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2012 in review

After Its New Owner's Untimely Death, Work Continues on the Bela Lugosi House

A Christmas Tree in Hollywoodland

Newly Repainted, the Hollywood Sign Stars in a Time-Lapse Video

Winter Rains--and Peace--Descend on Hollywoodland

Built on Granite: Hollywoodland's Unshakable Foundations

The Hollywood Sign's Renovation, Week Six: Painting the Y

Election Day at Hollywoodland Realty

Remembering the Original Hollywood Sign at Its 1970s Worst, in "Argo" and Reality

As Work Continues, the Hollywood Sign Evolves

The Hollywood Sign's Big Facelift, and GPS Whac-A-Mole

Reviving Bananas in Beachwood Canyon

Wild Kingdom: An Unexpected Symbiosis in Beachwood Canyon

Deliver Us From Lollygagging: The Glacial Pace of Tourist Traffic on Beachwood Drive

Happy 100th Birthday, Julia!

No Laughing Matter: Heatstroke Fells Young Hikers Near the Hollywood Sign Today

Meeting Peter Green, Great-Nephew of Peter the Hermit

Crazy Salad: Some Things About Nora Ephron's Career

Setting Our House on Fire: Hollywood Sign Tourists and Their Cigarettes

"Spiral Jetty" and "The Lightning Field": Two Masterpieces of Land Art and What It Takes to See Them

"Levitated Mass": Land Art for the Rest of Us

Going Back to the Hollywood Sign, This Time as an Interviewee

Restless Dracula, Part II: Bela Lugosi's Hollywoodland Home and Its Promised Tranformation

Restless Dracula, Part I: Bela Lugosi's Many Los Angeles Homes

Beachwood Canyon in the 1940 Census, Part IV: Familiar Names and Addresses

Beachwood Canyon in the 1940 Census, Part III: The Domestics of Hollyridge Drive

Beachwood Canyon in the 1940 Census, Part II: Discovering Bernard B. Brown, the Academy Award-Winning Original Owner of My House

Beachwood Canyon in the 1940 Census, Part I: Cosmopolitan, Occupationally Diverse, and Stable

The Lessons of 4/29: How the LA Riots Transformed the Korean-American Community

Strength Through Adversity: How the Calamities of the Early 90s Transformed Los Angeles' Self Image

Apples and Oranges: The Pointlessness of Comparing Los Angeles to New York, and the Comparison That Fits

No More La La Land, Part II: How Los Angeles Became the Center of the Art World

Horses at Franklin and Highland, 9:15am

Lake Hollywood Park, 4:30pm

No More La-La Land, Part I: Changing References to Los Angeles in the New York Times

The Unspoken Literary Truth of "Other Desert Cities"

As The Plot Thickens, Hikers Return to Bronson Canyon

Bronson Canyon Murder Victim Named

Authorities Identify Bronson Canyon Murder Victim

Severed Heads: A Meditation

Searching for Body Parts in Bronson Canyon: Day Two

Helicopters Over Bronson Canyon, and a Gruesome Discovery

Hollywood's Trial By Fire

2011 in review