History, Los Angeles County

" . . . the lights of Los Angeles jumped up, running from north to south as far as I could see, and hanging around on the hills and m...

Today's mosaic is from a Facebook post by Charles Phoenix: He bought this in the early 80s for $60 in Ontario, CA--close enough to L...

Curbed LA link  has already announced this, but I'll jump on the bandwagon too. After all, I blogged Monday about new housing on Gower...

Today's mosaics were built by Piece-by-Piece , an organization founded to give the homeless and inner-city poor some supplemental inco...

Here are a few things worth noting: First, one of the books featured here has just won another award--actually, two awards.  Quest for F...

The Summer Studios Art Academy in Lomita has a new mosaic. Two new mosaics, actually. This photo, taken at an angle,highlights the texture...

There are three versions of how White Point got its name: First, a sailor named White jumped ship and swam to shore here. Second, the c...

Leimert Park has been in the news this week. Well, to be accurate, it's been in the Los Angeles Times this week. The discussion is wh...

All in favor of not wasting money on a seal that nobody pays attention to, raise your hands. Yes, I'm on a bit of a soapbox. But it i...

Today's mosaics are from a church. It's been a while. The church is Episcopalian:  St. John's Pro Cathedral at 514 W. Adams B...