A FIELD GUIDE TO LOS ANGELES: SURF LEGENDS AND POETS, PUNK MUSICIANS AND SPORTS ICONS, HOLLYWOOD LORE AND PALM TREES.

Inside Wildsam Los Angeles, you'll find select recommendations about authentic L.A. experiences, trusted travel essentials and city stories from prize-winning writers, past and present. Illustrated maps lead to movie palaces, fashion finds and secret stairs. Interviews reveal the lives of casting agents, traffic engineers and food critics. History and lore straight from the archives creates a deep sense of L.A. across eras, and in the here and now.