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D.J. Waldie

D. J. Waldie (2017)

D. J. Waldie is the author of "Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir" and "Where We Are Now: Notes from Los Angeles," among other books about the social history of Southern California. He is a contributing editor for the Los Angeles Times.

D. J. Waldie (2017)
Villaraigosa's Legacy: A Dubious Meshing of City Departments
According to Rick Cole, "Simply speeding up the dysfunctional (development approval) process is clearly not the solution."
Pieces of a Tree
Of Trees and Time and Disappearance
My neighbor's Chinese elm endured multiple assaults, ever returning to droop over the sidewalk as shade, annoyance, and a reminder of durability ... until it was gone.
Enough?
CEQA and Parking: 'Power to the People' or New Reason for Reform?
CEQA empowers neighborhood residents to question development plans.
Water Pollution: FBI Looks for Corruption in the Central Basin
Murkier and murkier grow the politics of the Central Basin Municipal Water District.
Fractured
A Father and Son Search for a 'Sense of Place' in Fractured L.A.
Father and son look for connections -- familial and civic -- in Los Angeles. They depend on a shared "moral imagination" that helps them fill the gaps.
The Button: What does it do?
What You Need to Know About Pushing the 'Walk' Button
The crosswalk button is a placebo, a signal to higher (computer) powers, and possibly a device with magical properties. It all depends on whether you push or not and where and when.
On CEQA, Gov. Brown's Lessons from the Gold Rush Are All Wrong
1849 taught California a harsh lesson about the permanent costs of a boom-and-bust culture. Governor Brown seems to have forgotten what the Gold Rush gave us.
The Bridges of Terminal Island
Getting to Terminal Island and the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach once has more than a little terror, weirdness, and even tragedy.
Long Beach Looks to Make a Better Blue Line Train
Metro's Blue Line is the oldest in the system. It's showing its age and its limitations. Long Beach city officials hope for some improvement.
Lost and Found in a Sheriff's Station Parking Lot
I was going to take the rosary away when, thinking better of it, I walked back.
Come Fly With Me: The Reinvention of Waiting at Long Beach Airport
Studio One Eleven - the people behind the 'parklets' idea - have re-imagined waiting for a plane. Think of it as your holiday on a modernist main street. You may want to rebook to a later flight.
Density: Census Numbers Betray an L.A. Cliché
That the Los Angeles region is pretty dense already is the counter-intuitive finding of a new Census Bureau report.
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