Mike Schlitt is a journalist and amateur historian. He is a contributor to Greater LA and Press Play, and a producer for The Document.
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The Oral History of Star Magazine
ArtsA teen magazine so daring, so outrageous, so scandalizing and sexually suggestive that it only lasted…five issues.
Japanese American internment camp site plays ball
SportsFor the first time since World War II, Japanese Americans gathered at the site of the former Manzanar internment camp to play baseball at a reconstructed field.
The race to save historic tiles from post-fire bulldozers
WildfiresVolunteers are racing to save historic tiles before bulldozers clear them away from the Eaton Fire area in Altadena. Many are Batchelder tiles that survived on fireplaces.
In search of the secret animal highways beneath our roads
EnvironmentCaltrans is working to retrofit some of its highway underpasses to make it easier for wildlife to cross the road, benefiting biodiversity across the state.
I'm With The Band: legendary groupies look back at their Sunset Strip heydey
ArtsAs the first wave of LA punk started to take hold in Hollywood, both on and off the Sunset Strip, the girls of the rock n roll underground flattened scene hierarchy by carrying the…
How refugees built Little Saigon in OC
Orange CountyFifty years ago today, the Vietnam War ended with the fall of Saigon.
California accents are way more complex than you think
Los AngelesA project called Los Angeles Speaks is looking at how language evolves and affects communities, including neighborhoods impacted by recent wildfires.
Map: Now we know where fire debris is headed
WildfiresThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking fire debris to 18 landfills and recycling centers across Southern California.
From canvas to Cadillacs, lowriders are this artist’s muse
ArtsThis East LA artist isn’t just painting lowriders, she’s carving out space for women in the male-dominated lowrider scene, turning car culture into fine art.