I have the honor of being the keynote speaker at the Santa Monica Conservancy's Annual Meeting and Preservation Awards program on February 8. I will discuss the layered Santa Monica history of the...



Save the Date: Coastal Cleanup Day 2014
Saturday, September 20, 2014 • 9:00 A.M.–Noon Join Heal the Bay, Santa Monica College, the Santa Monica Conservancy, the Black Surfers Collective, the California Historical Society, Los Angeles Black...
Heritage Conservation and Nature Environmental Movements Must Diversify Or Die
My title of this article plays off an article title by Brentin Mock, the justice editor for Grist.com. He offers some really thought provoking commentaries on a variety of issues around the natural and...
African Americans, Women and Beach Culture in the News!
Over the last few months several articles appeared about African Americans’ and women’s history of enjoying the beach culture of California. First up, Ryan Reft's three articles written for KCET’s...
Nick Gabaldón Day 2014 Kicks of the Summer Season, Sat., June 14, at Santa Monica’s Historical African American Beach Gathering Place From Another Era
The sun was out and the surf was up for the Saturday, June 14, 2014 day of celebration around the pioneering African American and Mexican surfer Nick Gabaldón (1927-1951) and others that have come before...
SAVE THE DATE: Leader in Historic Preservation Thought and Activism, Dr. Ned Kaufman Will Speak in Southern California, March 11 and 13, 2014
Dr. Ned Kaufman will do an evening public lecture entitled "Extraordinary Prizes in Ordinary Places: How Preserving Everyday Things Can Save People and the Planet" on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 7.00pm at...
