Sandi Hemmerlein
Sandi Hemmerlein is a writer and photographer. Based in L.A. but constantly on the prowl for new adventure, she spends most of her time nurturing her interest in birds, animals, neon, historic theaters, puppets, trains, folk art, and stained glass. In addition to her work for PBS SoCal, Sandi also documents everything on her own website Avoiding Regret.
If you know where to look, you can find a few shadows of L.A’.s insatiable need for speed.
Having survived drought, parasitic infections, infighting over water supply, invasive species and other seemingly insurmountable obstacles, here are the five best places to explore the history of hatching and catching fish over the last 100 years.
From hiking to turkey races, here are five Thanksgiving weekend adventures.
Think Catalina is SoCal’s only island? Think again.
A little taste of the Sahara right here in southern California.
Here are five places in Southern California to experience the ofrendas, pan de muerto, and cempasúchitl of this ancestral celebration.
You don't have to leave the state to find extraordinary examples of ancient geology. Have you seen them all?
There’s a lot more to do on Route 66 in southern California than you might expect.
Here are five of the best remaining “firelooks” in Southern California that you can visit, the last vestiges of a dying breed that are in various stages of restoration and disrepair. If nothing else, you’ll get a spectacular view from up there.
Here are the five best places to experience a stateside version of Deutschland right here in Southern California — beyond knocking back a few of the seasonal kölsch, hefeweizen and doppelbock beers you might more readily find this time of year.
The world’s largest flowering plant in Sierra Madre? The world's oldest trees in Inyo County? Here are some of the most fascinating examples of SoCal flora.
Arrowhead once touted the healing properties of its bottled spring water, sourced in the San Bernardino Mountains.