Southern California was full of homesick émigrés who often named towns and streets out here after their favorite places back home. It's another Street Story.
Just about every hotel in Pasadena is booked for the upcoming Tournament of Roses Parade. A century and a half ago - before the parade, Pasadena had but one hotel in town.
The idea of a spa vacation is nothing new. Sierra Madre once had a famous health resort with fresh air and produce so fresh you could see it harvested in the front yard.
There are often obstacles to new highway construction: environmental impact reports, objections from neighbors, and the cost of building it. Engineers ran into the same problems trying to build a truck highway that linked San Diego with San Francisco. It’s another Street Story.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority just opened an eastern extension of the Gold Line train. But it’s not the first light rail line to travel to East LA.
More than 2-billion dollars in federal stimulus money has been poured into transportation infrastructure projects in California. It’s not the first time federal dollars intended to “jump start” the economy have been spent on California roads. KPCC’s Kitty Felde says it’s another Street Story.
