February 2013 Archives
West Is Eden:
I looked down at my son and I lied. "Sometimes things are meant to die and there's nothing you can do."
Where We Are:
The highways of L.A. remember heroes, bureaucrats, and termed out pols. Overlapping and conflicting memorials glimpsed at 65 miles an hour are an imperfect memory, but the system can't be fixed.
Where We Are:
The persistence of things is part burden, part murmured dialog. Time slipping is our common condition, and we're never wholly new.
LA as Subject:
Early photographs of Los Angeles surprise for many reasons, but often what's most striking is how empty the city looks.
Cakewalk:
What Christoper Dorner's rampage says about love and idealism.
History:
It was officially a centennial ceremony, but to call it a celebration would have been taking it too far.
East CA:
I have walked the desert with other people and without other people, but I have never walked the desert by myself.
Notes of a Native Daughter:
There is a wedding day and then there is the rest of your married life. Richer or poorer.
West Is Eden:
Mist blew in. I tasted salt on both our lips.
Where We Are:
Ghosts, gangsters, glamour, and grime are all part of the heritage of downtown's Hall of Justice. The iconic building from Jazz Age Los Angeles is being restored after nearly 20 years of abandonment.
SoCal Focus is a daily blog about the people, places and issues in and around Southern California.
I Am Los Angeles: On His Way Back
A video portrait of a man whose dreams and determination allowed him to get off the streets and into a stable life.
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