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Cecil B. DeMille had already pioneered one Los Angeles industry, and in 1920 he was on the cusp of launching another.
Why would L.A. conceal its gleaming concrete dam in the Hollywood Hills beneath dirt and vegetation?
The phenomenon of the megachurch began in no less coastal and cosmopolitan a city than Los Angeles.
Its May 30, 1897 test drive marked the dawn of the automobile age in Los Angeles.
Until quite recently, the Valley was a sparsely populated agricultural hinterland, just over the hill from Los Angeles.
Call it 19th-century L.A.’s idea of a thrill ride.
At a time when many cities were tearing out their historic downtowns, Disneyland reacquainted Americans with pedestrian-oriented cityscapes.
As part of the "Incendiary Traces" project, Hillary Mushkin took artists to Pt. Mugu to do some surveiling and drawing of their own.
The Arrowhead Springs Hotel is best known for being a celebrity getaway in the Hollywood glamour era, but its history dates back to the centuries-long presence of Serrano Indians. The clan has once again gained ownership of the land.
The resistance has a long history at L.A.'s MacArthur Park.
During the First World War, L.A. women laid the foundation for the Rosie the Riveter feminism that followed decades later.
Private groups are seeking World Heritage designation for California's "Royal Road." But did that highway ever actually exist?