Pack rat or archivist? Or a bit of both? Watch and learn about the John Feathers Map Collection at the Los Angeles Public Library: It’s beautiful to feel such a connection to tangible information. In this age of Google Maps,…
Answer: $33/hour, at least And a home? According to a new report from KPCC: The median home price in Los Angeles is $570,500, according to the real estate website, Trulia.com. But consider that the median income in Los Angeles is about…
Space Shuttle Endeavour passes through Los Angeles in time-lapse. >> Mission 26 The Big Endeavour from Givot on Vimeo.
Got this flyer in the mail yesterday. Maybe the Dodgers should try opening their own checking account? Sure seems they could use the money.
This is like urban design porn. If only LA were like this…(sigh)… >> LA TACO » Transport Fantasy Map ~ Los Angeles
Los Angeles public TV station KCET presents A Brief History of Bicycles in the Los Angeles Area on their blog. For everyone interested in bicycles or LA history–or both!–the article includes some wonderful photos of a bike-friendly LA from a century…
This story about a goose in Los Angeles’s Echo Park is very cute. Feathers Fly in L.A. as Maria the Goose Faces Eviction – WSJ.com
According to the NPR blog: a report released by the FAA says that there were 2,836 reported cases in 2010, almost double the 2009 number and the most since the report was first published in 2005. And the airport with…
Remember the disgraced city manager of Bell, CA? The guy who was accused of bilking the city out of hundreds of thousands of dollars that went into his own inflated salary? Seems he found a new day job. And as…
I grew up with heat and humidity in Houston, so most days I don’t complain. But today’s heat across Los Angeles and southern California is extreme. It’s 115 degrees Fahrenheit in downtown LA! Check out this map for more: Check…