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A popular carnival stunt in 1930s Los Angeles featured beautiful Gloria Graves, buried alive in her coffin.
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Director Carolina Sosa follows Samoan and Southern California tattoo artist Sulu'ape Si'i Liufa in his continuation of Polynesian style tattoos.
A collection documents how local magazines, ad inserts, zines, and trade brochures, all brightly colored and striking, advertised 1950s-'80s California.
The American Civil War inflamed passions in distant Southern California.
For 30 years, arrivals to this Pacific gateway to the American Dream were subject to invasive medical exams and intense interrogations.
Ancient oaks and sycamores marked the boundaries of many Mexican-era rancho land grants.
The Los Angeles region's gardens can be seen as both sites of privilege and migration projects.
Overseeing Sequoia, Yosemite and Kings Canyon National Park in the early 1900s, African American men in "Buffalo Soldier" regiments were some of the state’s first National Park Rangers.
Nowhere else in the country have imported flora so overpowered the native.