Nathan Masters
Nathan Masters is host and executive producer of Lost L.A., an Emmy Award-winning public television series from KCET and the USC Libraries. The show explores how rare artifacts from Southern California's archives can unlock hidden and often-surprising stories from the region's past. Nathan’s writing has appeared in many publications, including Los Angeles Magazine and the Los Angeles Times. He also helps manage public programs and media initiatives at the USC Libraries, home to the L.A. as Subjectresearch consortium.
It's the missing link of L.A.'s freeway network – a direct connection between the Westside's 405 and Hollywood's 101.
Q&A with collector David Boulé , author of "The Orange and the Dream of California."
Home to as many as 11 graves, Dead Man's Island near San Pedro met its own demise in 1928, slowly dismantled by dredgers and dynamite.
In 1966, the California Angels landed in Anaheim's futuristic new stadium, built on a former cornfield.
Long before The Grove, Third Street, or even Universal CityWalk, Angelenos flocked to another open-air shopping promenade: Mercantile Place
Why are there two San Vicentes? Look to the boulevards' origins as electric railway lines.
In a Cheviot Hills subdivision named for its views, the sudden appearance of a steel oil derrick meant trouble.
Images from the Orange County Archives reveal the rural landscape that came before tract houses, superhighways, and Disneyland.
The triangle-shaped intersection no longer exists, but for decades the junction of Main, Spring, and Temple streets was the commercial center of Los Angeles.
Q&A with historian Jared Farmer, author of "Trees in Paradise: A California History."
Historical photos reveal a region literally being torn apart by the great forces of plate tectonics.
Broadway may be one of L.A.'s oldest streets – laid out by a surveyor in 1849 – but until 1890, Angelenos knew it only as Fort Street.