History, Los Angeles County

If mosaic is defined as pictures or designs made by setting small colored pieces of stone, glass, or tile onto a surface, then these pillars...

I learned a bit about early Angelenos this past Thursday...maybe I should call them Yaangalenos. Go ahead, groan. I did know that native Ame...

Culver City is full of public art! This particular mosaic sculpture adorns the entrance to a dental office at 12202 W. Washington Blvd. Righ...

What was going on exactly sixty years ago? According to the Los Angeles Times , Judy Garland slashed her own throat with a broken glass on J...

This week, I took pictures of mosaics in Nativity Catholic Church in Torrance. Why? It's a smallish, old-fashioned looking church, not...

Gee, no dishes, no childcare...what a treat! On June 13, 1940, the third annual Woman's Play Day was held. Women put on shorts (rather c...

Mosaics like this ornament a modest strip mall along Western Avenue in San Pedro (well, technically, Rancho Palos Verdes), just south of Cap...

Just this once? After all, these are Millard Sheets Murals. Don't have a picture, because there's nothing to photograph--yet. But as...

An aesthetic dilemma: When discussing works of art, should "biggest ever" enter the conversation? You decide. This mosaic, "T...

The biggest thrill of a visit to the Hollywood Bowl Museum is the fact that you can go into the Hollywood Bowl parking lot and park where, ...