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LA to Z Guide

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In this issue: 47 exceptional high schools. Public. Private. What you need to know to make the right choice for your kid. Plus: "My Synagogue's Struggle to Survive" by Ed Leibowitz, the Hot Dog on a Stick girl, actor Richard Jenkins, and more. Go to Article
Photographs courtesy of Olga Arellano

Death on Terminal IslandDeath on Terminal Island

Death on Terminal Island

Over four years, 74 people have died while being held by immigration officials. Victoria Arellano was one

She was anything but the model immigrant. Illegal. Transgender. HIV-positive.  Go to Article
By Ben Ehrenreich
Photograph by Harry Gamboa Jr.

Who You Calling Homie?Who You Calling Homie?

Who You Calling Homie?

Two shows at LACMA explore Chicano identity and the space between generations

On the surface, a mundane passing of the torch is on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art with 'Los Angelenos' and 'Phantom Sightings,' but the evidence beneath the surface at LACMA suggests somebody’s getting burned when the torch gets passed. Go to Article
By RJ Smith
Buzz
Head of the Class
Head of the Class Read
For 20 years Sandra Tsing Loh has taken satirical shots at Los Angeles and her own growing pains without making the tiresome error, committed by nonnative observers from Joan Didion to Caitlin Flanagan, of conflating the two. Her aim is generally dead-on; her gun emplacement is even better.
By Ariel Swartley
From the Editor
Occasionally you run across something so perfect (and I say this knowing that the phrase “so perfect” is grammatically incorrect) that you can’t imagine wanting anything else. People can feel this way about a car, a pair of shoes, a blouse, and as we know from sales of the iPhone, they can feel this way about an item as mundane as a cell phone. Continue


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