History, Los Angeles County

June 29th--Wednesday--the LA Conservancy presents a showing of Harold Lloyd's classic silent: Safety Last . 8 pm att the Orpheum Theatr...

These top two mosaic pillars are together titled "Reverance for an Era #1." The artist is Kerry Zarders. Since 2005, they have sto...

In 1966, Peter Falk and Bob Newhart were on board the Progress Express, hitting the campaign trail for Governor Pat Brown. The caption says ...

This beautiful mosaic is on the second floor of the Long Beach Airport terminal. It's one of at least four mosaics at the airport, and i...

Ever wonder about those triangular bronze plaques embedded in the sidewalk along 6th Street in San Pedro, between Centre St and the harbor? ...

This beautiful picture is from the artist's website: Betty Rosen Ziff.com . If you go there, you can see pictures of soon-to-be mayor An...

One of the wonderful things about Venice is how much of it remains after 100 years. The canals, f'rinstance--at least the canals south o...

A couple of weeks ago I linked to a site describing meander patterns in mosaics. That site was the blog of Lillian Sizemore, a visiting arti...

Here are a few things that happened on this date in Los Angeles history: On June 1st, 1923, UCLA awarded its first sheepskins to 23 graduate...

Today's mosaic is actually background--but lovely background. It simulates the heavenly light from the crucifix at St. Margaret Mary Alo...