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The current population of SPA 6 / South Los Angeles is 1,307,402 including homeless residents (Los Angeles County. Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology, 2017), and although small, measuring 71.3 square miles, SPA 6 is the most densely populated area in LA County (TCCSC, 2017). In terms of gender, it is about equally divided, with 51% females and 49% males. The ethnicity breakdown is, 68.2% Latino, 27.4% African American, 2.4% Caucasian, 1.7% Asian, 0.2% Asian Pacific Islander (API)…

The Earthquake of 1925, and the boom period. Some interesting facts of Santa Barbara are, many early movies were filmed in Santa Barbara, as it was “Hollywood of the North”. Parts of the mission aqueduct are still in use by the city’s waterworks department even today. Also during World…

"What is food to some, for others it is bitter poison", Lucretius, Roman poet (99 BC-55AC) If California were a country, with its population of nearly 40 million, it would be among the 30 most populous countries. The economic, political and cultural impact of the rest of California in the United States is enormous. It is for this reason that citizens' initiatives that are submitted to a referendum there and state legislation, for that matter, are so important. Of the 11 initiatives presented to…

During the mid 1800’s, Westward Expansion dramatically increased and permanently shaped the United States of America. The Gold Rush, trade with Japan, and the end of the Mexican War lead people to travel to the west coast. Many people gained freedom and opportunity by coming to America in the mid 1800’s; however, others encountered misfortunes along the way. The Donner Party traveled to the West Coast in hopes of creating a better life. The Mormons Pioneers traveled west to join the Church of…

I chose to do my Westward Expansion project on, food and cooking in the 1800s. I chose to to my project on that because I wanted to learn more on how they got food and what they ate when they had no food. I wondered if they had made or got similar food then we do today. I researched my project online or in physical form (books). I found for this topic it was easier to find information in books. I went to the library and the author, Mary Gunderson made a bunch of books about the food in the 1800s…

Cinema movement that curiously takes place in the United States. The film follows Travis Henderson, who begins the film as a mute man found wandering the desert in Texas by his brother Walt. Walt, with great effort, takes Travis back to his home in Los Angeles, where Travis reunites with his now 7-year-old son, after stopping contact and disappearing four years ago. Travis and his son Hunter reconnect and search for his mother. While films like Werner Herzog’s Stroszek comment rather…

confounding, is there apparently there was no communication whatsoever between GSMNO staff and the Gatlinburg Fire Department from November 23, 2016 until the morning of November 28, 2016, when the fire was at its peak. There were multiple emergency management failures in the handling of this catastrophe. First of all, the volume of incoming calls and radio traffic exceeded both the police and fire department’s ability to respond, there were difficulties with communication between the EOC and…

The Disney princess series play a huge role in popular culture as these movies are seen by millions of children and adults both all over the world. The Disney princess series have been influential since 1937 and continuing to the present. According to Disney, a princess is a young beautiful girl who has a single parent and requires to be saved by a prince and falls head over heels in love rather quickly, as if her only goal in life is to get married; making it the common format for a Disney…

Through LaCroix article there can be many assumptions made in account to the consumption on Disney films and what they “really” intend for its children viewers to inherit. Though made to be somewhat realistic LaCroix Challenges its view of women and their capability. LaCroix article brings consideration to physique, clothing and activeness of Disney princess. Some of her accusations of these Disney films are spot on while others fall short. Though much has changed the features, daintiness, and…

Los Angeles, the “gang capital” of the nation. Over than 450 gangs in the city, some have been in existence since the 1950’s. All of these gangs combined have a individual total of about 45,000. Gang affiliation has taken a big role in the city of Los Angeles, in the last 3 years there has been a total of about 16,000 crimes, 491 of them were homicides. Gang affiliation has taken a big role on the lives of many young people, falling into drugs, and maybe to the course of committing murder or…