ENTERTAINMENT
June 20, 2001 | NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF, TIMES ARCHITECTURE CRITIC
Despite long-standing efforts by civic boosters and Hollywood studios to promote Los Angeles as a paradise of sandy beaches and palm trees, few cities have done less to protect their natural legacy. The city is on the verge of adding another chapter to that disquieting history.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
July 30, 2000 | JOE MOZINGO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Despite offering some of the best views in the Los Angeles Basin, the Baldwin Hills have had a tough time earning their due respect. They've been scalped and terraced, deluged by a burst dam in 1963 and pecked away by hundreds of creaking oil pumps for more than 70 years. High above the urban plain, the terrain now is a mix of eroded ravines, middle-class homes and working oil fields. But these weedy slopes could be in for a transformation.