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They had little practical knowledge of farming, but that didn't stop these idealistic colonists from trying to live off the land.
Just For Fun: A Look at Delegates in Silly Headgear
A "mysterious upswelling" in 1946 startled residents of Wilmington, California.
Why was the city of Los Angeles so scared of modern art in the mid-20th century?
Built between 1929 and 1956, the Angeles Crest Highway forever changed the once-remote mountain backcountry it traverses.
L.A. City Councilmember Estelle Lawton Lindsey made history in 1915 when she served as acting mayor for 36 hours.
Eighty years after Dorothea Lange snapped her "Migrant Mother" photo, a Central Coast community seeks to celebrate its connection to the legendary image.
Angelenos use Santa Catalina Island as a smog barometer, but few know how its pristine natural beauty abided against all odds.
Los Angeles was a town under military rule when gunfire greeted the rising sun on the Fourth of July, 1847.
A 9-year-old's visit to her school library sparked a lifelong quest to collect the history and cultural works of African-Americans.
In 1851, California’s first Anglo-American governor stood before the state legislature and declared the genocide of Native Californians a sad inevitability.
Radio vastly expanded the reach of Los Angeles personalities like "Sister Aimee" Semple McPherson and "Fighting Bob" Shuler. Their radio ministries were controversial, however.