Telling L.A.'s Story

THE woman in the picture is the artist in residence in the house across from the Watts Towers. Her name is Dominique Moody and she has been...

I was really excited when I saw this while walking in Hollywood. Just the night before I had seen it for the first time in class among Kevin...

In A Bronx Tale the young protagonist Cologono, or 'C' as the Mafia kingpin Sunny dubs him, says he reaps the benefit of getting tw...

I have been observing elementary school teachers for the past few weeks, a part of the curriculum for my Education 401 class - Elementary/Ad...

I OFTEN SHRUG out of being pinned-down on what L.A. books are my favorite. So this list merely represnts books that, to me, nail some aspect...

A COUPLE of weeks ago, Professor Ruben Martinez , who is the Fletcher Jones Chair in Literature and Writing here at Loyola Marymount Univers...

THIS WEEKEND marks the Los Angeles Times' Book Festival's debut on the campus of the University of Southern California. Already this...

WHILE working on my final blog project for class, I took a trip down to the old Jewish district of L.A., a place where I visited a lot durin...

I F you have ever lost a friend to the Los Angeles Westside, you know somebody who has "gone a.w.o.l.” Characterized by phrases such as...

MANCHESTER BOULEVARD is an exit sign I will never forget. Every time my dad dragged me to LMU reunions for the Student Workers or Tennis tea...

BEAUTIFUL Saturdays in Venice Beach happen regularly. Painters, skaters, street vendors, mounted patrol and more all converging into one ma...

JUST A quick post to turn your attention to the Vintage L.A. Facebook page. It's a treasure trove of long-looks backward at L.A. -- not...

IT'S been said that the earliest bird gets the worm, and in the mean time, their chirping acts as an alarm clock for their human neighb...

ALTHOUGH I may hate to admit it, I am a stereotypical girl when it comes to shopping. So when my parents were coming to visit and they tol...