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Best of 2015: Los Angeles History
See our most popular history articles from 2015, and the stories that link some of L.A.'s milestones this year to the Southland's rich past.
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A Diner Shaped Like an Oil Can? It Happened in Montebello
There are greasy spoons, and then there was The Oil Can.
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At the Autry, Looking for the West
I went the other day to the Autry National Center in Griffith Park with a group of about 18 college students from Japan. They went to the Autry to look for the West
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Making the Public Realm Unwelcoming in Santa Monica, Lancaster
Guess which wins in the contest for public space: aesthetic interest, comfort, or fear?
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We Are All Michael Brown
Ferguson has taken us back to necessary, if overly familiar, discussions about relations between black people and police.
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Images of Ventura County's Coast Trigger Something Deeper
The right photograph takes you back, and whisks you forward and places you firmly in the present. Time travel exists.
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Measuring Satisfaction With Where We Live
Not only are most Americans mostly okay with where they call home, they generally think that their place has stayed pretty much the same.
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The Paradoxes That Keep Some L.A. Neighborhoods 'Park Poor'
With good reason, nature appears to be available everywhere in Los Angeles. Who needs to set aside a park in Eden?
The Ruling Party: Scenes From George McKenna's Winning Night
After months of intense campaigning, George McKenna's faithful gathered last week to celebrate a historic win against a better-funded opponent, Alex Johnson.
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Passages, Passings, and the Last Sight of Fathers
My father died behind a well-made wooden bathroom door late on the evening of August 15, 1982 (and the feast day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary).