LAPD helicopter unit audit
On Monday the Los Angeles City Controller’s Office released their highly anticipated LAPD helicopter unit audit. Here are three takeaways from the report.
Unclaimed Dead in LA County
On Thursday, L.A. County held its yearly burial of the unclaimed dead, honoring 1937 people who passed away in 2020. Their remains went unclaimed for numerous reasons: they had no…
LA family turns unused garage into small home Oasis (before/after)
They were running out of space in their two-bedroom bungalow for a family of four, a home office, and frequent family visitors, so Gennifer Leong-Alvarado and Pastor Alvarado decided to…
Meet Daniel Sofer
You won’t find him on wikipedia, but his work is woven into the music of Madonna, New Order, The Police and countless others. @beachboyz2men shares more about how Dan got…
Historic Westwood water tower sold to new owner for $15K
The water tower serviced the Western Hills area from 1912 to 1976, Kevin Osborne, who handles public engagement and government relations for Greater Cincinnati Water Works, previously told The Enquirer.…
Why Downtown Los Angeles’s Architecture Is So Diverse | Walking Tour | Architectural Digest
Today AD welcomes back architect Valery Augustin for a walking tour of Downtown Los Angeles, exploring its diverse architectural design. From Spanish Colonial and 1930s art deco to postmodern deconstructivism,…
Cougar Town – 99% Invisible
Mountain lions are classified as a “specially protected species”—not quite endangered, but close. There are somewhere between 2,000 and 6,000 of them spread across the foothills and mountains of California.…
The Pedestrian
Back in 1952, the great American science fiction writer Ray Bradbury published a short story called “The Pedestrian” in a small antifascist publication. The story, which was based on Bradbury’s…
The Pedestrian
Back in 1952, the great American science fiction writer Ray Bradbury published a short story called “The Pedestrian” in a small antifascist publication. The story, which was based on Bradbury’s…
Netflix’s City of Ghosts Maps a Better Way to See LA—and Everywhere Else
Ito’s delivery mechanism for all that is a hybrid. The show’s characters are finely designed 3D ’toons, but the backdrops and settings aren’t. They’re photographs by the LA photographer Kwasi…