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LOS ANGELES BAKER’S DOZEN
As a Los Angeles architect, I am often asked, “What are your favorite buildings in the city?” Considering houses, concert halls, schools, temples—it is difficult to answer. There are so many great works of architecture. To have parameters, I stuck to the City of Los Angeles. I did not include the many treasures in adjacent cities like West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, etc.. Also, I couldn’t decide on the typical “top ten,” like I have done each year (2019, 2020, and 2021). So in no particular order, here you go: a Baker’s Dozen.
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Pro-Life Proclamations at College: Long Road Ahead on Secular Campuses When It Comes to Abortion
One late afternoon in mid-August, University of Kansas sophomore Ronnie-Sue Starnes was walking down Massachusetts Street in Lawrence when she saw signs in storefronts, front yards and windows supporting abortion.
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La Virgen San Juan de Los Lagos peregrina por Los Ángeles
La imagen de la Virgen de San Juan de los Lagos inició su recorrido por Los Ángeles, California, este fin de semana. La segunda virgen más venerada de México visitará cuatro parroquias de la arquidiócesis angelina hasta el 2 de octubre.
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Essential California: Before the city of Los Angeles, there was the San Gabriel Mission.
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Monday, Sept. 12. I’m Andrew J. Campa 👋🏼, a Metro reporter writing from the San Gabriel Valley (further east than the Eastside!)
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Los Angeles Catholic school thrives in an area marked by gang violence
Dolores Mission grade school in Los Angeles didn’t always have the reputation it has today. A few decades ago, the area surrounding the church and school had one of the highest concentrations of gang activity in an already dangerous metropolis.
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2 years after devastating fire, Mass returns to Mission San Gabriel
Two years ago, Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez was awakened before dawn to hear heartbreaking news.
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel — known as the birthplace of Christianity in Los Angeles, and home to L.A.’s first generation of Roman Catholics — was burning.
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Priest talks about connection under God
Padre Serra Catholic Church will present a talk by the Rev. Jim Clarke from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wed., Sept. 14 in the Serra Center at 5205 Upland Road, Camarillo.
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Mission San Gabriel to open for special event, more than 2 years after devastating fire
For the first time in more than two years, Mission San Gabriel is preparing to reopen its doors for a special event.
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Look Inside the San Gabriel Mission After Repairs
It’s been 2 years since an arson fire tore through the historic San Gabriel Mission. Today we were invited inside as it prepares to close out a year long celebration of its 250th anniversary.
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On cusp of first Mass since fire, San Gabriel Mission went from ‘crisis’ to an ‘opportunity’
Instead of viewing the aftermath of the San Gabriel Mission’s July 2020 arson as a crisis, the Rev. John Molyneux had a different point of view.
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