On the southeast corner of the UCLA campus lies the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden. On seven acres, this oasis contains tropical and sub-tropical plants from all over the world.

I took a pleasant walk through the garden over the weekend, and plan to return, since it is a restive spot that …

If you are in need of a technical book or magazine, or several, you can probably do no better than to visit Opamp Technical Books, near Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles.

Inside are a number of aisles stacked floor to ceiling with used and new scientific and technical books of all topics, …

Without a doubt, the Getty Museum is one of the places every visitor to Los Angeles should see.

Jean Paul Getty (1892 – 1976) was an American who made his money by founding the Getty Oil Company. A collector of art and other antiquities, when he died his money went into the J. Paul Getty Trust, …