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color postcard image of Sarah Bernhardt in front of the Venice Canals
Nicholas Beyelia, March 28, 2025

We left Sarah Bernhardt accepting a very lucrative offer to perform in Southern California, and despite reports to the contrary, it was not the only prospect—but it was the only realistic prospect.


very crowded parking lot
Tina Lernø, March 24, 2025

Picture this: A Friday night in L.A. You got last-minute tickets to see a game at the Staples Center (oops), I mean Crypto.com Arena. The tickets are free...but you need to get there by 5:30 p.m. Should you:

A: Uber or Lyft (stuck on the way back mired in surge pricing)?


color postcard image of Sarah Bernhardt in front of the Venice Canals
Nicholas Beyelia, March 21, 2025

Just before 6 p.m. on the afternoon of May 18, 1906, twenty-year-old Highland Park resident Elizabeth Beatty stepped onto the boardwalk of the newest amusement pier in Los Angeles County.


Sarah Bernhardt larger than life merged with a phto of the hollywood sign
Nicholas Beyelia, October 28, 2024

On a pleasant summer evening in 1891, the Los Angeles Herald's theater critic attended a play that ran for exactly one night.


altered program from 1963 world series
Bob Timmermann, October 25, 2024

While we await the start of the 2024 World Series Friday between the Dodgers and the Yankees over at 1000 Vin Scully Avenue, we wanted to take a look back at the most frequent World Series matchup, albeit one that has not happened in 43 years.


Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles
Nicholas Clayton, August 19, 2024

Pershing Square has and continues to have an important role in the history of Los Angeles. In fact, what is today known as Pershing Square was, in fact, La Plaza Abaja, the 6th Street Park, and even known as Central Park. In 1918, the downtown park was renamed Pershing Square.


collage of lax photos
Nicholas Clayton, June 11, 2024

Introduction / Introducción

Los Angeles is a place where history is all around us, made by people from around the world. LAX is an integral part of the history of Los Angeles and the role that aviation has played in the world.


Collage of View Park history
Kelly Wallace, June 05, 2024

Ideally situated in the Baldwin Hills with panoramic views of downtown Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Mountains, View Park boasts a distinctive mix of Spanish, colonial, Tudor, and ranch-style homes on palm-lined streets with mild temperatures typically ten degrees cooler than those in the rest of the Los


A colorized 1930 pen & ink drawing of the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel by Harold E. Powe
Nicholas Beyelia, September 30, 2023

1923 proved to be a banner year for construction in Los Angeles.


Gloria Molina in her office
Nicholas Beyelia, May 22, 2023

The name Gloria Molina has been in my consciousness ever since I can remember. As a fourth-generation Mexican American growing up in Los Angeles, it was impossible not to know that name but rather than being a distant figure as so many L.A.


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