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Victoria Bernal @victoriabernal.bsky.social · 17h

“The #HollywoodBlacklist was a literal death for some, like the Black actor Canada Lee who played the noble doomed ex-champ in ‘Body & Soul’ [1947]…By May 1952, #CanadaLee was alone & penniless. He died of a heart attack at age 45." From "Red Hollywood" -> @kanopy.com: www.kanopy.com/en/product/r...

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Victoria Bernal @victoriabernal.bsky.social · 1d

A couple of pix from Saturday's opening reception for "Ofelia Esparza: A Retrospective," an exhibit at the Vincent Price Art Museum. #DíaDeLosMuertos #LosAngeles

Victoria Bernal @victoriabernal.bsky.social · 11d

I’m a fan of #Ciclavia all year long, but I especially appreciate it during the #spookyseason. 👻 #losangeles

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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 22d

@skpawlicki.bsky.social was, until the Trump administration canceled the program, working as a Mellon fellow for the National Parks Service. She created the most incredible women's history programming, and now, she's recreated it entirely separately: storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/...

Women's History Illuminated

Women's History and the National Historic Landmarks Program

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Victoria Bernal @victoriabernal.bsky.social · 20d

"The physical landscape of Los Angeles also provides inspiration for #PatrickMartinez, whose large-scale sculptural painting 'Battle of the City on Fire' (2025) pulls from the city’s vernacular architecture, signage, and murals," @mattstromberg.bsky.social. hyperallergic.com/1046894/five...

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Victoria Bernal @victoriabernal.bsky.social · Sep 18

"At 48.5 miles, the A Line is already the longest light rail line in the world. With the new extension, it will be 57.6 miles long - extending from #Pomona through #Pasadena and #DTLA to #LongBeachCA."

@streetsblogla.bsky.social: la.streetsblog.org/2025/07/24/m... #LosAngeles #transit

Metro A Line Extension to Pomona Will Open September 19 - Streetsblog Los Angeles

Nine new miles of light rail, four new stations - Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne, and Pomona - extending the world's longest light rail line

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Victoria Bernal @victoriabernal.bsky.social · Sep 18

Wouldn’t mind attending a soirée at this in-home cocktail lounge.🍸 Thank you for this lovely distraction!

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Victoria Bernal @victoriabernal.bsky.social · Sep 15

Excited to add a new tap card to my small @metrolosangeles.bsky.social tap card collection. 🚃😊🚌

#HispanicHeritageMonth

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · Sep 9

This Puente Hills Regional Park is a big deal! Kudos to Hilda Solis for shepherding this project. Looking forward to the new park opening!

Streetsblog L.A. @streetsblogla.bsky.social · Sep 9

Construction is underway on the initial phase of the new Puente Hills Regional Park! The project is converting a former landfill to a new 140-acre park. The views from the site are amazing! la.streetsblog.org/2025/09/09/l...

L.A. County Breaks Ground on Puente Hills Regional Park - Streetsblog Los Angeles

The 140 acre park will be County Supervisor Solis’ legacy project, and L.A.’s first new regional park in decades.

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Victoria Bernal @victoriabernal.bsky.social · Sep 9

“The island of imagination won out over terrestrial reality and resulted in some of the most beautiful #maps ever produced," @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social.

Maps featuring #California as an island -> exhibits.stanford.edu/david-rumsey... #CaliforniaAdmissionDay

@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · Sep 9

September 9, 1850: California entered the Union #onthisday 175 years ago. #CaliforniaHistory

For several centuries, European maps portrayed California as an island, as shown in this mosaic mural (1969) at LA County's Norwalk Library.

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Caltech Seismological Laboratory @caltechseismo.bsky.social · Sep 7

M3.5 10km N of #LaVerne, CA, #SouthernCalifornia #Earthquake confirmed valid. Updated analysis coming soon @ buff.ly/YnlVPfk And make sure if you felt it that you fill out the DYFI page on the USGS! buff.ly/wXQMPcu

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Victoria Bernal @victoriabernal.bsky.social · Sep 5

Wonderful night at the #GoetheInstitut in Los Angeles celebrating the puppet world of El Triste & La Smiley, characters created by LA puppeteer Cain Carias. Blown away by all the creativity on display -- the puppets, their customized outfits & all the art work from folks inspired by his #puppetry.

Victoria Bernal @victoriabernal.bsky.social · Aug 20

“In 2016, leaders of 14 #Mayan communities joined Mexican conservationists to formulate a plan. Inspired by the #CaminodeSantiago in Spain, they landed on the idea of a long-distance #trekking route, stringing together ancient trails the villagers used to travel.” www.sierraclub.org/sierra/how-m...

How Mayan Communities Created Mexico’s First Long-Distance Trail

These residents blended conservation and recreation to help keep their culture and region alive

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Victoria Bernal @victoriabernal.bsky.social · Aug 18

"Los Angeles can feel impenetrable. Even if you are a native and know it like the back of your hand. It also changes in a blink; your map keeps shifting. You must keep recalibrating, searching for what still feels like yours," @lynellgeorge.bsky.social.

www.zocalopublicsquare.org/map-to-liter...

My Map to a Literary Life in Los Angeles | L.A.’s Literary Public Square

Making Community in Bookshops, Cafes, and Bootleg Backroom Venues

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Victoria Bernal @victoriabernal.bsky.social · Jul 31

Felt that earthquake out here in the east San Gabriel Valley!

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Victoria Bernal @victoriabernal.bsky.social · Jun 27

“He joked that his medium is smog, and his #artist assistant is the city of Los Angeles itself.”

“I want the sculpture to collect data in the way that my body or my family or my neighbors’ bodies collect data by how they are breathing in the debris,” Carlos Agredano. www.artnews.com/art-news/art...

Carlos Agredano Is Documenting the Harmful Effects of LA’s Pollution

LA-based artist Carlos Agredano recently exhibited his 'FUME' sculpture, documenting LA's pollution, at the Los Angeles Nomadic Art Division.

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Victoria Bernal @victoriabernal.bsky.social · Jun 24

My first time hearing #BohemianRhapsody on the organ…and not just any organ. This is the Spreckels Organ in San Diego’s #BalboaPark built for the Panama-CA Exposition in 1915. With 5,017 pipes, the #SpreckelsOrgan is said to be the largest fully-outdoor organ in the world. #organmusic #SanDiego

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Victoria Bernal @victoriabernal.bsky.social · Jun 16

In the past five minutes, just happened to read two articles that both reference the book by #HeatherMcGhee titled “The Sum Of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone And How We Can Prosper Together." #SumofUs #LosAngeles

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Victoria Bernal @victoriabernal.bsky.social · Jun 5

“An archive of throwaways gets new life when presented as a natural history composed of cultural artifacts. Absorbing works built from archives are becoming increasingly prominent in the art world.” www.latimes.com/entertainmen... #archival #artworld

Review: Guadalupe Rosales crafts an analog Wayback Machine for a vibrant show at Palm Springs Art Museum

Los Angeles artist Guadalupe Rosales reconfigures a dazzling archive of her hometown in the 1990s. It's a show that should catapult her to prominence.

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Victoria Bernal @victoriabernal.bsky.social · Jun 3

That was some intense thunder here in the east #SGV! ⚡️🌩️⚡️ #losangeles

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Victoria Bernal @victoriabernal.bsky.social · May 25

Felt that jolt of an earthquake here in the east SGV.

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Harlem Toots @chadstanton.blacksky.app · Apr 25

“Black Press USA has learned that Trump officials are sending back exhibit items to their rightful owners and dismantling them—starting with the 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in exhibit.”

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The Smithsonian PURGE: Trump Team Removes Artifacts of Black Resistance

Critics warn: it’s not just history being erased—it’s identity.

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Victoria Bernal @victoriabernal.bsky.social · Apr 14

Felt a gentle shaking in the east SGV. Grateful for that emergency #earthquake alert!

Susan A. Kitchens @susankitchens.bsky.social · Apr 14

Got an earthquake alert ahead of the shake. #SanGabrielValley
Followed by an emergency alert. I got into doorway and waited and it arrived around 30 seconds for the shaking.

Thank you alert system!!!!

Now to find deets. Apparently 100 miles from here

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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · Feb 10

On this week's podcast we talked about how Rick Caruso's new nonprofit to "rebuild" LA is swiftly aligning with the new Trump administration.

On Joe Rogan, Caruso praised Trump and said "I'd love for him to give a blueprint to the city of LA and say, here are the 10 things you need to do"

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · Jan 29

“In Memoriam: Los Angeles, 2025" features the architectural landmarks lost in the #LAFires. vimeo.com/1049004385

As part of its "Healing the Heart of LA" initiative, Friends Of Residential Treasures: LA (FORT: LA) shared this brief video at its gathering at LAPL last Saturday. #architecturalhistory

FORT LA Fires 2025 In Memoriam

This is "FORT LA Fires 2025 In Memoriam" by The Simon Productions on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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