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New video - 8pm premiere! The Cranky Preservationist returns, to celebrate a wacky #DTLA roadside gem that rose like a phoenix from the ashes of a recent blaze. Ep. 26: Reports of the Death of The White Log Coffee Shop Have Been Exaggerated facebook.com/esotouricbusad… #MyDayinLA

A Solstice Cup of Cheer filled with a gift certificate sale, March crime lab announcement and a lifeline to save LACMA - mailchi.mp/esotouric/sols…

Announcing RICHARD'S BIRTHDAY TOUR - From Mission Revival and Citrus Groves to the Marvelous Mid-Century 11/30/2019 - mailchi.mp/esotouric/birt…

Please RT & sign to HELP SAVE a great piece of public art, a 1992 L.A. riots memorial, that the city destroyed without contacting artist Sheila Klein​. She’s seeking a City Hall promise to RESTORE Vermonica. Add your name and spread the word! chng.it/2pmNgqsv

On the Hotel Horrors & Main Street Vice tour, discover the lost lowbrow history of Downtown Los Angeles, from b-girl shakedown rackets to taxi dance halls to storefront freak shows. SEE where fantasies were sold, and where dreams turned DEADLY! esotouric.com/hotelhorrors-3… #DTLA

It just might be YOUR lucky day! Two seats just became available on our debut Silent Echoes Esotouric bus adventure, hosted by author John Bengtson, that savvy sleuth of silent cinema sites. Keaton, Chaplin, Lloyd and so many more funny, brilliant folks. esotouric.com/silent-echoes2…

Kenny, Cal State LA's historic crime lab dummy, says we are ALMOST SOLD OUT for today's forensic science seminar. Your ticket to Arson & After benefits cutting edge Criminalistics research in new methods of crime scene analysis in the lab Ray Pinker built. lavatransforms.org/event/crimelab…

Kenny, Cal State LA's historic crime lab dummy, says we are ALMOST SOLD OUT for Sunday's forensic science seminar. Your ticket to Arson & After benefits cutting edge Criminalistics research in new methods of crime scene analysis, buys Kenny a new hoodie. lavatransforms.org/event/crimelab…

RT @FrankGirardot: Exclusive: Find out exactly what former arson investigator John Orr has to say about “Burned.” This Sunday we will share Orr’s story and his review of the true crime book published by WildBlue Press. A limited number of tickets remain. lavatransforms.org/event/crimelab…

We moan a lot about arson, demolitions and sketchy land use votes, but it really is a golden age of historic preservation, when neighbors can organize and save the Los Angeles landmarks they love. Check the map to find a local cause that needs YOU! goo.gl/maps/C02fG

We host forensic science seminars at CSULA, the birthplace of the discipline. Join us this Sunday for Arson & After, cold cases & family scars lavatransforms.org/event/crimelab… and on 4/28 for a deep dive through the toxicology family tree & canyon cultists of Simi. lavatransforms.org/event/crimelab…

New historic true crime program! Toxicology Trees & Canyon Cultists: The Gettler Boys & Krishna Venta’s WKFL Fountain of the World. Sunday 4/28 in the teaching crime lab at Cal State Los Angeles lavatransforms.org/event/crimelab…

The fix was in. Emails reveal how Jose Huizar & Gil Cedillo drummed up fake public support for demolition of modernist landmark Parker Center. L.A. Conservancy, Cultural Heritage Commission, preservationists, taxpayers got screwed. michaelkohlhaas.org/wp/2019/01/19/… #DTLA #ThisPlaceMatters

Stay tuned for announcement of our April forensic science seminar, featuring a deep dive into the early years of toxicology and bomb science. Hear more about it the Sunday, 1/27 program, on Arson & After. lavatransforms.org/event/crimelab…

Previewing tomorrow night's final #TriforiumFridays concert, here's video from last October's LAVA Sunday Salon tour on preservation in the #DTLA Civic Center: Joseph Young's Triforium & Topographic Map & Richard Neutra's Hall of Records. youtu.be/cOgL4pRN1dw #ThisPlaceMatters

January 2019 forensic science seminar: Arson & After featuring Detective Ed Nordskog on clearing cold cases and an intimate portrait of John Orr’s crimes from journalist Frank Girardot and Orr’s daughter, Lori. lavatransforms.org/event/crimelab…

Preservation isn't just about keeping the past, it's about remembering what was, and sometimes even fighting to save newer buildings that replaced great old ones. See for yourself as The Cranky Preservationist dips into the complexities of Richfield/ARCO.

Catching up on posting last summer’s LAVA Sunday Salon videos, here’s Gordon Pattison on lost Bunker Hill & the 2nd Street Cable Car - with a little help from Ramona Bradbury, Steven Luftman and our Richard Schave youtu.be/UoGaeRe7Sbg #DTLA

For four hours on a recent Sunday, forensics experts led #truecrime buffs on a deep dive into the #GrimSleeper murders. lamag.com/citythinkblog/… @esotouric

Fall forensic science seminar just announced: The Southside Slayer Unmasked: DNA, Exoneration & the Chester Turner Cold Case Serial Killing Investigation. lavatransforms.org/crimelabseptem…