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Venice Beach
Lost LA
Lawrence Lipton and Venice, California’s Claim to Beat Fame
Post date:Lawrence Lipton's book “The Holy Barbarians” was a celebration and canonization of the “Venice West” scene. It also became the biggest hit of his career, around which he revolved on for much of his life.
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LGBTQ
Lost LA
Calm and Comfort: ‘Liberation Houses’ of the 1970s Gave Homeless LGBTQ in L.A. Refuge
Post date:From the outside, it's not much to look at, but this small home in East Hollywood was a warm home for an unusual family — a place of refuge for dozens of young, displaced members of the LBGTQ community.
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Lost LA
Early California Research Vessel Ensnared in a Galapagos Murder Mystery
Post date:Though Captain Hancock would make many trips to the Galapagos on his ocean research vessel, Velero III. This trip was special in that it was not to study the remote island chains’ unique flora and fauna, but to solve a gripping mystery.
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oceanography
Lost LA
How Velero III Heralded the Romantic Age of Early California Ocean Research
Post date:The Velero III was no regular pleasure cruiser. It was a floating lab for scientists, funded by millionaire Angeleno George Allan Hancock. Its adventures benefited knowledge in the early days of ocean research.
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Dodgers Stories: 6 Decades in LA
The Strong Women Who Shaped Roz Wyman, an L.A. Legend
Post date:Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein and Helen Gahagan Douglas, are only some of the strong female forces who have formed the circle of influence surrounding Rosalind Wyman, the woman responsible for bringing the Dodgers to L.A. in the 1950s.
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Griffith Park
Lost LA
The Complex Life of Griffith J. Griffith
Post date:Perhaps best known for the large tract of park space that now bears his name, Griffith J. Griffith was a complicated man whose wealth and bombastic nature gave the city one of its most unforgettable characters.