“Cities have the capability
of providing something for everybody,
only because, and only when,
they are created by everybody.”
― Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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from Sacramento
Hustle Rhythm Soul w/ I Gotchu
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4LIFE: HOW A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM,
EL GORDO AND THE LAST UNCONTACTED TRIBE
REDEFINED CITY PRIDE
by Kendall F. Person
25-20 not the urgency of 51/50 nor the universal jubilation of 420, but for a neighborhood in north Sacramento, long reviled, often scoffed and sometimes neglected, those numbers created a moment in California history, that can never be repeated. By the score of 25 – 20, Grant High the community jewel of Del Paso Heights and an underdog on all scorecards, defeated Long Beach Poly – ranked No. 2 in the nation – taking sole possession of the 1st ever California Interscholastic Federation Football Championship… also known as the State Crown.
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$434,800 for every ticket marked 79140. 1,600 matches in all, with 800 winners in one tiny village, the size of a neighborhood, “Nearly everyone had a ticket or a share in one.” – the Mayor
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400 ft at its highest elevation. No buildings nor roads, no infrastructure whatsoever. No emergency responders, no sounds no alarms. In fact, on North Sentinel Island, in 60,000 years, not a single thing has changed at all. 3 days after an earth-rotation-altering earthquake and tsunami, that took the lives of one quarter of a million people on 2 continents in 13 countries from 59 nations, somehow, the world’s most isolated neighborhood… yielded survivors.
Round One: CITIES – The Knockout Round
Friday SEP 15 beginning at 7:00 am PST/9 CST/10 EST
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