L.a. Meekly

You must be this tall to hear this extensive history of Venice of America. Join us as we take a gondola ride through the canals, join one of LA's oldest gangs and watch the rivalry of the Venice and Ocean Park piers as their built up and burned down and built up and then burned down again. And again. And again. We cover Abbott Kinney himself (3:05), the amusements (20:08), the canals (58:25), the oil days (1:06:08), the history of Oakwood (1:11:34) and the tragedies (1:17:19). (All heights welcome).

Los Angeles was once the bank robbery capital of the world so put the money in the bag and put your headphones in as we give you a rundown on some of the cities most notorious holdups, heists and bandits from Stanley Mark Rifkin (8:35) to the Yankee Bandit (14:41) to the great Dunbar heist (41:20) to the North Hollywood shootout (49:51) and, from the old days, the legendary Tiburcio Vasquez (1:05:09).

A poisonously vital part of the puzzle from one of last episode’s stories falls into place just a little too late so we present to you our very first bonus episode to fill in one of what promises to be many gaps.

On tonight's menu we have a sampler of our proudest native dishes: the French dip (2:45), the hot fudge sundae (12:39), the chili burger (21:26), the cheeseburger (31:36), the Orange Julius (39:02) and the Cobb salad (48:25). Strap on your bib and get ready for the story of six famous foods invented in LA.

The showdown you never knew you were waiting for.  The dueling histories of the Griffith Observatory and the Getty Center.

An historic look at the rise and fall of the country's greatest moving picture theater district: Broadway. After covering the history of the street we delve into a few theaters in particular the Million Dollar (21:12), the Orpheum (27:00) and the United Artists Theater (50:48).

The first of our seasonally haunted episodes from LA's past covering the Sharon Tate murder (2:50), the Menendez Brothers (12:25), the Lincoln Heights Jail (29:23), Rudolph Valentino's ghost (40:30), Rancho Los Amigos (52:38) and the curse of Griffith Park (1:01:34).

A brief history of the Los Angeles Public Library system.