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Bringing back San Juan Capistrano's swallows is one tough mission
A bird's call rings endlessly inside the adobe walls at Mission San Juan Capistrano as tourists wander through the courtyard —ablaze with flowers in full bloom — and a handful of fourth-graders snap pictures and take notes for class projects....
Tags: Pat Boone, Music, Science and Technology, Entertainment, Arts and Culture
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Coachella 2012: Fest expands, floods desert region with dollars
Inside his mini-mart in the desert town of Indio, store manager John Stafford is busy stockpiling caffeinated drinks. Monster and Red Bulls mostly. He knows from experience that he'll need plenty this weekend. Tens of thousands of visitors will descend...
Tags: Groundhog Day, Dr. Dre (music artist), Country and Western (genre), Lollapalooza, Randy Phillips
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Billy Strange dies at 81; guitarist, arranger for Presley, Nancy Sinatra
Guitarist Billy Strange once took the kind of phone call that thousands of musicians receive only in their best and wildest dreams.
"I was staying at a hotel in Nashville in 1965 when my telephone rang and this unmistakable voice said, 'Billy, this is...Tags: The Everly Brothers (music group), Lee Hazlewood, Mac Davis, Duane Eddy (music group), Music Theater
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Harry Morgan dies at 96; star of TV's 'MASH'
Emmy Award-winning actor Harry Morgan, who played the crusty yet sympathetic Col. Sherman T. Potter in the sitcom "MASH" and the hard-nosed LAPD Officer Bill Gannon in the television drama "Dragnet," died Wednesday. He was 96.
Morgan died at his home...Tags: Henry Morgan, Concerts, Entertainment Events, Jack Webb, Broadway Theater
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An Appreciation: Etta James
Pop & HissEtta James appreciation: Simple lyrics took on deeper meaning when sung by Etta James. Her unmatched song styling helped bring West Coast R&B to prominence.... -
Disneyland princesses moving into new Fantasy Faire village in 2013
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBreaking a wicked stepmother's curse, Disneyland's fairytale princesses will be whisked away from their crowded one-room temporary home in 2013 and magically transported to a spacious new storybook village more befitting of their royal lineage. Blame...Tags: Cab Calloway, Count Basie, Tourism and Leisure, Trips and Vacations, Tourism and Leisure Industry
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Beryl Davis dies at 87; British-born singer became a star in America
Beryl Davis, a British-born singer who became a star in America performing with Frank Sinatra and Benny Goodman during the big-band era, died Friday in Los Angeles. She was 87.
The cause of death was complications from Alzheimer's disease, according to...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Concerts, Django Reinhardt, David Rose, Entertainment Events
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Book review: 'Familyhood'
Los Angeles TimesI was so ready to dismiss this little book as the musings of a sitcom quipster with not much to add to the national discourse — when, during one of those insufferably long children's birthday parties, another dad began to rant about many of the same...Tags: Donna Reed, Book, Paul Reiser, Entertainment, John Garfield
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Pop music and jazz figures
Pop music and jazz figures Bob Popescu, 77; co-owner of Catalina Bar & Grill, turned the Los Angeles club into one of the top jazz venues in the country (Jan. 5) Ken Nelson, 84; longtime Capitol Records talent scout had an ear for country music (Jan. 6)...Tags: Country and Western (genre), Achievement Records, Rhythm and Blues (genre), Celebrity Parents, Jimi Hendrix
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Jack Lawrence dies at 96; songwriter did lyrics for 'Tenderly' and 'Beyond the Sea'
Jack Lawrence, a songwriter who wrote the lyrics for hits such as "All or Nothing at All," "Tenderly" and "Beyond the Sea," has died. He was 96. Lawrence, who fractured his pelvic bone in a fall in his Redding, Conn., home Friday, died of complications...Tags: Lawyers, Lena Horne, Movies, Billie Holiday, Entertainment
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'Strange Things Happen' by Stewart Copeland
The rock singer Sting may be a man of furtive cool, mystical tantric talents and exotic, globe-spanning tastes, but it was his affable drummer who could always boast the more intriguing back story.
Sting, né Gordon Sumner, was the son of an English...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Central Intelligence Agency, Australia (movie), Religious Conflicts, Sting
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Rubin 'Zeke' Zarchy dies at 93; big band trumpeter
Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy, a trumpeter for a number of leading big bands who was best known for his association with Glenn Miller's orchestra in the 1940s, has died. He was 93.
Zarchy died Saturday of complications from pneumonia at Kaiser Permanente...Tags: Louis Armstrong, Death, Bix Beiderbecke, Armed Forces, Tommy Dorsey
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