow Chinese learn English and taught them how to adapt [...]

By Karen de Sá Mercury News Posted: 05/26/2009 07:19:35 PM PDT Updated: 05/27/2009 08:59:42 AM PDT Faced with a ballooning deficit and a clear signal that voters won’t pay more to fix it, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released a budget plan Tuesday that would eliminate welfare, drop 1 million poor children from health insurance, cut [...]

Transit to Trails takes inner city youth and their families and friends on fun mountain, beach, and Los Angeles River trips. The project enriches their education about water, land, wildlife, and cultural history, and the importance of physical activity and healthy eating for life-long health. Transit to Trails is a creative partnership between: Mountains and [...]

The American Academy of Pediatrics has published the following statement. The Built Environment: Designing Communities to Promote Physical Activity in Children Committee on Environmental Health Published online May 26, 2009 PEDIATRICS Vol. 123 No. 6 June 2009, pp. 1591-1598 (doi:10.1542/peds.2009-0750), http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/123/6/1591 “An estimated 32% of American children are overweight, and physical inactivity contributes to this [...]

Death Valley 2005 View the Fun in the Park collection on flickr.

By Seema Mehta May 23, 2009 As California schools brace for billions of dollars in budget cuts, the nation’s top education official warned Friday that the state’s students were in peril, and he challenged politicians and educators to embrace difficult reforms. “California used to lead the nation in education,” said U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, [...]

New York Times, May 22, 2009 By MARC LACEY GUATEMALA CITY — An average of 16 murder victims turn up in Guatemala every day, some shot, some stabbed, some bludgeoned, and only about 3 percent of the cases are ever solved. Even in the rare instances when a killer is arrested, the suspect frequently turns [...]

THE 9TH ANNUAL LOS ANGELES RIVER RIDE OFFERS 6 GREAT RIDES INCLUDING A CENTURY AND, NEW THIS YEAR, A 36 MILE “TRAINING RIDE.” Join over 2000 other riders, and enjoy a great day of cycling fun, an Eco Expo, raffle, live music and an International Food Faire. INFO FOR RIDE DAY The Start/Finish is at [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 20, 2009 Contact: Steven Ochoa, 323-222-2217 Leaders Call for a California Constitutional Convention Collapsed System and Massive Financial Deficit Requires New Vision for State (Los Angeles, CA) – Today, the William C. Velasquez Institute (WCVI) joins the call for the creation of a new California constitutional convention to fix California’s [...]