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Capturing the attention of the public and the news media, the Occupy L.A. protesters have joined a long, yet sometimes seemingly hidden, tradition of activists who have advocated publicly in Los Angeles for their vision of social justice.
We asked L.A. as Subject members to search through their collections for notable realia that inform our understanding of Southern California history.
Entire hills have vanished from L.A.'s urban core.
As the country's only metropolitan area to host two presidential libraries, Southern California boasts a wealth of presidential history.
Fifty-eight years ago today, the Four Level interchange first opened to traffic. This iconic concrete ribbon that binds the 101 and 110 freeways is an almost inescapable feature of many Southern Californians' commute.
In the 1930s and 1940s, as the horrors of Nazi Germany engulfed the European continent, Los Angeles became a sanctuary for some of Europe's most celebrated artists and intellectuals.
A few months ago, the future of Olvera Street -- the so-called site of L.A.'s birthplace --Â hung in the balance.
Technicolor's Tom Burton describes the dazzling restoration of a celebrated 1902 silent film, "A Trip to the Moon," slated to screen Tuesday, September 6.
We celebrate September 4 as Los Angeles' birthday. But that date – and much of the traditional story of the pueblo's birth – enjoys only a tenuous connection to historical fact.
Silver Lake's Sunset Junction is steeped in local transportation and social history that continues to survive in Southern California's archives.
Long before a helium-filled balloon from Japan touched down in California, balloons, dirigibles, and their many variations took to the skies in service of sport, the military, advertising, and of course show business throughout Southern California.