Marilyn Lane attempts to close her doors to prevent a large wave from crashing into the living room of her Solimar Beach home. (Alan Hagman / LAT)
A wrought iron fence encircles a home on Hoyt Street in Pacoima. (Myung J. Chun / LAT)
Bungalow Heaven in Pasadena is a designated historic district based on the prevalence of a certain style of bungalows, usually one-story Craftsman style. (Gary Friedman / LAT)
The stone walls of the Lummis house (El Alisal), built over a period of 12 years by Charles Fletcher Lummis next to the Arroyo Seco in Pasadena. Lummis was the first city editor of the Los Angeles Times. (Iris Schneider / LAT)
Etched glass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. (Francine Orr / LAT)
The Bradbury Building in downtown Los Angeles. (Richard Hartog / LAT)
The Chemosphere House is the mostly glass, flying saucer shaped home of publishing mogul Bernedikt Taschen in Los Angeles. (Ken Hively / LAT)
Movie goers crowd at AMC theatres in Burbank on a Friday night. (Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Times)
Cars full of visitors move carefully through a parade of ostriches at Lion Country Safari in 1975. (Larry Anderson / LAT)
People walk around the parking lot outside the Lava Lounge in Hollywood on a Friday night. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
The city of Villa Park and Orange have passed laws that make it harder to build five-, six- and seven-car garages - and garages that tower to 20 ft. high. (Karen Tapia-Anderson / LAT)
Palazzo Apartments at Park La Brea were built by developer Alan Casden. (Ken Hively / LAT)
The entrance at the Brand Library, once known as El Miradero, in Glendale on Mountain Street. (Lori Shepler / LAT)
DreamWorks co-founder David Geffen, who sought to bar public access to his Malibu beachfront property, agreed to reimburse California and a nonprofit group $300,000 in legal fees. (John Marshall Mantel / AP)
An oak tree in Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Al Seib / LAT)
