Los Angeles Times Columnist Erika D. Smith

I’ve Been Doing a Lot of Car-Watching

Erika D. Smith is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times writing about the diversity of people and places across California. Before taking part in “How Can Our Communities Escape Polarizing Conflict,” a Zócalo/California Wellness Foundation event co-presented with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Smith chatted in our green room at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum about the pain of being an Ohio sports fan, her favorite trails in SoCal, and her most unpopular opinion.

Former California Superior Court Judge B. Scott Silverman | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

Former California Superior Court Judge B. Scott Silverman

I’m Not a Very Controversial Person

B. Scott Silverman is a former judge for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County and currently practices as a mediator, private judge, and arbitrator. Before taking part in “How …

UCLA Anthropologist Kyeyoung Park | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

UCLA Anthropologist Kyeyoung Park

What’s Greater Than Teaching Human Beings?

Kyeyoung Park is a professor of sociocultural anthropology and Asian American studies at UCLA and the author, most recently, of LA Rising: Korean Relations With Blacks and Latinos After Civil …