In late November 1970, Abigail Lois Cleaves, a Los Angeles resident of more than fifty years, passed away. Gail (as she was more commonly known) had been a Civil Engineer with the Los Angeles County Highway Department until her retirement in 1960. Her final years were spent in an assisted living facility in Newhall, where she was forced to relocate after the 210 Freeway took out her San...
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Loose Cannon: Reassessing Los Angeles Municipal Judge Noel Cannon, Part I
On Wednesday, May 17, 1967, a petite woman sporting a pink babydoll dress and white patent leather Mary Jane shoes pulled a pearl-handled Derringer revolver and pointed it in the direction of Los Angeles reporters and photographers.
Interview With an Author: Izzy Wasserstein
Izzy Wasserstein is a queer, trans woman who teaches writing and literature. She was born and raised in Kansas and received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Mexico.
Interview With an Author: Rebecca Serle
Rebecca Serle is the New York Times bestselling author of
Lo nuevo en español para adultos y jóvenes: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes
Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca. Haz clic en cada título para verlo en nuestro catálogo. ¡No esperes y reserva tu copia hoy mismo!
Lo nuevo en español para niños: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes
La Biblioteca Pública de Los Ángeles ofrece los libros más leídos y más esperados para niños. Haz clic en cada título para verlo en nuestro catálogo. ¡No esperes y reserva tu copia hoy mismo!
Interview With an Author: Yangsze Choo
Yangsze Choo is the New York Times bestselling author of
Interesting Intercalary (Leap Year) Facts
A leap year, also known as an "intercalary year" or "bissextile" year, is a calendar year that contains an additional day, or in the case of a lunisolar calendar, an entire month, compared to a "common" year.
![Photo by U.S. Army Signal Corps from Library of Congress [U.S. Army Infantry troops, African American unit, marching northwest of Verdun, France, in World War I]](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/whats_on_list_120x90/public/blogs/2024-02/aasoldiers-wwi.jpg?itok=QUep1TyB "Photo by U.S. Army Signal Corps from Library of Congress")
African American Soldiers in World War One
World War One broke out in Europe in 1914 following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. The United States remained officially neutral and stayed out of the war for several years.
Read it First!: The 96th Academy Awards
The Academy Awards are right around the corner, and, once again, films adapted from books have snagged multiple nominations!
Black Comics: Drawn From the Heart
Growing up as a biracial girl in the 1980s and 1990s, there weren't a whole lot of comic books featuring Black and brown characters.