The 14 most essential works of nonfiction include histories by Kevin Starr, Carey McWilliams, Reyner Banham and, ruling them all, Mike Davis' 'City of Quartz.'
An L.A. Times exposé and in one instance, Gloria Allred quite literally exposing sex discrimination led the Jonathan Club, the California Club, the Friars Club and others to become less exclusive, if not less expensive.
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You think this year's rains were bad? The floods of 1938 were so epic they led to a massive re-engineering of the L.A. River that vastly reduced the ability to recharge groundwater.