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.
"Monorails are for high, free, open-air spirits, for our always-fair weather." - Ray Bradbury
Is the guessing over? Eli Broad looks to make another bold statement, this time on Grand Avenue.
Of arms and the man (with rather bad eyesight) . . . and why I wasn't a mountain man.
Our idea of Los Angeles is haunted by places "out there" - outside the margins of the familiar.
What services -- besides regular trash pick-up and routine road maintenance -- should the city perform for its citizenry? If we aren't careful, the answer could soon be none at all.
The shrinking of California's moral imagination has left us with a failed state.
Every extinction - be it an animal species or an everyday thing like a few hours at the library - is a loss that cannot be fully recovered.
For many women, buses themselves are fine; it's traveling to and waiting at the stop that's the real problem. Is it possible to make it a safer endeavor?