Features (Page 3)
November 18, 2025
Inside Griffith Observatory: How LA’s ‘Hood Ornament’ Connects Us to the Cosmos
Perched high above Los Angeles, Griffith Observatory has been inspiring wonder since 1935. Curator David Seidel and his team carry forward founder Griffith J. Griffith’s radical vision of a public observatory where anyone can look skyward — and see their place in the universe.
November 4, 2025
Burbling Below: Inside the Efforts to Keep Santa Monica Drinking Local
A five-story treatment plant beneath a downtown parking lot—and a groundwater board review—show how the city of Santa Monica relies on local wells and runoff, even as ecologists press for attention to nearby tidal wetlands.
October 27, 2025
Forging a Path in Motion: Tina Finkelman Berkett on Leading BODYTRAFFIC
New York-born Tina Finkelman Berkett turned an unexpected path into a lifelong passion, creating BODYTRAFFIC to share world-class contemporary dance with Los Angeles and beyond.
October 9, 2025
Solo Mount Everest Climber and Navy Veteran Pens His Debut Fiction Novel
Navy veteran and Mount Everest climber Brian C. Dickinson channels real survival and loss into his first work of fiction, the thriller 'Bloodline of Redemption.'
July 25, 2025
Brooklyn Van Zandt Was Born for the Spotlight. Now She’s Taking Control of It.
Texas native Brooklyn Van Zandt discusses her experience on "The Debut: Dream Academy," growing up in the spotlight and her first EP, set to release in the next few months.