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25 years ago, parts of L.A. were embroiled in riots. How much has L.A. really changed since then? California Editor Shelby Grad looks at the issue through polls over the years.

Burned out car on Florence Avenue west of Normandie on April 30, 1992.

Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times The Sorbornne Market at 4600 S. Vermont Ave. on the night of April 29, 1992, the day the riots erupted.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies keep tabs on a group of people arrested after a store on Martin Luther King Boulevard was looted.

Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles TimesRioters at the corner of Florence and Normandie on the first day of civil unrest.

A resident of South Los Angeles vainly attempts to fight a raging fire at 79th Street and Normandie Avenue using a garden hose April 29, 1992.

Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times A man with a shopping cart full of diapers passes a market on the second day of the riots on 3rd Street.

Plumes of smoke rise from burning buildings in mid-town Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.

CHP officer Hugh Gnecco checks for looters in a Chief Auto Parts store at Washington Boulevard and Western Avenue on May 1, 1992.

Bobby Wade holds a sign asking for peace at the corner of Pico Blvd. and Fairfax on may 1, 1992.

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They say black films don't travel, but look at this.

Moonlight director Barry Jenkins on the film’s reception

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These ladies are pretty in pink at tonight’s Golden Globes (Jay L. Clendenin/L.A. Times) 

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Attention: Mandy Moore is in a floor-length cape, and it’s fabulous 

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We are doing a lot better, but that's what we're working towards, having Hollywood reflect America.

Moonlight star Trevante Rhodes on progress being made in representation

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Of course Olympic gold-medalist Simone Biles wore gold to the Golden Globes (Amy Kaufman/Los Angeles Times)

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Everyone thought Dax Shepard was Benedict Cumberbatch at the Golden Globes arrivals

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Check out the Golden Globes 2017 red carpet arrivals (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times) 

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Our burning questions for the 2017 Golden Globes (Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP)

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Amy Schumer and Ryan Reynolds continue being adorable at Golden Globes rehearsals

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Armie Hammer is grateful to have touched lives with 'Birth of a Nation' (2016 Twentieth Century Fox)

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Here’s our film and TV predictions for this year’s Golden Globes (Quantrell D. Colbert / FX)

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Think of Goldbot as your personal L.A. food concierge.

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Christmas lights in downtown Los Angeles, 1928

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Now you can ask food critic Jonathan Gold for advice anytime

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2016: A year of the shock-factor