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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)
Legislature to Jurupa Valley: 'Drop Dead'
California's fiscal house of cards falls on four Riverside County cities. One of them expects to disincorporate next year, killed by the Legislature's indifference.
Roots
Suburban Twang: When L.A. Was Country
From the late 1930s through the 1990s, country western music and the hybrid culture from which it came defined much of white working class Los Angeles.
Bad Day at City Halls: Scandals, Bankruptcies, and Crimes
In Cudahy, Compton, San Fernando, Santa Ana, Santa Fe Springs, Stanton, Vernon, and Westminster, city officials are giving local government a bad name.
The Sounds of Summer: Crickets and Cowboys
Saturday night with Randolph Scott, a lone cricket, and some thoughts on the sounds of summer.
Walkers, Riders, and Drivers Sharing 'Transportation Space'
Does urbanizing L.A. face the "Tragedy of the Commons" when users share a limited transportation resource?
What Is the Point of Vernon?
The "exclusively industrial" enclave is a zombie city: leaderless, stumbling, hungry, and apparently uncontrollable.
Where I Am Reading: Union Station
There is no better place to read than in one of the wide, deep, comforting chairs in the waiting room of Union Station.
When No One Was Looking: Cudahy, Vernon, Santa Fe Springs, Bell*
The waning of voter participation and media oversight made L.A. County corruption inevitable.
No Trains for You: Gold Line Stops at Azusa
In the competition for transit funding, inequalities, windfalls, and politics.
Looking for Work
Recession's Numbers Show Many Losses, Few Wins
A Census tally of Los Angeles County businesses and employment shows what happened between 2006 and 2010.
Green
Where I'm Reading: Beneath the Sycamores
By the highway, next to the artificial stream, it's not so far from Walden Pond.
Brewing Up Ironies for the 'Creative Class'
Los Angeles can be a tough place to make a buck making beer.
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