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Kruegermann Pickles

By wpx_steve | September 11, 2023
Kruegermann Pickles

Carl and Greg Kruegermann are brothers who grew up in Elysian Valley (not Frogtown!) in a East German immigrant family whose livelihood was to make pickles. Their family’s business employed members of the community to make traditional dill pickles in the German style. At the end of 2022, the brothers face the devastating truth that…

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“Paayme” sung by Lazaro Arvizu

By wpx_steve | September 10, 2023
"Paayme" sung by Lazaro Arvizu

Lazaro Arvizu Jr. is an artist, educator, musician, and researcher dedicated to the culture of the First Peoples of Los Angeles. In the video he performs the song “Paayme”, meaning “West” in the Tongva language, which he wrote with his mother Virginia Carmelo. With the LA River as a backdrop, Lazaro sings about moving West…

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Yancey’s (Childhood) Instacart Route

By wpx_steve | September 10, 2023
Yancey's Childhood Instacart Route

Yancey Quinones grew up in Cypress Park adjacent to the LA River. One of his jobs as a boy was to do the food shopping for senior citizens in the neighborhood. Some might even say he was an early pioneer of Instacart! Yancey learned how to navigate a safe route on his bike and how…

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