History, Los Angeles County

There were terrible floods in 1861 and 1862 in Los Angeles. Dr. Lucy Jones is quoted in the Los Angeles Times : "Just trying to descri...

This is not a Los Angeles-centric post. Several artists, like Mads Madsen of Denmark , spend hours, days, and weeks colorizing historical...

If you ever followed this blog, you must know about Millard Sheets and Home Savings and Loan.  Sheets was the artist behind the beautiful...

I just learned that the town hit by a tornado in the 5th season of The West Wing (episode "Disaster Relief") was actually represe...

I've written about the mosaic walls at LAX before, but tonight I'll point you to an article in DesignObserver about Janet Bennett,...

Two wonderful essays about Los Angeles that must be shared: The first appeared in the March 3 Los Angeles Times . Under the guise of talk...

I should have known: good articles always show up in threes or more. Should have held off on yesterday's post a day, because now I have ...

First, here are 25 Los Angeles area restaurants that happen to be over fifty years old. Some old favorites, of course, but also a few--lik...

This is for the dazzled kid in us. Los Angeles Magazine has put up a Google Map graphic of the Southland -- and yes, you can move around an...

A selection of great articles on LA history came up. And while this blog is largely inactive, why not share? The first four cemeteries i...