December 2012 Archives
LA as Subject:
Every November beginning in 1928, elaborate holiday decorations transformed Hollywood Boulevard into Santa Claus Lane.
Commentary:
The racially fascinating history of lovely Leimert Park is now told in a book -- but the story's not over.
West Is Eden:
Looking for the perfect Holiday gift? Here it is, courtesy of a Benedictine monk with a marvelous sense of humor.
Where We Are:
Sunday morning, a little before dawn, down some ordinary suburban streets, and through their aural landscape.
Po-Law-Tics:
A word to the wise: Just when you thought "silly season" ended with the election, it did not.
Where We Are:
Opossums wander our backyards by night and occasionally startle a homeowner, who imagines that nothing so wild could be part of everyday life.
Movie Miento:
Pilar Marrero has a new book out. But like any good Latino in the U.S., it has two identities and two names.
LA as Subject:
This month, Manhattan Beach celebrates its centennial. Known for its lively seaside promenade, the Strand, and for its associations with surf culture, the city has its origins as a coastal resort built atop shifting sand dunes of the South Bay.
Notes of a Native Daughter:
There are six sisters in this story, and one brother, all educated in a one-room schoolhouse, ninety children and one teacher, and all of them went to college, and their kids went to college. This story, and the sweet potato pie, come from slavery, which Americans don't like to talk about any more.
Commentary:
The Interior Department says Southern California can expect to get a lot less water out of the Colorado River in the next 50 years.
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I Am Los Angeles: Dreamer
To many Veterans, a little trailer barber shop in West L.A. is something akin to an island oasis.
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