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It's 4 p.m. on a peaceful Sunday in Griffith Park. Hikers stroll on the trails while children climb on a play structure. Suddenly, there's a commotion in the trees. Woodpeckers squawk and crows caw. A powerful bird emerges from where it was hidden, nearly invisible, in the branches. No wonder the smaller birds are worked up! A hawk is on the scene, possibly looking for dinner.
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On April 18, 1958, Major League Baseball finally arrived in what was then the country’s third-largest city. The brand new Los Angeles Dodgers were going to play their first official home game against their fellow, exported from New York arch-rivals, the San Francisco Giants.
This blog post series looks at the history of the 1905 firing of Mary L. Jones as Los Angeles City Librarian.
Carter Wilson is an award-winning, best-selling author who specializes in domestic thrillers filled with tension, paranoia, and psychological terror.
This blog post series looks at the history of the 1905 firing of Mary L. Jones as Los Angeles City Librarian.
In 1999, the United Nations selected March 21st as its official World Poetry Day. The idea was to set aside one day each year to celebrate poetry’s unique ability to express the deepest and most universal aspects of the human condition.
Chances are if you have heard of any of the early women City Librarians of Los Angeles Public Library, you may know about Mary E.
Los Angeles isn't the usual place you think of for wearing of the green, (we're still brown from the drought), but nevertheless, St. Patrick's Day is Saturday, March 17.
It’s not the loneliest number, but it might be the most famous. Pi (or π) is commonly defined as the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.
The comic book world has long been the domain of men. Both in readers and writers. That is slowly changing, and it’s good news!
At first glance, Naomi Kutin looks like a typical American teenager—until you see her squat a barbell over twice her body weight.