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What will you eat this New Year's Eve? However we plan to celebrate the new year, Angelenos have a lot of dinner options this December 31st—from buck-fifty street tacos to a $285 tasting menu at Spa

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Los Angeles History, Special Collections, New Year

This Mom is Visiting All 73 Library Branches

December 22, 2017

Los Angeles is massive, and the library has seventy-three locations serving almost every part of the city, from San Pedro to Sylmar.

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Kids and Parents, Branch Libraries, Books, Video

Stories From the Map Cave: The Tongva

November 21, 2017

Before Los Angeles, there was Yangna, home to the Tongva people, Native Americans who numbered at least 5,000 in the Los Angeles Basin before the arrival of Europeans.

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Maps, Video, Native American Heritage Month, Heritage Months, Native American Featured

Bike to Work Day at LAPL: Great Books About Cycling for Everyone

May 18, 2017

While today is Bike to Work Day, a few of us at the Library cycle to work every day. People ride bikes for many reasons, but for me it’s just a familiar habit.

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Bike to Work Day

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This Mom is Visiting All 73 Library Branches

Stories From the Map Cave: The Tongva

Bike to Work Day at LAPL: Great Books About Cycling for Everyone

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5 datos interesantes del legendario activista civil Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Music Memories: Edgar Allan Poe in Music

Interview With an Author: Tochi Onyebuchi