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March 18, 1907: In L.A. Schools, Young Ivan and Josefina Learn English
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. “Who was the first man?” asked the teacher of an American boy. “Washington,” was the reply. He was reminded of Adam and observed: “Yes, if you count foreigners.”...
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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 45 — Nothing but Compost
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” Wolfe is using the...
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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 46 — Snooze Alarm
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” Wolfe is using the...
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March 20, 1907: St. James Raises a Church — Burned in 1973 as Hate Crime...
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. The Methodist Episcopal congregation, formed from a merger of the Centennial and Central churches, planned a wonderful new building at 22nd Street and Union....
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Anne Redding: SBCC Faculty Lecture on ‘Crime Across the Curriculum’
Anne Redding, courtesy of Santa Barbara City College. Anne Redding, chair of the School of Justice Studies at Santa Barbara City College, will present the annual faculty lecture tomorrow on “Crime...
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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 48 — An Army of One
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul (and where is that darn Mogul, anyway?) and the Murder That...
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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 49 — Family Ties
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files,” more properly titled “Stuff I Scraped Out of ‘Severed’ Thanks to John Gilmore,...
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March 23, 1907: At L.A. Orphanage, a Page From Dickens
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. For some time, the teachers at the Casco Street School had been concerned about the pupils from the nearby Christian Orphanage. But finally the problems became...
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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 50 — Trying to Make It Real...
Note: This is an encore from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” Wolfe is using the...
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Dec. 4, 1911: Man Arrested for ‘Masquerading in Female Attire’
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. Dec. 4, 1911 Clarence Westfall, 22 years old, was taken into custody at San Pedro yesterday afternoon when a boat from San Diego docked. He was arrested for...
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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 51 — Slinging Hash
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob (and were are those pesky thugs, anyway?), the Mogul (missing in action so...
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March 25, 1907: Young Bike Messengers a Key Part of L.A. Drug, Sex Trade
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. Technology has changed, but people have not. Simply because they lived nearly a century ago doesn’t mean Angelenos were unable to indulge their vices, they...
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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 53 — Imagine My Surprise
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Crime That Transfixed Los Angeles.” Wolfe is using the...
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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 54 — Tell It to the Marines
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” Wolfe is using the...
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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 55 — Evil Genius
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” Wolfe is using the...
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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 56 — The Lady in Red
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” Wolfe is using the...
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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 57 — Lines of History
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” Wolfe is using the...
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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 58 —The Countdown Begins
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” Wolfe is using the...
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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 59 — Pleas and Thank-Yous
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles. Wolfe is using the...
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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 60 — Deuteronomy 33:24
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” Wolfe is using the...
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