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Some of Cecilia's favorite columns
L. A. THEN AND NOW
The worst mother-in-law in California was also the last woman to be executed in the state, in 1962.
L.A. THEN AND NOW
Angela Copeland is fascinated by the 1928 slaying of her grandfather's first wife
L.A. THEN AND NOW
The cavalryman played a key but mostly unsung role in the frontier's settlement.
L.A. THEN AND NOW
Nellie May Madison was sentenced to death for killing her husband, until she revealed abuse.
L.A. THEN AND NOW
Belle Martell lost her license soon after she got it in 1940. Hall of fame will induct her posthumously.
L.A. THEN AND NOW
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.