Gary Leonard has been documenting Los Angeles for fifty years. We'll visit his new gallery downtown and RE-visit our region's history...through his camera lens.

It's time to plant tomatoes, the "Queen of the Summer Vegetable." Off-Ramp talks with an expert at Burkard's Nursery in Pasadena to help you fight wilt and get the most from your seedlings.

Forrest J Ackerman--the late publisher of "Famous Monsters" magazine--coined "sci-fi" and helped to legitimize the horror genre. Last weekend, 600 people (including Ray Bradbury and Guillermo del Toro) gathered at the Egyptian theater to pay him tribute. We bring you sound from the celebration.

KPCC Orange County Reporter Susan Valot joins in Dana Point's 38th annual celebration of whales, and goes whale watching. Will she see an elusive blue whale?

Three giants in their field, stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen, Forrest J Ackerman, and Ray Bradbury hammed it up at Clifton's Cafeteria in 1999.

Queena Kim talks with it-directeur Michel Gondry. Gondry has helmed Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and a ton of famous music videos. Now, he's co-directing the experimental movie Tokyo! with two other non-Japanese directors.

Guitar ace John McLaughlin tells us about playing with Miles Davis and Chick Corea. He and Corea are starting a national tour that starts next week in Los Angeles.

Bamboodles Restaurant makes its noodles fresh every day using a century-old process that you have to see -- or hear -- to believe. Dinner Party Download's Rico Gagliano asked co-owner Chuck Yew: what's a bamboodle?

Mark Lacter takes us to the Port of LA -- a microcosm for the region's economic collapse.

KPCC's Brian Watt brings us the sounds--and smells--of Chef Marilyn's Soul Food Express, a Southern-style eatery on Crenshaw Blvd. that just celebrated its 20th birthday.