Featured image credit: Glendora Village If you’re seeking a slice of small-town Americana but can’t quite give up the big city, a search for houses for sale in Glendora, California may be in your near future. Though it’s firmly a part of Los Angeles County, Glendora has a quaint and timeless feel to it. When […]
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The Controversial Old Trapper’s Lodge Statues Have Locked Pierce College and a Folk Artist’s Family in a Pricey Stalemate
Featured image credit: Konrad Summers Being a school that got its start specializing in agricultural studies, Los Angeles Pierce College is a greener campus than most. It’s a surreal feeling when you first see its campus farmhouse as you’re rolling across Victory Boulevard. But within an obscure fenced-off grove of unkempt trees, you’ll find something […]
Neighborhood Watch: Join the Line for Houses for Sale in Upland CA
Featured image credit: City of Upland JohnHart Real Estate may be best recognized for redefining real estate in the Greater Los Angeles area, but our mission knows no boundaries as the focus of this edition of our Neighborhood Watch column illustrates. Today, we look at a city in San Bernardino County where things always seem […]
A Few of Our Favorite LA-Specific Valentine’s Day Date Ideas
Some of you are eagerly looking forward to it. Probably a bigger portion of you are dreading it. But, like it or not, Valentine’s Day 2025 is fast approaching. And in a city like LA, if you don’t have your reservations dialed in well in advance, you’re looking at a wild night, one way or […]
12 of the Most Romantic Restaurants in Las Vegas
Featured image credit: The Strat While there’s no better city for gambling than Las Vegas, it may be better to hedge your bets this Valentine’s Day with a lovely evening at a restaurant guaranteed to make hearts flutter. And if a few stomachs growl in the process, all the better. We’ve assembled 12 of the […]
Is Amboy, California Worth the Detour? Inside the Googie Ghost Town That Refused to Stay Dead
Featured image credit: Dietmar Rabich / Wikimedia Commons / “Amboy (California, USA) — 2012 — 4” / CC BY-SA 4.0 About 200 miles east of Los Angeles and 100 miles northeast of Palm Springs sits a remote Mojave Desert town that exists out of logic and reason. It was built near a dead volcano, along a highway (that died), with a gas station […]
31 Black History Month Events That Will Keep You Busy
In a city as diverse as Los Angeles, Black History Month is a special time, offering seemingly countless discussion panels, festivals, live performances, and more to honor Black culture. Putting together a completely comprehensive list of Black History Month events is an impossible task, but we’ve done our best to guide you in the right […]
How To Use Fire-Resistant Building Materials To Give Your Home A Fighting Chance In Wildfire Season
As our neighbors consider rebuilding their homes following the horrifying wildfires that tore through the region just a little over a week into the new year, more and more homeowners are taking careful consideration into what materials and practices build fire-resistant homes. Sadly, a fully fireproof home just isn’t feasible. Otherwise, we may not be […]
The Top 10 Best Punk Bands to Come Out of Late ‘70s Los Angeles
Featured image credit: George Rose (for The Los Angeles Times) Ever since we wrote our Top 10 LA Glam Metal Bands list, we’ve been wanting to do something similar for the city’s innovative first wave of punk. Yes, the contradiction of a real estate brokerage reviewing punk bands isn’t lost on us. And we’d say […]
You Could Call the Nethercutt Collection a Museum for Rare Cars. You’d Be Half Right.
Featured image credit: ZR1748 Southern California is spoiled by its automotive museums. We of course have the Miracle Mile’s Petersen Automotive Museum. Then there’s the Mullen in Oxnard. But one that enthusiasts frequently overlook (likely because of its out-of-the-way Sylmar location) is the Nethercutt Collection and Museum, a breathtaking collection of classic, antique automobiles with […]