More L.A. Then and Now stories
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The changing downtown landscape as captured by two photographers shooting from the observation deck nearly six decades apart
Jan. 14, 2013
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The extensive grounds were used as the nation’s largest assembly center to house about 19,000 Japanese Americans before they were relocated to camps.
Nov. 8, 2009
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A TV producer tells of apparitions and strange happenings at former showbiz hangout Ciro’s, now the Comedy Store. Apparitions are said to haunt hotels and the Queen Mary as well.
Nov. 1, 2009
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There’s plenty of Hollywood money -- and history -- packed along that fabled sandy stretch of Malibu.
Oct. 18, 2009
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The red neon letters spelling ‘Outpost’ mark the original birthplace of Hollywood as a performers’ town.
Feb. 17, 2008
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The Bixby Park facility was a popular gathering spot for decades, notably for Iowa reunion picnics. It had fallen into disrepair after being damaged in a 2005 windstorm.
May 11, 2008
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Nellie May Madison was sentenced to death for killing her husband, until she revealed abuse.
Feb. 4, 2007
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Angela Copeland is fascinated by the 1928 slaying of her grandfather’s first wife
April 30, 2006
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The cavalryman played a key but mostly unsung role in the frontier’s settlement.
April 22, 2007
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The worst mother-in-law in California was also the last woman to be executed in the state, in 1962.
Jan. 20, 2002
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Indomitable saxophonist Peggy Gilbert got the beat back in the 1920s, when Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington and the Kansas City Nighthawks were wowing Jazz Age dance crowds.
Aug. 27, 2006
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The man credited with creating the forerunner of the movie projector killed his wife’s lover. But lawyers won an acquittal.
June 25, 2006
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Belle Martell lost her license soon after she got it in 1940. Hall of fame will induct her posthumously.
May 21, 2006
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First in a series of occasional stories.
June 3, 2007