Sat @ 4pm: Las Fotos Project exhibition “Raised in LA” "Raised in LA examines how identity takes shape through memory, place, and community. This exhibition reflects on Los Angeles as both a physical landscape and a collection of lived experiences." www.lasfotosproject.org/events/raise... #LAEvents

Fri @ 5pm: Opening reception for “LA’s Garden” at Descanso Gardens. www.descansogardens.org/event/las-ga... #LAEvents “Curated by Rosten Woo, LA’s Garden explores the hidden stories rooted in the beauty of #DescansoGardens.”

July 15, 1926: LAPL's beautiful Central Library was dedicated #onthisday 100 years ago. #LibrarySky #LAPL Postcard views of this Los Angeles Public Library from @lmulibrary.bsky.social's Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection:

July 15, 1913: LAFD's Engine Co. No. 28 opened for service #onthisday in downtown Los Angeles. More historic photos of this Figueroa firehouse-turned-restaurant -> www.lafire.com/stations/FS0...

"The Glendale movie palace hasn’t shown a first-run film since Terminator II in 1991," Chris Nichols. @lamag.bsky.social: lamag.com/arts-and-ent...

“It is not a walking tour, a visitor’s guidebook, or a street atlas. It is a periodic index of lost heroes and miniature histories. Its only objective is to make the invisible equal to the visible.” @davidulin.bsky.social interviews Sam Sweet of All Night Menu: www.altaonline.com/books/a71375...

Remembering Woody Guthrie’s birthday (born #OTD in 1912) with a couple of photos of his guitar, currently on view in the #HuntingtonLibrary exhibit “This Land Is …” From the Huntington exhibit text: #WoodyGuthrie played this guitar in Los Angeles after moving to California from Oklahoma in 1937.

Thank you to the @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social for a wonderful Central Library Centennial celebration last Saturday! Loved seeing the giant pop-up book (in the historic rotunda) designed by printmaker Daniel Gonzalez & paper engineer Matthew Reinhart. #popupbooks #LibrarySky #LAPL #PaperEngineering

"The juxtaposition of old & new at the Haselhoff property reflects the nuances of #historicpreservation guidelines on La Mesa Drive, a locus of historic homes designed by noted architects incl'g Paul R. Williams, J.R. Davidson, Oscar Niemeyer..." www.wsj.com/real-estate/... [ h/t @lamaterial.com ]

Ruben Molina has written a deeply personal book that will delight the many fans of the music he covers and invites us all to think about the songs that make up the soundtrack of our lives. The full story: lataco.com/the-dreamy-s... By Mike Sonksen

Tues @ 7pm: @vidiots.bsky.social is screening the 2025 #documentary about ASCO, the #Chicano art collective (limited walk-up tickets available). “Merging activism with radical artmaking, ASCO challenged the established order of Hollywood, museums, and media." vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/asco-...

Sunday: Dapper Day is coming to Olvera Street! www.nbclosangeles.com/the-scene/da... Tickets for the #DapperDay Market inside the Pico House cost $10 (for general admission): dapperday.com/products/dap... #OlveraStreet

The #LACoFD is saddened to hear that our dear friend, Randy Mantooth passed away yesterday. Known as FFPM Johnny Gage in the iconic 1970s TV series #Emergency, his character was an integral part of #Squad51, popularizing the PM & EMS system across the U.S. Randy was a great friend & will be missed.

You should read this - it goes into how the tv show impacted the growth of paramedic units across the country & changed emergency medicine for the better.

July 10, 1986: Artist Lloyd Hamrol created 'Uptown Rocker' as a “playful treatment of an exasperating, everyday subject.” The large-scale artwork was dedicated 40 years ago today in downtown Los Angeles. #PublicArt #OTD Claremont Colleges Library (1986): ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/coll...

" #LACounty Supervisor Kathryn Barger said the designation was important prior to the #EatonFire, but the disaster made the move even more critical." @laist.com: laist.com/news/altaden... #Altadena #HistoricPreservation

Amazing to hear Edward James Olmos & Luis Valdez's stories about #ZootSuit at last night's screening at the Ford! The pair shared the trailer for the new documentary “American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez” (see it at @vidiots.bsky.social in late July: vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/ameri...).

This is a good read.

A few vintage photos of Echo Park as seen at last year’s Lotus Festival (in the Echo Park Historical Society booth). #LAevents This weekend is the 45th Annual Lotus Festival in #EchoPark -> recreation.parks.lacity.gov/lotusfestival 🪷

A few tickets are still available for the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival's screening of "Zoot Suit" tonight at the Ford: www.theford.com/events/perfo... #ZootSuits #LALIFF

Discover Mount Wilson Observatory with one of our expert volunteer docents! Weekend walking tours at 11:30 AM & 1 PM take you inside our historic telescopes and the discoveries that changed astronomy. Tickets available day-of at the Cosmic Café. Learn more: mtwilson.edu/weekend-docent-tours

Thur @ 12pm: The California Preservation Foundation is hosting a free online conversation with India Mandelkern, author of the book “Electric Moons: A Social History of Street Lighting in Los Angeles.” californiapreservation.org/events/elect... #infrastructure #streetlights

The beautiful downtown Los Angeles Central Library is throwing a Centennial Festival on Saturday, July 11 and everyone is invited.

“In honor of the 50th Anniversary of Malibu Creek State Park, we invite poets, photographers, painters, printmakers, & creatives to share their work inspired by this extraordinary place.” www.instagram.com/p/DaeEZG0Png4/ #CallforArtists Sept 26: Celebration for #MalibuCreek State Park's 50th anniv.

“Written 250 years ago, the #DeclarationofIndependence had global influence. But how did news of it reach the wider world, including #California?” Wed @ 5pm: Panel discussion at the Huntington Library, courtesy of the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute. www.instagram.com/p/Daderpntvr...

Billy G. Mills "was part of the first wave of Black politicians in LA, paving the way for more Black representation at the city and state levels,” according to historian Alison Rose Jefferson. RIP the Honorable Billy G. Mills, retired Superior Court Judge of Los Angeles County!

In 50 years, Angelenos will open up this #GriffithObservatory time capsule, sealed 50 years ago by the Los Angeles City Bicentennial Committee. #Spiritof76 A propellant tank from the Mariner Mars '71 project was used to hold a sampling of the "Los Angeles Lifestyle 1976.”

According to UC Riverside’s Steven Hackel, in 1776, “ #California was one of the most densely settled regions in the Western Hemisphere. The state was populated with over 100 different tribal nations speaking a wide range of languages.” @laist.com: laist.com/news/los-ang...

For the Los Angeles City Bicentennial Committee, artist #CoritaKent created a #serigraph for the US Bicentennial in 1976 (& LA's Bicentennial in 1981), incorporating the Roman numeral CC (for 200) in her design: C is for Celebration / What They Did Matters C is for Challenge / What We Do Matters

The mosaic replica of John Trumbull’s famous painting “The Declaration of Independence," which is located in the Court of Freedom at Forest Lawn Glendale. #DeclarationofIndependence #FourthofJuly #USA250

"In Spanish California, mission-building was on the 1776 checklist. A new San Gabriel mission was being built, five years after Franciscan missionaries had founded the original mission in a flood zone, which flooded," @pattmlatimes.bsky.social. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Burrito King In Echo Park, 1968-2026 lataco.com/burrito-king... "Burrito King was a link to the neighborhood's history, a valuable site of continuity between the #EchoPark of the past, present, and future," @lataco.bsky.social.

Fifty years ago, this massive mural was painted on the spillway of the Prado Dam in Corona (located here: maps.app.goo.gl/wuyrygzibHSq...). The Prado Dam Bicentennial Mural was restored in 2022-2023: youtu.be/QgfKdcNYKAc?... #America250 #America200 #4thofJuly

The formula sounds simple: Gather guests, board a bus, and visit several Black-owned restaurants. But the experience unfolds as something much deeper. The full story: lataco.com/black-la-foo... By Shylah Featherstone

July 1, 1915: Estelle Lawton Lindsey became the first woman elected to Los Angeles City Council #OTD. cityclerk.lacity.org/chronola/ind... The Los Angeles-based New American Woman magazine (1917): archive.org/details/newa... #womenshistory

“'There wasn’t the traditional club infrastructure for it,' said Thurston, adding that #punkbands would play wherever they could, including places like the Ukrainian Cultural Center and even more unorthodox venues like roller rinks." laist.com/news/la-hist... #musichistory

This @marketplace.org story had me thinking about the Angelus Matchcover Club, founded in Los Angeles in 1951. The organization celebrated its 75th anniversary a few months ago. A few #matchbooks from their site: angelusmatchcover.com

Step into Chez Jay in Santa Monica, a legendary dive-steakhouse near the pier known for Rat Pack hangouts, celebrity lore, and classic cocktails.

"The Sparkletts building, a white, Moorish Revival-style complex that served as a bottling plant for nearly 100 years, has become the city's latest historic landmark." @theeastsiderla.bsky.social: www.theeastsiderla.com/lifestyle/hi... #HighlandParkCA #historicpreservation

"A century after #BullocksWilshire rose on a bet that shoppers would never travel west of downtown, Southwestern Law School is filling the #ArtDeco landmark's storefront windows with vintage fashion from its own archives," @dailyjournalcorp.bsky.social. www.dailyjournal.com/cal_lawyer/3...

The free America Tropical Interpretive Center is located along #OlveraStreet at El Pueblo. #DavidAlfaroSiqueiros

Great news from Olvera Street: Cielito Lindo is back in business! linktr.ee/cielitolindo... Thanks to all the dedicated diners who helped spread the word or donated. The City doesn't make it easy to operate in its aging structures, so it's great that Angelenos stepped up.

Stopped by El Pueblo's Heritage Festival yesterday afternoon. Loved spending time in the Pico House as Pio Pico's 1870 hotel is normally closed to the public. #WorldCup #PioPico

Fri–Sun: El Pueblo's Heritage Festival will be a great time to support the #OlveraStreet merchants & explore the museums at El Pueblo. Performers include Ozomatli (on Saturday) and Poncho Sanchez (on Sunday). www.eventbrite.com/e/el-pueblo-...

"At #Manzanar alone, there were more than 100 men’s baseball teams....The camp also fielded 14 women’s #baseball teams, with one, the Dusty Chicks, that competed against and beat men’s teams." cc: @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social

June 25, 1938: Thousands attended the opening of New Chinatown #OTD in 1938. New Chinatown in Los Angeles was "the first modern American Chinatown, owned and planned from the ground up by Chinese." chinatownla.com/history/ #LAPL photo (1940) of #NewChinatown: tessa2.lapl.org/digital/coll...

June 24, 1907: Artist Millard Sheets was born in Pomona #OTD. He "studied art in California and became one of the state’s foremost artists & architects during his lifetime." americanart.si.edu/artist/milla... #MillardSheets' painting "Angel's Flight" at LACMA: collections.lacma.org/object/4582

"When it debuts [November 13, 2026], the gallery will be the only place in the world with a complete shuttle stack, including orbiter, solid rocket boosters and an external tank."

Jun 23, 1926: Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson stumbled out of the Mexican desert 100 years ago, after mysteriously disappearing from #VeniceCA the previous month. “Aimee’s disappearance had made national news, but her resurrection made global headlines," Claire Hoffman. #AimeeSempleMcPherson #OTD

July 8: “Zoot Suit” screening at the Ford Amphitheatre. www.latimes.com/delos/story/... "The special screening will include a conversation with Valdez, Olmos and actor-educator Cristina Frías, who will discuss the movie’s production, influence and place in the L.A. film canon." #FilmSky #LAEvents