Nathan Masters
KCET-TV SoCal
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Past articles by Nathan:
Lost LA Field Notes: Ghost Towns
The only ghosts in this episode are the dreams of the past — visions of wealth, of new cities, and of new ways of living that failed. One of our stops... → Read More
California’s Atlantis: The Lost Superisland of Santarosae
Twenty thousand years ago, Santarosae Island was an imposing landmass just south of the Santa Barbara coast. Then it disappeared. → Read More
Disney’s Lost Plans to Build a Ski Resort in Sequoia National Park
The proposal by Walt Disney Productions (today, the Walt Disney Company) envisioned an "American Alpine Wonderland" on the floor of Mineral King Valley. → Read More
The Birth of California’s State Park System
California’s 88 state parks, which collectively protect another 1.2 million acres, from the desert badlands of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park to the... → Read More
Photos from the 1959 World Series, L.A.'s First
The Dodgers then called home the cavernous Coliseum, which seated more than 92,000. They beat the White Sox four games to two. → Read More
Concrete Fantasy: When Southern California's Freeways Were New (And Empty)
Freeways once represented L.A.'s best hope for the future, as these photos illustrate. → Read More
An Aeronaut's View of Los Angeles, 1887
Taken from a hot air balloon, it was probably the first aerial photo of L.A. → Read More
Why Did Oak Trees Once Grow in the Middle of Pasadena Intersections?
The unusual traffic hazards – the result of deliberate town planning – became local landmarks. → Read More
From Marshland to Italian Village: The Creation of Naples, Long Beach
It opened one year after Venice of America – that other Southern California development boasting saltwater canals and an Italian name. → Read More
When UCLA Was a Downtown Teaching College
The California Branch State Normal School occupied a hilltop site in downtown L.A. The teacher's college later became UCLA. → Read More
What Happened in L.A. During the Civil War?
The American Civil War inflamed passions in distant Southern California. → Read More
These Boundary Trees Are Remnants of California's Lost Mexican-Era Ranchos
Ancient oaks and sycamores marked the boundaries of many Mexican-era rancho land grants. → Read More
How Baxter Became One of L.A.’s Steepest Streets
With its 32 percent grade, how did Baxter Street ever get built? → Read More
When Camels Came to Los Angeles
In the 1850s, the Army tried to introduce the "ship of the desert" to the arid American Southwest. → Read More
When Union Bank Square Dethroned City Hall as L.A.'s Tallest Building
In 1966, 516-foot Union Bank Square ended City Hall's long reign as the tallest building in Los Angeles. → Read More
How Sepulveda Canyon Became the 405
L.A.'s most hated stretch of freeway began as a bucolic country road through the Santa Monica Mountains. → Read More
When L.A.’s Buses Had an Upper Deck
When the double-decker transit bus arrived in Los Angeles, it came with a distinctly local innovation — an open-air top deck. → Read More
This Was L.A.’s City Hall for 39 Years
Before Los Angeles’ municipal government moved into the imposing, neoclassical skyscraper we now know as City Hall in 1928, it was content with a more modest, three-story structure. → Read More
Before Its Time: Burbank’s Experimental Monorail of 1910
In 1910, a colorful inventor cleared a swath through his Burbank orchard and built an experimental monorail, the Aerial Swallow. → Read More
When Knott’s Berry Farm Was an Actual Farm
The Orange County amusement park started as a roadside fruit stand. → Read More