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These snapshots of grocery stores in the last century are a great look into Southern California history.
Before pobladores, ranch owners, and missionaries, there were steelhead trout, a cousin of salmon that have been part of the region's history as far back as 15,000 years ago.
Its three-letter name is almost as tiny as 0.38-acre park itself, but "Ela" -- as in Ela Park of Lincoln Heights -- is actually an acronym with big historical meaning.
L.A.'s always boasted a unique dining scene, but novelty restaurants were once a particular specialty of our fair city.
You shouldn't sip from it today, but in 1870 the recently completed Echo Park Lake was the centerpiece of a promising new drinking water system.
These photos from L.A. over the years show restaurant workers sporting some serious finery -- the headgear tends to be particularly amazing.
It's one of the city's oldest parks, and you've probably never heard of it.
Food trends come and go more quickly than you might think. These old-school menus from fancy L.A. dining institutions show that much more has changed in the restaurant world over the years than the prices.
Established in 1899, this 19-acre park in South Los Angeles was once touted as an example of Southern California's "semitropical abundance."
Should this section of the historic water system placed in the National Register of Historic Places?
A circular park has been the physical heart of the City of Orange since its 1871 founding as the town of Richland.