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How German Exiles Shaped Hollywood Cinema in the 1930s
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German exile directors introduced a distinct style of filmmaking, shaping early Hollywood.
A black and white photo of the Villa Aurora, a majestic Spanish Revival architecture home just off a cliffside covered in shrubbery and plants.
Driven from their home countries, many European émigrés found intellectual stimulation, camaraderie and solace within homes around Los Angeles.
A black and white photo taken from below of composer Arnold Schoenberg conducting. He's holding a baton and gestures one of his hands as he faces an orchestra, which is out of frame. Sylvain Noack, the concertmaster, can be seen to the left, playing a violin.
Talented composers fleeing Nazism made a new home for themselves in the United States and, in the process, helped create the vibrant sounds and the emotional pull of such Hollywood movies as "Casablanca," "Sabrina" and many more.
Santa Rosa Island: A Snapshot of Time
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Santa Rosa Island serves as a snapshot in time, thanks to its isolation from the mainland.
Microfossils excavated from the La Brea Tar Pits are examined under a small spotlight. A detail brush sifts through the pile of microfossils, which look like coarse pebbles.
At natural history museums, it's the big dinosaur bones or sabertoothed cats that get all the attention, but it's microfossils should have greater scrutiny. Here are ten tiny fossils that deserve a second look.
A detail photo of a lizard jaw placed against a white background. The fossil clearly shows the lizard's teeth, which look like tiny spokes along the jaw.
Despite the popularity of megafauna fossils, it is the tiniest of remains at the La Brea Tar Pits that hold the key to a clearer picture of our prehistoric past.
A lime green taco truck with bright pinks signs that read, "Vote" in Spanish, "Vota," in Arabic and in Chinese. In the foreground, someone holds up a styrofoam plate topped with two tacos.
Rida Hamida's #TacoTrucksInEveryMosque initiative has been a vessel for serving up delicious halal tacos all the while unifying and bridging the Latino and Muslim communities in Orange County.
When Olvera Street Was Wine Street
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Before freeways and Hollywood, Los Angeles was the original wine country.
Chinese workers at Vina Ranch. Photo from the 1800s
California's winemaking industry was built by the labor of its workers.
The Robert Renzoni estate tasting room in Temecula. The building is an old Spanish-revival architecture style. A cobble-stoned pathway leads up to the building and lush trees, bushes and flowers surround the area.
In the last 30 years, wine production has exploded throughout Southern California. Here are just a few of the best small producers to visit from the Mexican border to the Cuyama Valley.
Reyes Winery in Santa Clarita
Before Napa and Sonoma counties became synonymous with California wine, the epicenter of wine production in the state was Los Angeles, thanks to a diverse labor force.
Two cars beside a Pacific Electric Red Car.
We spent a year digging through various archives, looking for what killed Los Angeles' Pacific Electric Red Cars. These were some fascinating images we found.
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