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Turning the Camera Around

A new documentary about Watts—filmed by community members—is a blueprint for healing.

andrew dubbins, los angeles fires one year later, will rogers state park fire, palisades fire

After the Fire

alta journal, issue 34, california sounds, music

Inside Alta ’s Music Issue

catalina airport restaurant, famous cookies

Fly In, Fuel Up

jon hamm, mad men

Forget New York. ‘Mad Men’ Is So California

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lucky penny

The Penny Saved My Life

joel edgerton as robert grainier stands in a pacific northwest forest in netflix’s adaptation of denis johnson’s train dreams, a story of labor, fire, and solitude

‘Train Dreams’ Review

last west: roadsongs for dorothea lange, valerie fachman

A Poetic Portrait of Dorothea Lange

the lost bus, mcconaughey, america ferrera, paradise california, climate change, wildfire

‘The Lost Bus’ Review

ice raids, resistance, groceries, los angeles

Grocery List for Resistance

tavares strachan, encyclopedia of invisibility, lacma

Rewriting the Encyclopedia

paul thomas anderson, one battle after another, leonardo dicaprio

‘One Battle After Another’ Revives 'Vineland’

tanaamii akatsuka, folding screen, 2023, manga, de young museum

Manga, a Bay Area Love Story

yawning booth by sunny atema

Inside the Yawning Booth

tyler wells at the ecology center tending a fire under a steamship round of beef, cooking over open coals. the scorched foundation of a property destroyed by the eaton fire near betsy restaurant in altadena.

The Chef in the Tent

artist sonia romero, the swimmer, catalina island

On Catalina, a New Exhibition Draws Locals

woody guthrie, woody at home

Woody Guthrie’s California

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john williams biography by tim greiving

Scoring a Legend

gilberto cetina jr, holbox, mercado la paloma, los angeles

‘You Have to Speak Up’

california african american museum, ode to dena, altadena

Lynell George on ‘Ode to Dena’

lawrence ferlinghetti, boat drawing

A Tribute Through a Friend’s Eyes

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sophie saldana, car cooking, lofi food, tiktok

Dashboard Dining in the Golden State

trivial pursuit of dat ass, los angeles trivia champs

The Country’s Best Trivia Team is in L.A.

california native landscape plants

Bring Back the California Bloom

noah davis, artist

Painting Premonition

remaining native documentary, ku stevens

The School with the Cemetery

counterculture museum, haight ashbury, san francisco, hippies, 60s

On the Corner of Haight and Ashbury

poster for new wave documentary, 80s, 90s, lynda trang dai, elizabeth ai

More Than a Sound

giant puddle, salton sea, california

It’s Alive!

independent bookstore day 2025

Crawls, Cocktails, and a Whole Lot of Books

bob mizer, richard dubois, midcentury physique photography

One Man, Two Million Photos

walter murch, her name was moviola

The Editor’s Cut

atropia

Camp Hollywood

los angeles fires, eaton fire, found photos

Recovering Burned Photos in Altadena

beretta divisadero

Strangers in the Night

ozzie juarez, frieze, south central swap meet

A Swap Meet at Frieze

espirit park, san francisco, dogpatch

Long and Thorny Battle for Green Space in Dogpatch

karina longworth host of you must remember this

The Old Man Is Still Alive

los angeles fires, pacific palisades fire, will rogers park

Will Rogers Is on Fire

fresh swiss chard growing in a garden bed

Gardening in the Dark

a large fish swimming in a dark aquatic environment

Bluefin Tuna’s Big Comeback

painting pf a horse galloping by jaime munoz

Jaime Muñoz at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes

a painting depicting a group of people entering a cafeteria with a stylized and abstract representation of figures

Peter Carr at Cerritos College

artwork depicting a romantic embrace between two figures with vibrant colors

Sci-fi, Magick, Queer L.A at the Fisher Museum

comic panel depicting a character in a futuristic setting pondering about time travel and distractions

Carol Lay’s ‘My Time Machine’