Red-tailed hawk perched next to a pipe on its nest
Hawks Are Everywhere!
Red-tailed Hawks Nesting at the Coliseum
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Head shot of Heidi Lucero in front of a serving dish of chocolate chia pudding
Revitalizing Native Foods
Heidi Lucero | Chia Café Collective
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Oaxaca Unwrapped: A Journey Through Chocolate
Bricia, Paulina, and Fernando Lopez | Guelaguetza Restaurant
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chocolate with Danny Zahirpout
Edelweiss Chocolates: Decades of Desserts
Danny Zahirpour | Edelweiss Chocolates
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Big Dreams, Petite Sweets
Albert Daniel | Albert's Petite Sweets
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L.A. Sunday Times cover depicting Chinese father and son from 1907 cropped for close up
Research and Collections
An Object of Contempt and Curiosity to a Testament of Hope
At quick glance, the picture looked unremarkable and vaguely familiar like something I might have on my iPhone. After introspection, it reveals stories about community, immigration, tradition, and a historic earthquake.
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Research and Collections
A New Skink in Town
How an iNaturalist observation of a non-native lizard could help protect Southern California’s native species—and its economy
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illustration of woman and chocoalte
Chocovivo: Alive in Chocolate
Patricia Tsai | Chocovivo
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