A short film documents the streets of Bunker Hill, a corner of downtown that holds a special place in city lore.
Source: A Split-Screen Tour of Los Angeles, Seventy Years Ago and Today – The New Yorker
Earlier this week, Levi’s Skateboarding invited Grey along to interview legendary San Francisco skateboarder Tommy Guerrero before his gig at the Camden Underworld. Tommy is currently on tour though Europe. His new album, No Man’s Land is available through Asphalt Duchess. Interview and photography: Henry Kingsford Tell us about the tour you’re on right now. Are […]
Source: Tommy Guerrero interview – Grey Skateboard Magazine
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Bing Crosby shopped the aisles, Frank Zappa worked the floor
Source: Remembering L.A.’s First Great Record Store, Wallichs Music City – Los Angeles Magazine
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Download this 100% free Summer Lines Icon EPS vector pack with icons of the beach, summer activities, clothes, food, weather and events.
Source: Summer Line Icon Pack Free Vector EPS Download | JUST™ Creative
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Warning against dangers to “workers, communities, and our environment,” more than 450 environmental advocacy groups called on Congress to reject the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
Source: ‘Free Trade’ Will Kill Climate Movement, Hundreds of Groups Warn Congress
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Skate legend Tommy Guerrero was one of the biggest names in skateboarding in the 1980’s. As one of the Bones Brigade, Powell Peralta’s famous skate team, Guerrero would go on to head up…
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A Walk in the Dead Woods
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Algal bloom ‘of biblical proportions’ has led to protests and health emergency as concerns raised over dumping of rotting salmon in ocean
Source: Toxic ‘red tide’ in Chile prompts investigation of salmon farming | World news | The Guardian
A Tiny Spock Leaning on a 1964 Buick Riviera Is the Best Hot Wheels Car Ever
Australia’s natural wonder is in mortal danger. Bleaching caused by climate change has killed almost a quarter of its coral this year and many scientists believe it could be too late for the rest. Using exclusive photographs and new data, a Guardian special report investigates how the reef has been devastated – and what can be done to save it
Source: The Great Barrier Reef: a catastrophe laid bare | Environment | The Guardian
World’s first grid-connected tidal array almost complete
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Royal Hawaiian Featherwork: N? Hulu Ali‘i | LACMA
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The new, unelected government is reversing progressive measures by President Dilma Rousseff by taking over Indigenous land and attacking labor laws.
Source: Brazil Coup Govt Moves to Change Definition of Slavery | News | teleSUR English
Last week two activities were executed: The presentation of a booklet on penal environmental legislation, and the organization of an introductory course on environmental law.
Source: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Promotes Environmental Law in Galapagos – Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
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In California today, a grand jury indicted the Plains All-American Pipeline and one of the oil company’s employees on criminal charges over the massive 2015 oil spill in Santa Barbara County.
Source: Texas oil firm indicted in massive 2015 oil spill off coast of Santa Barbara, CA
Vulnerable Twenty Group (V20) Foundation Press Release: 8 October 2015, Lima – Finance Ministers of the Vulnerable Twenty (V20)
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Source: The First Badass Female Guitarist: Meet Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock ‘n’ Roll
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In a rare move to shun tourism profits for environmental protection, 10 popular dive sites have been shut down in a bid to slow a coral bleaching crisis
Source: Thailand closes dive sites over coral bleaching crisis | Environment | The Guardian
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Silicon Valley father of four Damon McMillan has just put the finishing touches to his Seacharger boat and plans to set it off on a solo trip from the Californian coast down to Hawaii on May 30. The craft is designed to cut through the waves using only a motor powered by solar panels.
Source: Solar-powered boat ready to make 2,000 mile ocean voyage on its own
Women’s & Longboard Champs Crowned At the Australian Indigenous Titles
Grass in the park at the center of San Francisco gentrification debate is now for rent
Source: Grass in the park at the center of San Francisco gentrification debate is now for rent
Sinkhole discovery suggests humans were in Florida 14,500 years ago