D.J. Waldie
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.
The stories we tell ourselves about Los Angeles - gaudy, embittered, besotted, or despairing - need new interpreters in every generation.
A man crossed Crenshaw Boulevard a little south of the 105 Freeway. He was hit by a white or gray minivan. It didn't stop.
Travel + Leisure magazine asked a critical world to rate US cities. Los Angeles didn't do so well.
The past is under our feet in Los Angeles, although we prefer it to be safely interred. But its claims do not lie easy.
Governor Brown's draft 2011-2012 budget proposes to realign California's stew of governments . . . but only a little.
Two words have been used to name those who live in Los Angeles: Angelino and Angeleno. There's another word, original and more correct.
Taking a good look around is essential for reframing our relationship with Los Angeles.
DYI scholarship . . . but beware of the limitations.
We tend not to think of it too much, of how much the West cost. We never think of the moral price.
History is an assembly of stories. And it is wise of writers of history to know that stories are never as simple as the teller might prefer.