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Letters to the editor
Last week's California Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage prompted an avalanche of mail, with roughly the same number of responses from each side. Given the intense reader interest in the topic, we are devoting today's page to it. Eryn Brown...Tags: Family, Gays and Lesbians, The White House, Rape, Elections
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Before farmers markets, there were farm stands
Special to The TimesOUT WHERE Ventura Boulevard is just a country road, near Central Avenue in Camarillo, Phil McGrath farms 40 acres of Ventura County land his family has owned for generations. He sells his organic produce to restaurants and at farmers markets, but here...Tags: Consumers, San Fernando, Sales, California, Property
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Seeing bathroom in a new light
MCCLATCHY/TRIBUNE NEWSPAPERSThe right bathroom lighting can switch an image in the mirror from beast to beauty, but it often ranks way below a luxury tub, modern fixtures and stylish tile on the priority list. Remodeler Clay Lyon sees inadequate bathroom lighting all the time in... -
Fire-area residents still waiting to inhale
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe state's smog czar warned Wednesday that unhealthful conditions caused by smoke from wildfires are likely to persist throughout much of Southern California until next week. Even when the fires are extinguished and the Santa Ana winds that carried...Tags: Heart Disease, Pollution, Advice, Air Pollution, California
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BOOK REVIEWS BY KIDS
"The Tales of Olga da Polga"
By Michael Bond
This story is about a guinea pig that wants to go to the wild and explore. A girl named Karen Sawdust buys her. Karen names the guinea pig Olga. The guinea pig makes many new friends and has many new...Tags: Hawaii, Animals, Los Angeles, Horace Mann, Culver City
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City Section Cross-Country Results
Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006 MT. SAN ANTONIO INVITATIONAL At Mt. San Antonio College Divisions I and II BOYS Super Team Sweepstakes Race TEAM-1. Royal (1-11-16-22-45 scoring order), 95 (77:12); 2. Trabuco Hills (2-7-13-17-74), 113 (77:36); 3. Madera (19-...Tags: Alaska, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California), Alhambra, Temple City, Canyon Country
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Manhattan skyline
Cool breezes, drinks, scenes I'll take Manhattan. The lovely seaside town of Manhattan Beach is offering Hollywood-style glamour with all that fresh ocean air. The Shade Hotel's Zinc Lounge is a Kate Hudson fave, while Liz Phair digs the scene at Café...Tags: Scott Weiland, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan (New York City), Kate Hudson, Hermosa
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'Barbie Couture' tempts fashionistas in Japan
The Wall Street JournalKumiko Suzuki, a 22-year-old college student in Japan, played with Barbie dolls as a child. She says she always saw Barbie as her ideal image of a glamorous Western princess. "She's slim, she's blond and she's just a dream," Suzuki said. "I want to be...Tags: Fashion Trends, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Macy's, Baby Products, Games, and Toys
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Treasures amid Valley bustle
Special to The TimesNorth Hills, a Los Angeles suburb of residential developments, large lots and commercial space, sits in the heart of the San Fernando Valley. The community, renamed twice since 1915, is home to a traffic-stopping topiary poodle, an onion-domed church...Tags: Gang Activity, North Hills (Los Angeles, California), Starbucks Corporation, Frank Lloyd Wright, Vehicles
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A city whose roots run deep in the Valley
Times Staff WriterResidents of San Fernando believe the Franciscan fathers got it right in 1797 when, with the entire valley before them, they selected the site of the San Fernando Mission. Once home to orange and olive groves, the community that sprang up nearby still has...Tags: Downtown (Los Angeles, California), Los Angeles County, Homes, Christianity, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Facing Loss but Keeping Hope
Fathers always underestimate how mature their children are. In my case, it took a death in the family to show me how much my "babies" have grown. And for my 6-year-old son, Frankie, in particular, the loss of a beloved great aunt had a significant...Tags: Mental Illness, Religious Festivals, Public Holidays, Illnesses, Diseases
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