Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times PARIS — There's a present-day answer to the question that was posed in verse by the French medieval poet and street brawler François Villon: "Where are the snows of yesteryear?" kAm%96JVC6 C:89E 96C6k^Am kAm&D:?8 23@FE... See more
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times PARIS — There's a present-day answer to the question that was posed in verse by the French medieval poet and street brawler François Villon: "Where are the snows of yesteryear?" kAm%96JVC6 C:89E 96C6k^Am kAm&D:?8 23@FE... See more
IN 1953, Janet E. Dickinson operates an apparatus in front of L.A. City Hall to check auto exhaust fumes and gas vapors. Even if you weren't around Los Angeles in 1992, you've heard of Rodney King, the man whose videotaped beating at the hands of the LAPD... See more
Los Angeles Times PASADENA residents calling themselves the Smog-A-Tears rally in 1954. Eighty years ago, the enchantment ended. Los Angeles, that magical realm of shimmering natural beauty, was befouled by smog — maybe forever. The mayor, Fletcher Bowr... See more
BRUCE H. Cox Los Angeles Times IN 1950, chemist Arie Haagen-Smit demonstrates how smog is produced. Just like a Hollywood crime movie — everyone, everything was a suspect. The crime: smog. The victims: any Angeleno with a set of lungs. That master of de... See more
