In early 1986, I made plans to have lunch with my father. I drove to his film production office in Beverly…
The first thing to know about Silver Lake is that it’s not a lake. It’s a reservoir. Located between Los…
On the night of June 23, 1997, champion boxer Oscar De La Hoya drove his brother’s Mercedes on the 605 Freeway…
In 1987 I was going through a painful breakup. Combined with a weed addiction and my propensity for…
I was raised in a Studio City suburb called Laurelwood. Situated on the southern tip of the…
50,000 years ago during the Pleistocene epoch, Los Angeles was home to mammoths, giant sloths…
Despite its name, North Hollywood is not adjacent to Hollywood. It’s a small suburb in the San…
Laurel Canyon is a quiet Los Angeles suburb nestled between the San Fernando Valley…
When friends visit from out of town, they’ll often ask me to show them the real Los Angeles. I’ll start by taking…
Saturday August 9, 1969 was a beautiful balmy day in Los Angeles. The temperature hovered around 78…
