April 2013 Archives
West Is Eden:
Starving sea lion pups are washing up on Southern California beaches in record numbers -- at a rate five times the norm. It has gotten so bad the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has declared an "unusual mortality event."
Where We Are:
Commencement address delivered to the graduates of the Master's Program in Urban Sustainability of Antioch University Los Angeles.
East CA:
Imperial County is the California desert's toxic capital, with places like the east Coachella Valley and a few other spots not far behind.
Where We Are:
Architect Richard Neutra explored domesticated modernity in his mid-20th Century homes. House-proud collectors today pay a premium to own one. Now you can build your own "new" Neutra. But why?
Transpacific Routes:
The purpose of the video at UC Irvine was innocent enough -- that is, until one of the members performed in blackface.
Cakewalk:
Tony Wafford fights the good fight -- mostly alone -- for HIV awareness in places that need it the most.
LA as Subject:
Winged rats? Until destroyed by a flood in 1914, a Los Angeles pigeon farm home to 100,000 of the birds was a big tourist draw.
West Is Eden:
What happened to us? When did we become so elevator-silent, so dour, so proper, so scrunch-faced, so mature?
Where We Are:
Looking at the "found photographs" in the Huntington's archive of Southern California Edison photographs and finding why the darkness is such chilling fun.
Where We Are:
Many of the images were taken by by G. Haven Bishop whose work, almost entirely unknown today, has the subtlety and richness of Julius Shulman's photographs.
SoCal Focus is a blog about the people, places, and issues in and around Southern California.
How CicLAvia Engaged Angelenos in the Space and Place of L.A.
The 15-mile route celebrated Los Angeles in unique ways that allowed Angelenos to experience the geographic diversity of the city.
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