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Playa’s Cielo Verde
John Rivera Sedlar’s restaurant, Playa, has a secret — and it’s right over your head. You may wonder where the restaurant gets its gorgeous produce. The fact is, much of it is now grown in their...
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Blue Whale Watching with the Aquarium of Pacific via Harbor Breeze Cruises!
Two Blowing Blue Whales Aquarium of the Pacific 88 Foot Blue Whale Model This ocean voyage gives you an opportunity to see the largest animal to ever live on the earth, the blue whale. Blue whales can...
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Do Trees Have Standing? Space Shuttle Endeavour Remix
Majestic Canary Island Pine on Crenshaw slated for Removal.Should Trees have standing? When I was in law school, required reading was Christopher Stone’s essay: Should Trees Have Standing? –Toward...
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A Star was Born at AOP: Introducing Bixby, The Baby Harbor Seal
Bixby, the harbor seal Four months ago, on April 26, 2012, the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, had its first seal pup ever born at the facility. The pup, a harbor seal, weight about 20 pounds at...
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DNA Testing:Discover the Journey of YOU
Sir Alec John Jeffreys, FRS (born 9 January 1950 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England) is a British geneticist, who developed techniques for DNA fingerprinting and DNA profiling which are now used all over...
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What I Learned at GLAZA’s Photo Day at the Zoo
Shooting animals is difficult for even the most seasoned photographer. Luckily, GLAZA (Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association) hosted an all-day workshop Sunday on photographing animals. Instructors from...
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Has Science Confirmed the Existence of the Soul Through Quantum Physics
Dr. Hameroff’s theory alleges that when patients have a near death experience their quantum soul is actually released from the body, re-enters the cosmos then returns to the body once they are revived....
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CA Secretary of State Urged to “Count Every Vote on Prop 37″ with New Petition
According to investigative journalist Jon Rappoport, more than one million votes on Prop 37 (the GMO labeling initiative) in California have gone uncounted to date. Since the margin of “victory” is...
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24 Hours of Reality: The Dirty Weather Report Begins TONIGHT at 5 pm PST
Al Gore, Founder and Chairman, The Climate Reality Project Maggie L. Fox, President and CEO, The Climate Reality Project: “Dear Los Angeles Beat readers, We are pleased to invite you to join us this...
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Coming Up at the Aquarium of the Pacific
Photo by Paula Lauren Gibson/AfroPix The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach has several interesting programs and events scheduled for the upcoming months. Below is a list of programs for January...
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Nothing Is God
Big Bang Doesn’t Make Sense Who created the Universe? God. Where did God come from: God does not have an origin. God is eternal. If you can believe God always existed and was not created, why can’t you...
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Seed Bombing
Turning onto the 5 North from Los Feliz, I am always delighted by the orange swath of poppies. I am grateful to whomever it was that guerrilla gardened the small meadow along the freeway. Lately I’ve...
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Do Trees Have Standing? Space Shuttle Endeavour Remix
Majestic Canary Island Pine on Crenshaw slated for Removal.Should Trees have standing? When I was in law school, required reading was Christopher Stone’s essay: Should Trees Have Standing? –Toward...
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There’s a Fungus Amongus
And how. If you’re wearing Uggs everyday, or, even worse, fake sheepskin boots, beware. And get ye to Whole Foods, stat, to stock up on antifungal essential oils. Those buttery-soft boots were invented...
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The Grunion are Running
This month the grunion are running on July 13th and July 28th. When I was little, the grunion run was total mayhem. An entire beach covered with slippery, wriggling silver fish, swarming the beach and...
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Aquarium of the Pacific: The Bryde and Blue Whale Harbor Breeze Viewing...
Photos by Billy Bennight for the Los Angeles Beat The last time I embarked on a whale watching excursion it was the time of year when the Grey Whales were migrating. I was then keenly interested this...
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Antiques Row: Bearded Lady Vintage
This little cottage in Burbank holds big surprises. Bearded Lady Vintage set up shop on the edge of Magnolia’s antiques row about a year ago. It is not your average grandma’s pearls and doll shop....
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Marineland’s 60 Year Anniversary
In August of 1954, Marineland of the Pacific opened to the public for the first time. Located at the current site of the Terranea Resort on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, the park overlooked coves that...
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Me So Thorny and Other Tales of the California Drought
Wrangling drought-tolerant plants like this one is not for the thin-skinned. On April 1, 2015, Governor Brown issued an Executive Order mandating a 25 per cent reduction in water use for all urban...
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