Before the EPA, the US environment was not federally protected. Vintage photos show Los Angeles before regulations limited ...

After the Palisades fire destroyed or seriously damaged more than 6,000 homes in Pacific Palisades and surrounding areas, Los ...

By 1974, they had taken 81,000 photos. The National Archives ... which traps fumes blown by Southern California's sea breeze, and causes them to linger over the city, according to Smithsonian Magazine ...