Hadley Meares

The Mystery of Mrs. Van Tassel, the First Woman to Parachute Over L.A.

Hadley MearesDecember 12, 2016

On the morning of July 5, 1888, Los Angeles woke up to a passionate debate. At the debate’s center was a woman called Mrs. Van Tassel, described as “big, young, handsome and blonde.” Bucking conventions of the time, Mrs. Van Tassel, “no soft, yielding, timid shrinking wife” to popular aeronaut......

A 1950s Suicide-Bombed SoCal Cult Became a Precursor to Manson

Hadley MearesNovember 4, 2016

It was a little after 2 a.m. on Dec. 10, 1958. One minute Dorothy Hamm was snug asleep in her bed, the next she was wide awake, having been thrown to the ground by some powerful explosion. She ran outside and saw a “wall of flame gushing over the crest......

There Were No Monkeys At Monkey Bar — But Everyone Else Was There

Hadley MearesOctober 10, 2016

A couple of months ago, a post appeared on the page of a secret Facebook group, which to protect the innocent shall remain nameless. The group is comprised of Los Angeles artists, writers, historians, journalists and others long entrenched in the L.A. scene. The post in question concerned an old......

L.A. Used to Have a French Quarter — Now We Call it Chinatown

Hadley MearesOctober 6, 2016

When one thinks of L.A.’s Chinatown, many images come to mind. The vibrant Central Plaza strung with lanterns, the beautiful Thien Hau Temple, the small, family-owned stalls filled with Eastern medicines and … a statue of Joan of Arc? There she stands, bronze and oxidizing in the sun, in front......

85 Years Ago, An Unlikely Murderer Arrived in L.A. With Something Gruesome in Her Luggage

Hadley MearesAugust 24, 2016

At 7:45 a.m. on the morning of Monday, October 19, 1931, a tiny, ethereal beauty stepped off the overnight train from Phoenix into Central Station in downtown Los Angeles. The frail woman, only five feet tall, wore a brown suit and a brown velvet turban, and she carried a hatbox......

The Origin Story of Tarzana, a Neighborhood Named After an Ape Man

Hadley MearesJuly 2, 2016

Once, shortly after we had moved to the Ranch, Dad and I were out riding together. We paused at a high point from where we could look out on most of the Valley below, stretching across the Santa Susanna Mountains across the far end. Neither one of us spoke and......

Food

A Spring Dinner In Malibu’s Hidden Gem: Thorne Family Farm

Getting Your Money’s Worth At Happy Hour – Here’s What’s Popping Up

What’s Popping Up? Sabrina Carpenter’s Pit Stop In Indio And A Heat Match

Music

Kaskade Returns to Coachella — The Place Where He Made History — with Origin //

PHOTOS AND RECAP: Superstar Lineup and Over 10,000 Partiers Celebrate Five Years of Framework In The Desert in Coachella Valley

Manila to Mojave: BINI Conquers Coachella

Entertainment

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ winner Myki Meeks on her $200,000 plans, Broadway dreams, and ‘SNL’ ambitions

Review: ‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ is Not Really a Mummy Movie, But Blumhouse Couldn’t Care Less

Review: In ‘Lorne’ the Most Elusive Man in Showbiz Stays that Way

Arts

The Sprawling New David Geffen Galleries At LACMA Open To The Public On Sunday, May 3

Discover Harmonia Rosales In Beginnings At The Getty Center Before It Closes For Its Olympic Makeover

Scaling Walls with Los Angeles’s Rappel Graffiti Artists

Culture

Getting Social: La Quinta Resort Turns 100, Día del Niño In Lynwood And Superman Lands In Burbank

The Do-Over Brings LA Global Heat with JAEL, ZAINAB & CALDEE at Don Quixote

It’s Mother Earth Month And Here Are Some Sustainable Ways To Celebrate

Cannabis

From Farm to Door: How Legal THCA Flower Delivery Works

Your Green Guide: Where to Celebrate 4/20 2026 in Los Angeles

Muha Meds Launches Industry’s First Comprehensive Lifestyle Platform, Redefining Cannabis Brand Engagement Model

Hadley Meares

The Mystery of Mrs. Van Tassel, the First Woman to Parachute Over L.A.

A 1950s Suicide-Bombed SoCal Cult Became a Precursor to Manson

There Were No Monkeys At Monkey Bar — But Everyone Else Was There

L.A. Used to Have a French Quarter — Now We Call it Chinatown

85 Years Ago, An Unlikely Murderer Arrived in L.A. With Something Gruesome in Her Luggage

The Origin Story of Tarzana, a Neighborhood Named After an Ape Man

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