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Exploring all the things to do and see in and around the City of Los Angeles.

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Show off your deep love of #WarrenZevon with this stylish #tshirt featuring the #Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel as it appeared back when Zevon brought it to life in “Desperadoes Under the Eaves.” losangelesexplorersguild.com… Empty #CoffeeCup not included. #LosAngeles

Los Angeles Explorers’ Guild Outfitters

Gear and goods from the Los Angeles Explorers’ Guild.

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Tonight! The final #Grunion Run of the 2022 observation season. If you're angling to take a gander at the strange reproductive practice of one of California's most iconic fishes, then head on out to the beaches tonight round about 10:25 PM. losangelesexplorersguild.com…

Running with the Grunions: How to Attend a California Grunion Run

Along Southern California beaches, on certain nights of the month in spring and summer, you can watch thousands of silvery fish throw themselves onto the beach to spawn.

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And if you want to bag yourself a bucketful of Grunion (up to 30), then wait one night and hit the beaches at 11:00 PM on July 1 — the first night of the summer open Grunion season. It's sure to be busy, so if you want to gather your legal limit of Grunion, get there early.
One of the best views of the #LosAngeles #Skyline — and the entire sprawling tapestry of the city — can be seen from the Los Angeles City Hall Observation Deck losangelesexplorersguild.com… #discoverlosangeles #explorelosangeles #losangelesexplorers #LAStory #discoverla #explorela

City Hall Observation Deck

In Downtown Los Angeles you can take in a panoramic view of the entire city from atop Los Angeles City Hall for free.

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A visit to #Toretto's place — Bob's Market in Echo Park, a #LosAngeles #HistoricCulturalMonument (No. 215) losangelesexplorersguild.com… #fast #furious #fastandfurious #exploreLA #discoverLA
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The most expensive gas station in Los Angeles is inching up to $8 a gallon. losangelesexplorersguild.com… #thegasistoodamnhigh #losangelesgasprices #GasPrice #gaspricehike
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The Blessing of the Animals, a tradition dating back to the early days of Los Angeles, is happening near Pico House) tomorrow, Saturday, April 16. And check out Leo Politi's 1978 mural honoring the event right across the Plaza. losangelesexplorersguild.com… #explorela #MuralsOfLA

Blessing of the Animals Mural

In the oldest part of Los Angeles, you’ll find a detailed mural by Italian-American artist Leo Politi celebrating the annual Blessing of the Animals.

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We've been exploring #LosAngeles for many years, but last year that we made it official with our first documented exploration — a journey to the geographical Center of Los Angeles losangelesexplorersguild.com… #exploreLA #discoverLA

The Center of Los Angeles

Believe it or not, someone pinpointed the exact Center of Los Angeles. It’s known as Edwards’ Point, and it’s an easy place to visit.

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A visit to the Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation at the entrance to Valhalla Memorial Park losangelesexplorersguild.com… Built in 1924, the monument (directly under the @fly_BUR flight path) was dedicated to honor pioneering early aviators in 1953. #ExploreLA #discoverLA
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The Fugetsu-Do Sweet Shop) has been hand-crafting mochi and manju for 119 years. It's a family-owned business that will spoil your tastebuds for all other types of mochi. Well worth a visit if you like mochi (or even if you don't) losangelesexplorersguild.com… #exploreLA #discoverLA

Fugestsu-do Sweet Shop

In Little Tokyo you can find a small shop that’s been making mochi by hand for more than 100 years.

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10 artistically decorated segments of the #BerlinWall stand on Wilshire Boulevard across from LACMA, courtesy of @wendemuseum. This #CaptianAmerica inspired segment was decorated by British street artist D*Face losangelesexplorersguild.com… #exploreLA #discoverLA
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1/2 We were saddened to see that 'Hitting the Wall,' @judybaca's excellent mural, has been recently vandalized. With plenty of blank walls to tag around it, this act of vandalism is just mean-spirited losangelesexplorersguild.com… #muralsofLosAngeles #exploreLA #discoverLA

‘Hitting the Wall’ — Restored!

“Hitting the Wall: Women and the Marathon,” an epic 1984-era mural celebrating the first women’s Olympic marathon, has recently been uncovered in Downtown Los Angeles.

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2/2 The colorful mural, which was only restored last spring, celebrates the inaugural women's marathon in the 1984 Olympics, a fitting tribute to feature on #internationalwomensday.
A new law reduces the speed limit on 177 miles of Los Angeles streets. Be careful out there, explorers. abc7.com/la-city-council-may…

Garcetti signs new law to lower speed limits on some streets in Los Angeles

Will your street see lower speed limits? L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an ordinance into law Monday that will drop speed limits in certain parts of the city.

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The Red Sandstone Courthouse stood atop Poundcake Hill in Downtown Los Angeles from 1891 — 1936. It was demolished and pieces of it were used to build City Terrace Park in East Los Angeles — and some of those pieces are still there. losangelesexplorersguild.com… #exploreLA #discoverLA

Red Sandstone Courthouse Ruins

In a quiet city park in East Los Angeles, you can see the last remnants of the first courthouse in Los Angeles.

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There's also a Chevron station on Alameda that's legendary for ridiculously high gas prices. Reporters like to do shoots in front of that one, too. losangelesexplorersguild.com…

Most Expensive Gas Station in Los Angeles

Patrons at the most expensive gas station in Los Angeles can expect to pay as much as a dollar more per gallon than any other place in the city.

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The high price of gasoline is in the news. But no matter how much you're paying, this one @Chevron station in #DowntownLosAngeles has you beat. 3/7/22: $6.95/gallon. But it's always been the Most Expensive Gas in #LA: losangelesexplorersguild.com… #mydayinLA #exploreLA #gasprices
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This #PresidentsDay, take a gander at #AbrahamLincoln like you've never seen him before losangelesexplorersguild.com… This marble statue has been standing in the Main Street lobby of the #LosAngeles Federal Courthouse since 1941 #statuesofLosAngeles

Young Lincoln Statue (and Law Statue)

Inside the U.S. Courthouse on Spring Street, you’ll find a marble statue of a young, shirtless Abraham Lincoln and an accompanying statue depicting Law.

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Walk A Mile In My Shoes is a twin-site, thought-provoking piece of #PublicArt in #Crenshaw and #BaldwinHills that more people should experience losangelesexplorersguild.com… #mydayinla #tourlosangeles #losangelesexplorers #LAStory #discoverla #explorela #publicartinlosangeles

Walk A Mile In My Shoes: A Civil Rights Memorial

In Baldwin Hills, two monuments sit in the middle of traffic islands, celebrating the victories of the Civil Rights Movement.

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For the past 28 years Los Angeles @Lakers legend @kaj33's handprints and footprints have been embedded in concrete outside what was once the largest (and first two-story) @Target in the United States losangelesexplorersguild.com… #mydayinLA #losangelesexplorers #LAStory #exploreLA
Another possible spot for Warren Zevon's legendary Pioneer Chicken Stand, courtesy of @_tonyshannon
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