By J.M. GARCIA On a recent, overcast afternoon, James Wheat stood beside his white pickup outside the Hillcrest DMV on...

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?? J.M. GARCIA | Downtown & Uptown News Pat Taylor taught reading. But more than that she taught her students...

By J.M. GARCIA | Uptown News On a recent Tuesday afternoon, jazz musician Marcia Forman makes her way through the...

By J.M. Garcia When Carol Shamon noticed water from city pipes had leaked into the basement of her North Park...

By J.M. Garcia In 1958, when Don Mathes was 8 years old, his parents took him to Los Angeles Harbor...

By J.M. Garcia Bass player Dave Marr ran a hand over the instrument, stepped back and turned to his friend...