While undoubtedly influential and important, Northern California's Silicon Valley's rise rests heavily on its Southern California predecessor -- Caltech. Even today, this history remains obscured.
This week L.A. Letters explicates two remarkable releases that are making major waves nationally: a book by award-winning poet Douglas Kearney, and an album by the singer-songwriter, emcee, and multi-instrumentalist Aloe Blacc.
At the intersection of Washington and Culver Boulevards rises a brick triangle that looks like a wedge of tawny brown bread, which movie stars, bookies, and bums once called this building a temporary home.
Shelter Partnership and Salvation Army's Bell Shelter, located right along the path of the projected 710 freeway expansion, currently serve as important resources for the homeless communities of Los Angeles.
Wilderness protection advocate Ann Olander reflects on the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act of 1964 and its impact on the wilderness of the San Gabriels.
The tour allowed participants to engage in the more everyday L.A. residential streets, compared to the celebrity home tours in L.A. made famous by the infamous "star maps."