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The Pacific Coast League: Baseball in Los Angeles Before the Dodgers

Baseball in Los Angeles started with the Dodgers. Nope. Not even close.  With the baseball season now underway and the Dodgers defending their title, this is a great time to cover some Los Angeles baseball history. Did you know there was baseball in Los Angeles long before the Dodgers came to town? In fact, baseball thrived on the west coast before the Dodgers and Giants traveled west.  [Note:…

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NAMM 2025: Time for the Annual Reunion of All Things Musical

Each January, manufacturers and organizations involved with music, recording, and live shows come together in one place to share what they’ve been up to over the past year. You don’t have to make music to enjoy the show. If you’re into music, you’ll hear it everywhere you turn. It’s NAMM Time You might catch artists you know walking around the show, sitting in panels, or signing autographs at…

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GNX Was Inspired by Seven Day Theory

Like many hip-hop fans in Los Angeles, I spent the last weeks of 2024 listening to Kendrick Lamar’s GNX. While listening, I couldn’t help but review the Kendrick-Drake battle that erupted after years of bubbling tension. There was one thing in particular that incensed Kendrick (and Tupac fans like myself). That was Drake’s use of AI to create a rap verse as Tupac Shakur on Drake’s “Taylor Made…

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Angeleno, Angelino, or Angeleño — Which is Right?

As I was reading DJ Waldie’s Becoming Los Angeles: Myth, Memory, and a Sense of Place, I came across one particular essay that hit close to home — literally. “A 2015 report to the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission, in a filing to give historical status to an Edwardian-era house, named its location as Angelino Heights, Angeleno Heights, and Angeleño Heights almost interchangeably. Naming…

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Wake Me When I’m Free Experience: A Celebration of the Life and Work of Tupac Shakur

Wake Me When I’m Free Experience: A Celebration of the Life and Work of Tupac Shakur

The Tupac Shakur Wake Me When I’m Free experience opened last weekend. My wife and I attended Saturday with the hope of reconnecting with a voice that’s been a part of our lives since the 90s. The exhibit is something every fan of Tupac Shakur needs to see. It is scheduled to run at Canvas @ L.A. Live through April.  Thanks as always for taking a few moments to hang out here at Los Angeles…

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My Musical Journey: Analog to Digital to Analog

My Musical Journey: Analog to Digital to Analog

Music has always played a major role in my life. It was with me in middle school and high school as a school bus took me away from Los Angeles daily, I was robbed for my Walkman on Sunset boulevard, and I’ve caught live music all over Los Angeles from Staples Center to the Great Western Forum to small backyards. While most of the time I reach for 90’s rock and hip hop, I still seeking out and…

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Pioneer Chicken Still Exists

As a kid, Pioneer Chicken was in walking distance, on the corner of Sunset and Echo Park. When I first moved to EP, we would go grocery shopping at the Guadalupana and Pioneer Market. Right next to the market was Pioneer Chicken. We didn’t have it all the time but it was golden fried goodness when we did. As the neighborhood changed, Pioneer Chicken disappeared. There was another location…

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The Events that Made Angelenos Forget COVID-19

The Events that Made Angelenos Forget COVID-19—Read the full article on losangelesnoise.com #losangeles #lakers #dodgers #bidenharris

Angelenos like to be outside. We hike, shop, attend sporting events and concerts, and often just drive or walk around the city. All this had to be set aside for the greater good in 2020 and the year became one we will tell future generations about for years. But in the last months three events made Angelenos ignore the rules and take to the streets. Lakers Win 17th Championship, October 11 The…

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The Lakers Are Back in the Finals

The Lakers Are Back in the Finals

The last time the Los Angeles Lakers were in the NBA Finals was 2010. It was another victory over the Boston Celtics. It was the 16th Lakers championship. It was the final year Kobe would lead them to the Larry O’Brien NBA Championship Trophy.

2010 seems a lifetime away now. I was on a work trip watching the games from bars in Nashville but was back in town for the parade. Just like 2009,…

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Conversation with Eric Nusbaum and Gustavo Arellano Presented by the Glendale Public Library

Conversation with Eric Nusbaum and Gustavo Arellano Presented by the Glendale Public Library

People often say that nobody in L.A. is from L.A. but that’s not the truth. Many of us have been in Los Angeles our whole lives and are proud to call it home. No, the truth is the people with roots in Los Angeles have been repeatedly pulled out of the city as if we were weeds.

So how does one reconcile the darker aspects of the city they love? Do we turn our back on the city or try to create…

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Remembering Kobe Bryant

January of 2020 now seems a lifetime away thanks to COVID-19. It was on January 26 Los Angeles was struck with the news that Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven other lives were lost in a helicopter crash. As the news spread, Angelenos flooded the L.A. Live area to grieve.

Today is August 24, or 8/24: the two numbers Kobe wore during his career with the Los Angeles Lakers. We were…

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A Shaker in L.A. to Close Out July

A Shaker in L.A. to Close Out July: July ended with some heat in Los Angeles. We were in the 90's each of the final days of the month right through the first weekend of August. #earthquake #losangeles #dodgers #lakers

July ended with some heat in Los Angeles. We were in the 90’s each of the final days of the month right through the first weekend of August. Read below for a few other L.A. occurrences as we push through the summer.

Early Morning Jolt

My Thursday morning alarm

I was just waking up Thursday morning when the shaking began. A 4.2-magnitude quake may not be strong enough to cause damage but…

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The Dodgers are Back

The Dodgers are Back

The 2020 baseball season finally began this weekend and I was glued to my couch like the cardboard cutouts behind home plate at Dodger Stadium. Thanks to ESPN and Fox Sports, three of the four games of the opening series against the Giants were available to stream and it made for a glorious weekend at home.

Games at Dodger Stadium are special. In the summer, 7 PM games begin in daylight. As…

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The 2020 Dodgers Season Will Be Different

The 2020 Dodgers Season Will Be Different: It's the evening of July 19, 2020. As I write this post, the Dodgers are playing the Arizona Diamondbacks in Dodger Stadium. Major League Baseball is kicking off the modified 2020 season this week.

It’s the evening of July 19, 2020. As I write this post, the Dodgers are playing the Arizona Diamondbacks in Dodger Stadium. Major League Baseball is kicking off the modified 2020 season this week. There are three spring training games scheduled for the Dodgers: The Diamondbacks back-to-back and one game against the Angels. Then Thursday, the season kicks off against the San Francisco Giants. But…

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The Neighborhoods Buried Beneath Dodger Stadium

The Neighborhoods Buried Beneath Dodger Stadium — I was born in El Salvador in 1980 and came to Los Angeles when I was eight years old. I fell in love with baseball instantly. My first visit to Dodger Stadium is firmly planted in my brain.

Inspired by Eric Nusbaum’s Stealing Home

I was born in El Salvador in 1980 and came to Los Angeles when I was eight years old. I fell in love with baseball instantly. My first visit to Dodger Stadium is firmly planted in my brain. I went with my cousin and our uncle to a Saturday afternoon game. Upon entry, I got a free baseball helmet. I had a smile on my face that only grew larger when I…

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July 6, 2020: Last Week in Los Angeles

July 6, 2020: Last Week in Los Angeles—1. Lighting up the Skies, 2. Air Quality the Day After, 3. Freedom for All

Independence Day was different this year but the celebration still took over the skies that night and the morning after. Read on to see how the 4th of July looked in Los Angeles.

Lighting up the Skies Video Source: SoCal Attractions 360

Official fireworks displays were canceled in all of Los Angeles. And yet, the skies…

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June 29, 2020: Last Week in Los Angeles

Last Week in Los Angeles: It's time for Dodger Baseball. Good riddance to Song of the South. Experience old L.A. from your couch.

2020 will be like no other… but at least there will be baseball.

It’s Time for Dodger Baseball

Play ball!

We will have baseball in 2020! The season will begin July 24 and consist of 60 games. The Dodgers will play the western division teams of both leagues. Spitting will not be allowed, players will wear masks in the dugouts, and the stands will be empty. This must be Spectrum’s dream. {…