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In this file photo from 2012, librarian Glen Creason sits with a 1935 volume 10 Sanborn map at the Los Angeles Public Library. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times) By James Bartlett ...
A wildfire in a wilderness area on the Central California coast grew to more than 70,800 acres Friday as the fire-prone state enters the hot and dry months of summer. The Madre Fire, burning in warm ...
The city of Los Angeles, bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west, is made up of more than 100 neighborhoods. Citizens from about 140 different countries – who speak more than 224 different ...
As this map shows, the architecture can be found from Hollywood to San Pedro. Read More. ... Los Angeles Central Public Library. 630 W 5th St, Los Angeles, CA 90071.
The Angels Walk Los Angeles tour has been in the works over a decade. The 1.6 mile stretch of Central Avenue is filled with 15 different historical sites, created to tell stories of those who ...
The Los Angeles City Council took the first step Tuesday toward reworking a controversial map of the city’s political boundaries, with council members drawing up 38 proposals for reworking the ...
In the compact recorded history of Los Angeles, a surprising number of neighborhoods, developments, and village names have come and gone. Glen Creason, historian, author, and map librarian at the ...
Map: ‘Exceptional Drought' Expands in Part of California A portion of California's crop-producing Central Valley north of Los Angeles is now in the most severe category of the weekly U.S ...
Los Angeles saw an 11% increase in its overall crime rate in 2022, with 60 reported crimes per 1,000 residents last year compared with 54 per 1,000 residents in 2019.
Los Angeles Air Quality Index map Extreme fire behavior, including "short and long-range spotting," continues to challenge firefighting efforts, Cal Fire said in an incident update Wednesday. The ...