LAPL Blog
Bob Timmermann, Senior Librarian, Science, Technology & Patents Dept.
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Super Bowl LVI
Originally published on Friday, February 1, 2019, now updated for 2022.
The Dodgers and Giants: The Ongoing Saga
Coming off a World Series win in 2020, the Los Angeles Dodgers were expected to easily win the National League West Division for the ninth straight time. But, for reasons that confound many baseball experts, the Dodgers’ archnemesis, the San Francisco Giants, stubbornly hold on to first place.
3-D Printing Face Shields in the Octavia Lab
When the library's Octavia Lab opened in June of 2019, it was envisioned as a collaborative work-space for creatives, makers, and hobbyists.
Think You Know All About Lasagna? Take the Quiz!
Why am I writing about lasagna? Its origins became a topic for discussion among my brothers and I—and I wanted answers.
60+ years of L.A. Dodgers Opening Day
On April 18, 1958, Major League Baseball finally arrived in what was then the country’s third-largest city. The brand new Los Angeles Dodgers were going to play their first official home game against their fellow, exported from New York arch-rivals, the San Francisco Giants.
DIY Auto Repair: Chilton Library to the Rescue
It’s a rare cold Los Angeles morning, and when you go outside to fire up your 1974 AMC Gremlin, you discover that it’s not starting.
There Will Be Darkness: The Great American Eclipse
Here in Los Angeles, we’re known for the sun. We get a lot of it. It’s long been a selling point for people moving to the region.
Los Angeles and the Reintegration of the NFL
In 1995, after playing in Southern California for nearly 50 years, the Los Angeles Rams left the West Coast for the Midwest, to become the St. Louis Rams. They would stay there for 21 years, winning one Super Bowl title and losing in a second, before coming back to the Southland last year.
The Astronomer and the Banned Book
If you enter the Central Library on Hope Street, there are six sculptures that appear on the facade of the building.