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The unusual traffic hazards – the result of deliberate town planning – became local landmarks.
An exploration of the rich history and culture of the San Gabriel Mountains and its eponymous river.
Streetcars, interurban trolleys, and a fleet of buses transported athletes and spectators around Los Angeles during the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Immigrants from Great Britain, India, and elsewhere have brought cricket to California as a reminder of home.
Most tourists once came to Southern California in the winter – and then the All-Year Club invented the L.A. summer.
Despite the promises of revitalization and free market exchange for neighborhoods, gentrification is an invading force that has developed out of a history of discriminatory laws and practices in the United States.
It opened one year after Venice of America – that other Southern California development boasting saltwater canals and an Italian name.
Reitman v. Mulkey, decided in 1967, was an important legal victory against discriminatory housing policies. The case originated in Orange County, California.
The California Branch State Normal School occupied a hilltop site in downtown L.A. The teacher's college later became UCLA.
L.A.'s historic 1926 downtown library has survived calls for its demolition – and a still-unsolved case of arson.
Suspicions of Russian influence in North America go back over 200 years, when Russia sought to dominate the West Coast.
In a region with so many different communities living together, cultural hybridity is inevitable. We share and learn from each other and use it to shape and reshape our own identities.