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Halloween History 
For many years, the Malibu Feed Bin heralded the arrival of Halloween with a display of pumpkins for sale. This year, the corner of Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway hosts only a utilitarian assortment of trailers used...
Spanish Style: Hidden History in Plain Sight 
It’s everywhere: historic hilltop mansions from the 1920s and 30s with red-tile roofs and wrought iron fixtures and entire housing tracts from the eighties and nineties that echo those elements in mass production. Real Estate offers are replete with...
Migrating Insects 
Fly, white butterflies, out to sea, Frail pale wings for the winds to try, Small white wings that we scarce can see Fly. Some fly light as a laugh of glee, Some fly soft as a low long sigh:...
Maikura, A Village by the Sea 
It was called “Maikura,” and it was home to as many as 500 people. It had a marketplace, shops, an inn, restaurants, a church, and even a Japanese garden with a bridge and a pool and a miniature forest...
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Remember the Ladies 

Less than four months before the United States formally declared independence from Great Britain, John Adams and other members of the Second Continental Congress were carefully building their case for political separation based upon the principles of British representative...
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Half of Us 

The story of America’s founding has been informed largely by the record of the white men of means at its center. During the past half-century or so, however, a concerted effort has been made to account for the experiences...