When Pepper Trees Shaded the 'Sunny Southland'

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- Collaboration: Poetry, Theater, and Activism
- Iconic Vision: John Parkinson and Angel City Press
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Ventura-based Ken McAlpine on life along the California coast.
Mike Sonksen -- aka Mike the Poet -- celebrates spoken and written Los Angeles.
The great D. J. Waldie challenging and reflecting on Los Angeles clichés.
Erin Aubry Kaplan on L.A. politics and identity with an eye toward the city's black community.
Civil rights attorney Robert Garcia on the fight for (and the joy of) green public space.
Susan Straight and Doug McCulloh put a face to the Inland Empire.
Environmental history, analysis, and commentary with Char Miller.
Murals, street art, and public art and their roles in shaping neighborhoods.
Dissecting pop culture, history, and Southern California
Elson Trinidad tracks the waves and currents of Southern California's
Asian/Pacific Islander communities.
Archives informing the great narrative of Southern California.
Exploring the various neighborhoods of L.A. on foot, bus, or train.
Chris Clarke looks at life, people, and the landscape to the east of the spine of mountains that runs up the middle of the state.
Video portraits of the unique people and ideas that make L.A. what it is.
Every week, how one L.A. resident became an Angeleno.
Jeremy Rosenberg looks at regulations that have played a role L.A.'s development.
An oral history project, an interactive documentary, a community engagement tool, and a digital literacy project that gives voice to the people, places, or things that define the neighborhoods of Los Angeles.

L.A. as Subject tells stories through the region's archives, as found in over 200 cultural institutions, official archives, and private collections dedicated to preserving and telling the sometimes-hidden histories of the Southland. MORE ![]()

Huell Howser travels the state to share the history, natural wonders, and amazing people of California. MORE ![]()
Olvera Street: The Fabrication of L.A.'s Mexican Heritage

I Am Los Angeles: Strings of Success
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