{"id":463010,"date":"2010-03-23T14:09:08","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T18:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a96a4965970b"},"modified":"2010-03-23T15:18:45","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T19:18:45","slug":"blog-focuses-on-undocumented-immigrant-family-in-l-a-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/463010","title":{"rendered":"Blog focuses on undocumented immigrant family in L.A. [Updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two reporters are embedding themselves for a year with a family of undocumented immigrants from Mexico to gain a better understanding of L.A. and report on neighborhoods more accurately. <\/p>\n

The project, called The Entryway<\/a>, will be reported as a blog. LAist wrote about the project. Here is an excerpt<\/a>: <\/p>\n

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The first-person narrative is only one portion of the project. Another core goal will be proper neighborhood news reporting for various outlets. [Devin] Browne, who also runs MacArthur Park Media and has reported for LA Weekly, KPCC and Marketplace, plans stories with [Kara] Mears on the fake ID economy, storefront churches, panaderias and the prostitutes who work in them and mobile dental clinics. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[Updated at 12:09 p.m.:<\/strong> A previous version of this post spelled Browne’s first name incorrectly.]<\/p>\n

Some other interesting L.A.-area items around the Web: <\/p>\n

California City \u2013 a virtual ghost town<\/strong>: This past weekend, a group of tourists took a trip to California City \u2013 a pretty much abandoned and undeveloped suburb in the desert about 100 miles outside\u00a0Los Angeles. Good magazine reports<\/a>: <\/p>\n

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In 1958, developer Nat Mendelsohn purchased 80,000 acres of land 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles. He had a dream of turning the parched parcel into the third-largest city in California, which, in a way, it is — in land area only. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

San Onofre nudists in trouble:<\/strong> The Orange County Register<\/a> reports that patrons of a traditionally nude beach are getting citations:\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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(Andres) Garza, a Los Angeles resident who visits the park on occasion to sunbathe nude, appears to be the first person to receive the citation, a misdemeanor that can total up to about $500, including fees. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Downtown eyesores<\/strong>: Downtown News has a list of what it\u00a0is calling "Downtown’s 10 Worst Eyesores." Here is an excerpt<\/a>: <\/p>\n

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This shuttered, 13-story property at the southwest corner of Eighth and Olive streets occupies a key location on the border of the Fashion District and South Park. … Previous renovation plans were thwarted by infighting among partners and later, the economy, said co-owner Bruce Kianmahd. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

— Anthony Pesce <\/p>\n

Have some news for Linking L.A.? Contact Times reporter Anthony Pesce<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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