Obituaries
Aug. 15, 2008
Books
“RHYTHM AND THE BLUES” By Jerry Wexler and David Ritz Alfred A.
Aug. 15, 1993
The Atlantic Records producer helped Aretha Franklin to stardom and worked with Bob Dylan and other leading artists.
Aug. 16, 2008
Music
Jerry Wexler, the influential Atlantic Records producer who coined the term “rhythm and blues” before helping shape that sound into one of the most powerful musical forces of the 1950s and ‘60s, died Friday morning at his home in Sarasota, Fla.
The Blues Foundation presented its inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award Tuesday at the House of Blues, but not to a guitar picker from the Mississippi Delta or a belter from the South Side of Chicago.
Dec. 7, 1995
Business
The California Department of Real Estate is seeking to suspend or shut down Allstate Home Loans Inc., a mortgage loan brokerage in Sherman Oaks, after alleging that Allstate has defrauded private investors of at least $306,000.
Aug. 11, 1992
Allstate Home Loans Inc., a Sherman Oaks mortgage loan broker accused by the state of defrauding investors of at least $900,000, was seized last week by a court-appointed receiver, and its owner has been temporarily suspended from conducting business.
Aug. 25, 1992
California
The assistant vice principal who administered more than 250 advanced placement tests that were disqualified because students sat too close to one another has resigned from her job at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach.
Sept. 16, 1997
Real Estate
It was more than a decade ago that Donald Wexler originally drew up plans for this polished post-and-beam in Palm Springs’ famed Movie Colony East neighborhood.
Feb. 20, 2016