The North Court, UC Los Angeles (Ansel Adams, November 1966)

SFGate tells us:

In 1964, University of California President Clark Kerr hired Ansel Adams to photograph the UC system. What the visionary Kerr had in mind was an elegant and oversize table book to celebrate the centennial of the university, in ‘68.

 You can see them here, ht Sadie Stein and these guys. 

California Legless Lizard

The California Legless Lizard (Anniella pulchra) is a limbless, burrowing lizard often mistaken for a snake.

Says Wikipedia:

Young lizards resemble their parents except look like smaller versions of them.

I did not know

that there is a middle school in LA named after Johnnie Cochran:

(let me stress once again that if I don’t source a photo, it’s from Wikipedia or I took it myself.  This one’s from Wiki)