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Restoring a Whitewashed Political Mural on Olvera Street
An 80-foot-long mural by Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros, covered up since the 1930's, is re-emerging on the side of a building on Olvera Street in downtown LA.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenAn 80-foot-long mural by Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros, covered up since the 1930's, is already re-emerging on the side of a building on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles. Anglo promoters expected a work called "America Tropical" to show a romantic Mexican village. What they got was a crucified peasant in a protest against American imperialism. We hear about the work, the cover-up and the restoration. Also, compared to Beijing, London doesn’t mind a little chaos at the Olympic Games. We talk with a physical therapist working with athletes from Southern California. On our rebroadcast of today’s To the Point, personal rage, religious hostility and deadly gunfire.
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4 storiesCounty Supervisors Vote on Measure R Extension
Los Angeles County voters will have a chance in November to extend Measure R , the half-percent sales tax approved overwhelmingly in 2008. It's all about public transit and is designed to speed completion of several LA Metro rail projects, including the 405 transit corridor in the Sepulveda Pass and the Subway to the Sea as far as Westwood.
Read the story6 minArt, Politics and the History of Downtown Los Angeles
America Tropical is emerging again on the second-floor wall of the Old Italian Hall on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles. It was painted by the Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros in 1932, sponsored by an Olvera Street booster named Christine Sterling.
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Bob Kersee is the husband and coach of multiple world-record holder Jackie Joyner-Kersee, who's now retired. But he's a big presence in the Olympic Games. Robert Forster of Santa Monica is a physical therapist on Kersee's team who's been to five Olympiads.
Read the story8 minHate, Terrorism, and America's Religious Pluralism
Since they first arrived in the US more than 100 years ago, Sikhs have experienced brutal discrimination. Since September 11, they've been subject to scorn and retaliation. Now six have died along with a gunman, after a shooting spree in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Others are on the critical list.
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