Marah Eakin

1 week ago | latimes.com | Marah Eakin

It’s 8 a.m. on a Saturday and cars are starting to roll into the parking lot next to Unincorporated Coffee in Altadena. There’s a green 1979 Mercedes 300SD Turbo Diesel in the corner, sitting next to a rust-orange vintage Mustang. Across from it, a shiny blue Volkswagen Mk4 R32 takes the slot next to a long, powder blue low-rider and a beautifully pinstriped 1948 Chevrolet truck, which rolled in blaring its siren-like horn.

1 week ago | mentalfloss.com | Marah Eakin

They were everywhere in the 1980s, including the Dutch pop music charts. You might not remember the name Weepul, but if you were a kid in the ’70s, ’80s, or ‘90s, you’ll remember what they look like. Essentially a ping-pong-sized, puffy, synthetic ball with googly eyes, antennae, and a set of flat, cartoonish sticker feet, Weepuls seemed to occupy every desk in every office in the late 20th century.

3 weeks ago | latimes.com | Marah Eakin

• After the Eaton fire, a massive new physical map in Altadena is helping some come to terms with the destruction. • Highland Park resident Noel McCarthy’s stylized update of L.A. County’s Eaton f ire damage map can be viewed in the parking lot of West Altadena Wine and SpiritsIn the hours, weeks and months since the Eaton fire, pictures of Altadena’s destruction have been almost unavoidable.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Marah Eakin

1 hour agoHow this California land bank is trying to protect Altadena from private investors who will spike the cost of housingOn the evening of January 7, the Eaton Fire hit Altadena, destroying more than 10,000 commercial and residential homes and displacing thousands of families. Just a little over two months later, and this historically Black community is facing a new threat.

3 weeks ago | dwell.com | Marah Eakin

View 4 PhotosThe long list of cameos on the new Apple TV+ series includes a handful of L.A.’s midcentury landmarks—and an invented one as well.