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History | LA History

This Jewish Pioneer Chronicled a Changing L.A. from 1853 to 1913

L.A. was an adobe town when Harris Newmark arrived in 1853. It was a metropolis when he died there in 1916.

History | LA History

Why Doesn't It Snow in L.A. Anymore?

Snow once fell on the Los Angeles coastal plain roughly once per decade, but the city is now in the middle of a 54-year snow drought.

Miscellaneous | Local Flavor

What Happened in the Elysian Hills Before the Dodgers? | LA as Subject | SoCal Focus | KCET

Before Scully, Koufax, or Lasorda, other legends emerged from L.A.'s Elysian Hills: man-eating lions on the prowl; an incredible "moving mountain" and an Edenic garden of exotic trees.

Miscellaneous | Local Flavor

Watch 'Lost Wetlands' | Lost L.A. | Shows | KCET

Los Angeles is no desert -- just ask the researchers who discovered a matrix of wetlands surrounding Ballona Creek that were paved over long ago.