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The book looks beyond popular conceptions of the county, now home to more than 3 million people.
"The Master of Suspense" called L.A. home for 41 years. Why did his films never reveal his adopted city?
In 1894, an artificial sun dawned over the San Gabriel Mountains.
For 25-cents, one could see the reptiles up close and personal, even take a ride.
It's one of the few survivors of California's days as the terminal part of the Old West.
The bullet fired by Sirhan Sirhan in 1968 ultimately killed not just Robert F. Kennedy but also L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel itself.
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Historical footage of the aftermath of California's deadliest quake.
These 3-D images were the closest many viewers would ever come to glimpsing Los Angeles with their own two eyes.
1933 Long Beach quake is still the deadliest in California history
It was the flood that convinced Southern California to dam and channelize its untrustworthy rivers.
Park visitors once crowded Yosemite Valley meadows every night to see the stream of red-hot embers fall from Glacier Point.
Plummer Park reveals essential layers in West Hollywood’s history.