“Memories, nostalgia and regret mix on a trek to find the old family home.”
Southern California
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It’s Oil That Makes LA Boil
“I never knew I lived in an oil town until I went looking for the concealed infrastructure of fossil fuel production.”
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Ghosts of Polluters Past
“As new soil tests reveal the pervasiveness of lead contamination, one California barrio continues its long struggle for justice.”
Posted inNonfiction
Fire/Flood: A Southern California Pastoral
In and around Los Angeles, natural and man-made disasters have been inextricable for almost two centuries.
Posted inFood, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Some Inland California History Begins with an Orange
Even as California’s Inland Empire loses its citrus industry to urbanization, urbanites can still keep social ties by planting fruit trees in their yards.
Posted inNonfiction
All Mom’s Friends
Svetlana Kitto recalls her 1980s childhood in Hollywood during the early years of the AIDS crisis.