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Exploring The More Than 400 Years Of Filipino History In Southern California
Filipino sailors in photo dated 1923(Courtesy Filipino American National Heritage Society )Filipino communities have a deep and rich history in Southern California — dating back centuries. To learn...
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My Spooky LA Story: A Stay At The Biltmore Hotel Made Me Believe In Ghosts
Hadley Meares in the Biltmore hotel in LA(Cat Vasco)It was a dark and stormy night in downtown Los Angeles. Remember those rains which came down for months earlier this year, turning L.A. from the...
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Proposed LGBTQIA+ Cultural District In Long Beach Will Recognize City’s...
A crosswalk painted in rainbow colors at the intersection of Broadway and Junipero Avenue in Long Beach (Lita Martinez)Long Beach is on its way to designate the Broadway Corridor as a LGBTQIA+ cultural...
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SoCal History: The Significance Of The Tustin Airfield Hangars
A historic view of the hangar in the former Tustin base. (City of Tustin)Last week, a relic of military history in Orange County and an iconic structure to many local residents went up in flames. "All...
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The Fascinating, Controversial History Of Quentin Tarantino’s Revamped Vista...
The Vista theater on Sunset Boulevard(Steve Peters)A lucky few got a glimpse of the interior of the revamped Vista Theater on Sunset Boulevard last week, one of the last remaining single-screen movie...
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The True Story Of How LA Got To Be So Big
A view of the downtown L.A. skyline through a Lincoln Heights window. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)(Chava Sanchez)Topline:Los Angeles has 88 cities and more than 100 unincorporated areas and communities. The...
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The Ace Hotel Is Leaving A Storied Downtown Spot. Here’s Its Colorful History
A view of the marquee outisde the theater during 2017 Sundance NEXT FEST at The Theater at The Ace Hotel on August 11, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.(Emma McIntyre)The Ace Hotel in downtown Los...
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The Queen Mary Turns A Profit After Years of Debt And Disrepair
The tram could connect tourist hotspots like the Queen Mary to the Long Beach waterfront. (Emily Elena Dugdale/LAist)The Queen Mary was deteriorating and at risk of capsizing when the city of Long...
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Marilyn Monroe's Former Home Is One Step Closer To Getting Preserved
Marilyn Monroe's Brentwood bungalow home. She lived here until her death in 1962. She is seen here in her last public appearance June 2, 1962.(Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library and the Los Angeles...
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A Brief History Of How Los Angeles Became A Land Of Billboard Lawyers
Lawyer Anh Phoong is the latest entrant into the crowded field of personal injury lawyers that advertise on billboards in L.A.(Fiona Ng)Welcome to Los Angeles — the land of palm trees, transplants and...
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Fact Or Fiction? Hollywood’s Madams In The Golden Age
Ann Forst, right, was a famed Hollywood madam known as the "Black Widow." Here she is in court with her lawyer.One drunken night in the late 1930s, Garson Kanin, who wrote or directed romantic...
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The Tangled History Of Residential Hotels In DTLA
The U.S. Hotel offered beds for 20 cents each for 450 men and had individual lockers.In recent months there’s been a lot of focus on hotels for downtown L.A.’s most vulnerable residents. Through the...
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What Makes Pasadena’s ‘Bungalow Courts’ So Special? A Fan Of Historic Places...
Gartz Court, a bungalow court in Pasadena, is on the National Register of Historic Places.(Aaricka Washington)The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of what the federal...
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Nancy Valverde, LA’s Butch Lesbian Trailblazer, Has Died At 92
Nancy TK(Courtesy L.A. LGBT Center)Nancy Valverde, a daring Chicana lesbian and gender-nonconformist, died at her Los Angeles home on Monday. She was 92.Valverde was our local groundbreaker for LGBTQ+...
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How LA's Streetlights Serve As Beacons To The City's Past
Several people are gathered around or in the circular water fountain in South Park circa 1962. Beyond it lies a road lined with high palm trees and an equally lone line of street lamps.(From the...
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Former Brooklyn And Los Angeles Dodgers Pitcher And Special Olympics Advocate...
Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine photographed at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, NY in 1956.(Getty Images)Topline:Former Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine has died. He was the last surviving member...
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From Fear Of Pirates To Dreams Of Leisure — How LA's Beaches Evolved
Beachgoers on an unnamed Southern California shore to publicized the charms of the beach and attract tourists, circa 1936.(Security Pacific National Bank Collection/Los Angeles Public Library)Southern...
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Olvera Street’s Beloved Stuffed Donkey Is Facing Eviction. Now The LA City...
La Carreta at Olvera Street.(Caitlin Hernández)Walk around Olvera Street and you’ll notice it: A large stuffed donkey with a cart, draped in traditional colorful serapes, greeting you as you walk into...
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Storms, Politics, And Activism: The History Of The Santa Monica Pier
You can find the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium on the lower level of the popular tourist destination(Cavan Images/Getty Images)For more than a century, the Santa Monica Pier has weathered through storms,...
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From Hotel Rooms To Art Deco Icon: How City Hall Evolved Into That Big...
Postcard depicting the State Building, Hall of Records, Hall of Justice, and City Hall in the Civic Center.(Security Pacific National Bank Collection/Los Angeles Public Library)Los Angeles City Hall is...
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