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The Turducken Event: easily the most important point in human evolution
The Raymond Hotel dominates the South Pasadena landscape in this circa 1894 photo by Truman D. Keith. Courtesy of the South Pasadena Local History Images Collection, South Pasadena Public Library.
Each winter, the Raymond Hotel in South Pasadena invited well-heeled tourists to escape the frosty East Coast for the sunny skies of Southern California.
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Meatless Mondays and Wheatless Wednesdays are two movements dating back to WWI.
Drawing of the Bella Union, L.A.'s first hotel, as it appeared in 1858. Courtesy of the Photo Collection, Los Angeles Public Library.
For decades after the Bella Union opened as Los Angeles' first hotel in 1849, it was the heart of civic life in the rough-edged, newly American city.
1920 view of the Ridge Route ascending Grapevine Canyon. Courtesy of the Metro Transportation Library and Archive. Used under a Creative Commons license.
A vital link between Los Angeles and points north, the winding Ridge Route traced historical routes through the mountains.
Images courtesy the Los Angeles Public Library
The glitz of Las Vegas was all inspired by one Los Angeles supper club.
A car wrecked by a 75-foot cypress tree, felled by strong winds in Palms in 1955. Courtesy of the Herald-Examiner Collection, Los Angeles Public Library.
Santa Ana winds have long been a fact of life in Southern California – the unadvertised price residents pay for the region's otherwise idyllic weather.
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"He's the one world-class poet who emerged from Los Angeles."
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In a decade, the Los Angeles River has become a rallying ground for Angelenos looking to reclaim a part of their history and revitalize their ecosystem.
As this ca. 1920s postcard shows, oil derricks and houses co-existed in Torrance. Courtesy of the South Bay History Collection, Cal State Dominguez Hills Archives.
In an era when labor tensions gripped Los Angeles, Pasadena businessman J. Sidney Torrance envisioned his new settlement as a model industrial town.
Courtesy of the Ayn Rand Archives.
What could Jedi knight Luke Skywalker, novelist Ayn Rand, and Malibu rancher May Rindge possibly have in common?
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The Riverside Art Museum and the Life Arts Center have transformed over time from YMCAs to temples of physical art.
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