Los Angeles Gives and Taix | Los Angeles Review of Books On memory, erasure, and the loss of another L.A. icon.

"Los Angeles haunts itself. Impressions of the past press against the busy denizens of its streets and clogged freeways. Everywhere you turn, a 1960s structure—which replaced an 1890s Victorian home that had staked its claim on a coyote den..." #LARB: lareviewofbooks.org/article/taix...

Civil Rights Icon, Dolores Huerta, Concealed Two Children After Cesar Chavez Raped Her

Civil Rights icon, @doloreshuerta, made a brave move today, revealing a secret she had been holding for 60 years for the sake of the Farm Workers movement.

You can read her letter here: medium.com/@dolores_hue...

My 2011 photo of the participants in the Los Angeles Marathon running down Sunset Blvd in front of one of my favorite LA murals.

Ugh! I remember that rainy LA marathon in 2011! I was so soaked (and I was just cheering on the runners). #LAMarathon

An American Language by Rosina Lozano - Paper Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

A quick thread about the long use of the Spanish language in the politics of the U.S. Southwest, which includes some of the readily accessible documents I used to write my book. www.ucpress.edu/books/an-ame...
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"It really undermines the legacy of what these games are supposed to represent." LA City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez calling for Casey Wasserman to resign on Spectrum, referencing the USA gymnastic team members who were abused by team doctor Larry Nassar

Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

Thank you to everyone who is risking their safety and contributing their time and money to protect our neighbors. If you are so inclined, please check out Stand With Minnesota (standwithminnesota.com) to find a way to help.

And no one start any beefs with Will Stancil. (2/2)

Heated Rivalry matters in a sporting culture that still sidelines queer men Heated Rivalry is set within the popular but hyper-masculine space of a men’s professional sporting league.

"There is something incredibly important about a story so confident in its masculinity, so assured of its legitimacy as a sports romance story, taking off in the way that this adaptation has." @uk.theconversation.com: theconversation.com/heated-rival.... #HeatedRivalry #socialimaginaries

State control of historical memory is a classic hallmark of authoritarian regimes, just FYI.

“As I see glimpses of Low’s home before & after the fires, I again feel as if I’m standing in a liminal space, a remembrance but also a reminder.” www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st... #LAFires

Hard not to feel emotional after see'g this powerful #VRfilm last night @ the Music Center's Innovation Social.

Opinion | Which City Burns Next?

“The astonishing thing is not that Los Angeles burns but that so much of its development has enhanced rather than blunted the threat from fire,” Stephen Pyne.

@dwallacewells.bsky.social in the NYT -> www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/o... #LAFires #AmWest

“And yet the simultaneous disappearance of my written and familial archive has spurred me to make new marks, to trace the absence of an archive turned to ashes, to write the disaster in order to begin again,” Vanessa Holyoak. #LAFires

Pasadena's Colorado Street Bridge, Arroyo Seco Freeway & the City Hall fountain as depicted in AppleTV’s “Shrinking” Rose Parade float. #Floatfest #Pasadena

Soap actor Anthony Geary (RIP!) once sat next to me in a crowded waiting room at the Jiffy Lube in Silver Lake. #generalhospital #AnthonyGeary

I hate flying, but I love flying into Los Angeles. #aerialphoto

Saw this statue of F. Scott Fitzgerald as we walked through St. Paul's Rice Park yesterday, which happened to be the 85th anniversary of his death. The Great Gatsby author died in #WestHollywood on Dec 21, 1940 (www.westhollywoodhistory.org/playground-t...). #FScottFitzgerald #StPaulMN

Getting into the holiday spirit at the Creekside Supper Club in #Minneapolis. 🎅🏽🎄🧑🏽‍🎄

Interview With an Author: D.J. Waldie D.J. Waldie is a historian of Los Angeles, a memoirist, and a translator. He is the author of Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir (1995), Where Are We Now: Notes from Los Angeles (2005), Becoming Los Angeles...

“Living here has given me a 'long view' of my #suburban life. Other writers have chosen differently & made a rich literature out of American itchiness to move on to bigger/brighter places. I've contributed to a minor literature of hang'g around to see what happens next." www.lapl.org/collections-...

Public Domain Day 2026 Is Coming: Here's What to Know On January 1, 2026, works from 1930—including Nancy Drew, early Betty Boop, and The Maltese Falcon—hit the U.S. public domain. Here’s what it all means.

"Regular observers of copyright law’s favorite holiday know the drill: on Jan 1, 2026, a new crop of creative works from 1930 (along with sound recordings from 1925) will enter the #publicdomain in the United States—ready to be remixed, recycled, or repurposed..." copyrightlately.com/public-domai...

City of Industry Working Towards 10-mile Bike Path - Streetsblog Los Angeles The project will begin where it’s needed most – Valley Boulevard.

The City of Industry is finalizing arrangements to get started building the first phase of a planned 10-mile long bike path. Initial 1.5 mile phase will be along Valley Blvd. la.streetsblog.org/2025/12/11/c...

The literary Christmas tree in the @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social’s historic rotunda. #LosAngeles #LibrarySky

ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.

The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge

"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."

As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.

A bright yellow flyer for the War on Cars event presented by Streets for All with the multimodal icon logo up top: Book Event with hosts authors Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear. There are photos of Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear shown with the book Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile which shows a traffic signal with vines growing over it.

📣 TONIGHT! @thewaroncars.bsky.social is coming to LA! I'm joining them onstage for a live show with @streetsforall.org to promote their new book.

🌧️ WE MUST SHOW THESE NEW YORKERS THAT A LITTLE RAIN DOES NOT SCARE LA AWAY!

🎟️ Tickets are available here: www.dynastytypewriter.com/calendar-squ...

A clip from the lovely #SingingIntheRain number during the Lineage Performing Arts Center’s “Broadway Gamble Ramble” production at the historic Gamble House on Friday night. gamblehouse.org/mec-events/b... #HouseMuseums #MusicalTheatre #LAThtr #TheatreSky #Pasadena

Promotional poster titled 'From Landfill to Landmark' featuring aerial before and after images of Puente Hills Landfill transformed into a public park. Text invites suggestions for a new park name.

Help name the future Puente Hills Regional Park. Your idea could shape the identity of this new park!

ENGLISH: https://tinyurl.com/2eyh7ump
SPANISH: https://tinyurl.com/yx43kmsh

Talk about timing. Today is National Sandwich Day. #NationalSandwichDay

“The #HollywoodBlacklist was a literal death for some, like the Black actor Canada Lee who played the noble doomed ex-champ in ‘Body & Soul’ [1947]…By May 1952, #CanadaLee was alone & penniless. He died of a heart attack at age 45." From "Red Hollywood" -> @kanopy.com: www.kanopy.com/en/product/r...

A couple of pix from Saturday's opening reception for "Ofelia Esparza: A Retrospective," an exhibit at the Vincent Price Art Museum. #DíaDeLosMuertos #LosAngeles

I’m a fan of #Ciclavia all year long, but I especially appreciate it during the #spookyseason. 👻 #losangeles

Women's History Illuminated Women's History and the National Historic Landmarks Program

@skpawlicki.bsky.social was, until the Trump administration canceled the program, working as a Mellon fellow for the National Parks Service. She created the most incredible women's history programming, and now, she's recreated it entirely separately: storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/...