Los Angeles
Who Are We?
The people of Los Angeles have had many names since 1850, complicating their sense of place. But each is a part of who they are.
Looking for Sepulveda
Driving the length of Sepulveda Blvd., a major city arteries, is a sojourn along a border between L.A.’s past and present, and its living and its dead.
Calling All Angels
Whether the Catholic Church will shape the Los Angeles of the future may depend on its ability to call forth our better angels.
Homeless Country
Homelessness may be more like a territory, not a state of life, where we may live, visit, pass through or work.
A Conversation With Mayor Eric Garcetti
Mayor Eric Garcetti says that for Los Angeles homelessness is the “the moral and humanitarian crisis of our time.”
Saving the Blue Butterfly
In 1976, prospects for the El Segundo blue butterfly were so dire that the insect was placed on the endangered species list. Since then, community organizations and individuals have worked on restoring the butterfly’s habitat in coastal dunes. But although preservation efforts have produced results, the blue butterfly’s survival remains a concern.
L.A.’s Unclaimed Dead
Each year, Los Angeles County sponsors a burial service for those who have died within the county borders but whose bodies have gone unclaimed.
Top L.A. Hiking Trails
When the summer months finally arrive, some of us head toward beach and ocean. But others dream of hills and hikes. The Los Angeles area is riddled with pathways through the woods and along the peaks.
El Dorado and L.A. Busts
The modern mythology of Los Angeles is a story of both selling imagination and rewarding creativity. Lynell George ’84 talks with writer Gary Krist about the city he calls the “mirage factory.”
Sweet Hope
Lynell George finds hope amid strife when she looks back to the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the journey her family made years before from New Orleans for a new life in Los Angeles.