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A new horror anthology TV series, “Them: Covenant,” is making news for its grisly depictions of violence against a 1950s Black family in their new home in the then-white city of Compton. Without the supernatural elements, the decades-long stories of Black people trying to take up residence in Los Angeles County’s white neighborhoods are more than scary enough.
L.A. didn’t start out that way. Of the 22 adults among the
the first settlers, who set up housekeeping and created Los Angeles in 1781, 10 had African ancestry. And the last governor of Mexican-ruled California, Pio Pico, was of mixed race.
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They poured hot water through baskets of acorns to leach out the bitter-tasting tannin. There were enough oaks at the Pio Pico site to support at most 33 villages. “The nutrients in the acorns, combined with other foods, provided a complete diet for an individual.”
The people roasted grasshoppers, yuccas, and ate abalone. But their number-one food source was the acorn, shaken from branches of Coast Live Oak trees. They poured hot water through baskets of acorns to leach out the bitter-tasting tannin. Hector estimates that there were enough oaks at the Pio Pico site to support at most 33 villages and a minimum of 3. “The nutrients in the acorns, combined with other foods, provided a complete diet for an individual.”
Grand Promenade walkabout Monday
The Imagine Carlsbad team will host a Carlsbad Village walkabout with a Q&A starting at 6 p.m. Monday focusing on the Grand Promenade and Grand Street Tunnel. Meet Gary Nessim and Bob Wilkinson on the corner of State and Grand to review plans for a village gathering space called the Grand Promenade and proposed Grand Avenue tunnel under the Interstate 5 freeway to Pio Pico. For questions, email garynessim@att.net.
College Republicans subject of meeting
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The Carlsbad Republican Women Federated will host Austin Katz as keynote speaker for a presentation on “What’s New with College Republicans in California” at its brunch meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Holiday Inn, 2725 Palomar Airport Road. Katz, a senior at the University of California San Diego, is the president of the College Republicans at UC San Diego and activism director for the California Federation of College Republicans. Cost is $32 per guest, paid in advance by cred
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