Victoria Bernal
@victoriabernal.bsky.social
Chronicling my pocket of Los Angeles, past & present. My family has 120 years of history in Los Angeles/SoCal.
Saw this statue of F. Scott Fitzgerald as we walked through St. Paul's Rice Park yesterday, which happened to be the 85th anniversary of his death. The Great Gatsby author died in #WestHollywood on Dec 21, 1940 (www.westhollywoodhistory.org/playground-t...). #FScottFitzgerald #StPaulMN
December 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Saw this statue of F. Scott Fitzgerald as we walked through St. Paul's Rice Park yesterday, which happened to be the 85th anniversary of his death. The Great Gatsby author died in #WestHollywood on Dec 21, 1940 (www.westhollywoodhistory.org/playground-t...). #FScottFitzgerald #StPaulMN
Getting into the holiday spirit at the Creekside Supper Club in #Minneapolis. 🎅🏽🎄🧑🏽🎄
December 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Getting into the holiday spirit at the Creekside Supper Club in #Minneapolis. 🎅🏽🎄🧑🏽🎄
“Living here has given me a 'long view' of my #suburban life. Other writers have chosen differently & made a rich literature out of American itchiness to move on to bigger/brighter places. I've contributed to a minor literature of hang'g around to see what happens next." www.lapl.org/collections-...
Interview With an Author: D.J. Waldie
D.J. Waldie is a historian of Los Angeles, a memoirist, and a translator. He is the author of Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir (1995), Where Are We Now: Notes from Los Angeles (2005), Becoming Los Angeles...
www.lapl.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“Living here has given me a 'long view' of my #suburban life. Other writers have chosen differently & made a rich literature out of American itchiness to move on to bigger/brighter places. I've contributed to a minor literature of hang'g around to see what happens next." www.lapl.org/collections-...
"Regular observers of copyright law’s favorite holiday know the drill: on Jan 1, 2026, a new crop of creative works from 1930 (along with sound recordings from 1925) will enter the #publicdomain in the United States—ready to be remixed, recycled, or repurposed..." copyrightlately.com/public-domai...
Public Domain Day 2026 Is Coming: Here's What to Know
On January 1, 2026, works from 1930—including Nancy Drew, early Betty Boop, and The Maltese Falcon—hit the U.S. public domain. Here’s what it all means.
copyrightlately.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"Regular observers of copyright law’s favorite holiday know the drill: on Jan 1, 2026, a new crop of creative works from 1930 (along with sound recordings from 1925) will enter the #publicdomain in the United States—ready to be remixed, recycled, or repurposed..." copyrightlately.com/public-domai...
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The City of Industry is finalizing arrangements to get started building the first phase of a planned 10-mile long bike path. Initial 1.5 mile phase will be along Valley Blvd. la.streetsblog.org/2025/12/11/c...
City of Industry Working Towards 10-mile Bike Path - Streetsblog Los Angeles
The project will begin where it’s needed most – Valley Boulevard.
la.streetsblog.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The City of Industry is finalizing arrangements to get started building the first phase of a planned 10-mile long bike path. Initial 1.5 mile phase will be along Valley Blvd. la.streetsblog.org/2025/12/11/c...
The literary Christmas tree in the @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social’s historic rotunda. #LosAngeles #LibrarySky
December 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The literary Christmas tree in the @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social’s historic rotunda. #LosAngeles #LibrarySky
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The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries
Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.
www.ala.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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📣 TONIGHT! @thewaroncars.bsky.social is coming to LA! I'm joining them onstage for a live show with @streetsforall.org to promote their new book.
🌧️ WE MUST SHOW THESE NEW YORKERS THAT A LITTLE RAIN DOES NOT SCARE LA AWAY!
🎟️ Tickets are available here: www.dynastytypewriter.com/calendar-squ...
🌧️ WE MUST SHOW THESE NEW YORKERS THAT A LITTLE RAIN DOES NOT SCARE LA AWAY!
🎟️ Tickets are available here: www.dynastytypewriter.com/calendar-squ...
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
📣 TONIGHT! @thewaroncars.bsky.social is coming to LA! I'm joining them onstage for a live show with @streetsforall.org to promote their new book.
🌧️ WE MUST SHOW THESE NEW YORKERS THAT A LITTLE RAIN DOES NOT SCARE LA AWAY!
🎟️ Tickets are available here: www.dynastytypewriter.com/calendar-squ...
🌧️ WE MUST SHOW THESE NEW YORKERS THAT A LITTLE RAIN DOES NOT SCARE LA AWAY!
🎟️ Tickets are available here: www.dynastytypewriter.com/calendar-squ...
A clip from the lovely #SingingIntheRain number during the Lineage Performing Arts Center’s “Broadway Gamble Ramble” production at the historic Gamble House on Friday night. gamblehouse.org/mec-events/b... #HouseMuseums #MusicalTheatre #LAThtr #TheatreSky #Pasadena
November 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A clip from the lovely #SingingIntheRain number during the Lineage Performing Arts Center’s “Broadway Gamble Ramble” production at the historic Gamble House on Friday night. gamblehouse.org/mec-events/b... #HouseMuseums #MusicalTheatre #LAThtr #TheatreSky #Pasadena
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Help name the future Puente Hills Regional Park. Your idea could shape the identity of this new park!
ENGLISH: https://tinyurl.com/2eyh7ump
SPANISH: https://tinyurl.com/yx43kmsh
ENGLISH: https://tinyurl.com/2eyh7ump
SPANISH: https://tinyurl.com/yx43kmsh
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Help name the future Puente Hills Regional Park. Your idea could shape the identity of this new park!
ENGLISH: https://tinyurl.com/2eyh7ump
SPANISH: https://tinyurl.com/yx43kmsh
ENGLISH: https://tinyurl.com/2eyh7ump
SPANISH: https://tinyurl.com/yx43kmsh
“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...
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“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...
A couple of pix from Saturday's opening reception for "Ofelia Esparza: A Retrospective," an exhibit at the Vincent Price Art Museum. #DíaDeLosMuertos #LosAngeles
October 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
A couple of pix from Saturday's opening reception for "Ofelia Esparza: A Retrospective," an exhibit at the Vincent Price Art Museum. #DíaDeLosMuertos #LosAngeles
I’m a fan of #Ciclavia all year long, but I especially appreciate it during the #spookyseason. 👻 #losangeles
October 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I’m a fan of #Ciclavia all year long, but I especially appreciate it during the #spookyseason. 👻 #losangeles
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@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
storymaps.arcgis.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
@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/...
"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...
October 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
"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...
"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
@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
la.streetsblog.org
September 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"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
@streetsblogla.bsky.social: la.streetsblog.org/2025/07/24/m... #LosAngeles #transit
Excited to add a new tap card to my small @metrolosangeles.bsky.social tap card collection. 🚃😊🚌
#HispanicHeritageMonth
#HispanicHeritageMonth
September 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Excited to add a new tap card to my small @metrolosangeles.bsky.social tap card collection. 🚃😊🚌
#HispanicHeritageMonth
#HispanicHeritageMonth
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This Puente Hills Regional Park is a big deal! Kudos to Hilda Solis for shepherding this project. Looking forward to the new park opening!
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.
la.streetsblog.org
September 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This Puente Hills Regional Park is a big deal! Kudos to Hilda Solis for shepherding this project. Looking forward to the new park opening!
“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
Maps featuring #California as an island -> exhibits.stanford.edu/david-rumsey... #CaliforniaAdmissionDay
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.
For several centuries, European maps portrayed California as an island, as shown in this mosaic mural (1969) at LA County's Norwalk Library.
September 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“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
Maps featuring #California as an island -> exhibits.stanford.edu/david-rumsey... #CaliforniaAdmissionDay
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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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September 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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
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.
September 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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.
“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
www.sierraclub.org
August 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
“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...
"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...
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
www.zocalopublicsquare.org
August 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"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...
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/map-to-liter...
Felt that earthquake out here in the east San Gabriel Valley!
July 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Felt that earthquake out here in the east San Gabriel Valley!