In San Gabriel Mountains, a Monument Designation is Only a Start Much of Los Angeles’ remaining open space lies outside the city in the mountains above. It is visible from porches, schoolyards and freeways – and only minutes away – but for many the distance...
By George B. Sánchez-Tello Photos by Marco Loera The musicians stand in a circle bisected by a steel wall. Divided, they play together: strumming acoustic instruments, singing call and response verses, and dancing in a communal celebration called fandango. Staged at Friendship Park, outside San...
Everyone is jammed into a yellow school bus, chattering with anticipation of a snowshoe outing at Snoqualmie Pass, some 40 minutes outside Seattle. Joe Camacho, an educator and one of the trip leaders, begins an orientation, holding up a pair of gaiters. The coverings are...
