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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)
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How We Knew Huell, and How Huell Knew Us
Huell's only was to send viewers into their own neighborhoods fired with the belief that something equally remarkable resided there.
A House of Cards for Affordable Housing
Cities are supposed to carry out the state's affordable housing mandates. Except the state has clawed back the money that's supposed to build the homes that working-class Californians need.
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The Big Game: Los Angeles Heads Toward 'NFL Cliff'
No NFL team has expressed "serious interest" in moving to Los Angeles, and the game clock runs out in six weeks.
Happy New Year! How the Holiday Took Aim at Easterners
Southern California has its own way of celebrating the New Year, by taking aim at easterners who might yearn to live -- warm and snowless -- in our presumed paradise.
To Walk and Die in L.A.
Social and political forces are shaping neighborhoods to become more dependent on walking and cycling. Greater risk is an unintended consequence.
Christmas, 1955
I'm the boy in front. My brother, two years older, is behind.
What Do We See When We Look At L.A. Again?
The stories we have our pictures tell seem to say more about us than anything about the past.
Photo: Zach Behrens/KCET
The Sounds of December Silence
Sunday morning, a little before dawn, down some ordinary suburban streets, and through their aural landscape.
Threat or Threatened?
Outlawed Opossums Lack Legal Protection
Opossums wander our backyards by night and occasionally startle a homeowner, who imagines that nothing so wild could be part of everyday life.
Crunching the Crime Numbers: Too Many Cops or Not Enough?
Does your city have too many police officers or not enough? A new study suggests there is an answer, but it's not likely to be one that your city council will care to hear.
Illuminating
Up at the Old Museum: New Ways to Tell the Stories of L.A.
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is getting a new permanent exhibition ready. It will help us understand how we became Los Angeles.
A Letter from Mount Wilson, June 1942
A letter found at the swap meet gives a young visitor's vivid account of Mount Wilson's observatories during the first months of World War II.
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