Larry Harnisch
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L.A. history, movies; out of journalism after 34 years, 27 at the L.A. Times. Fleeing Angry Bitcoin Toddler. WIP: The Black Dahlia. Link to my blog, the L.A. Daily Mirror. https://ladailymirror.com/
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Hello, new folks, and welcome! I'm a retired journo happily out of the news business, which I criticize frequently. Proud D since being attacked in 4th grade for my JFK campaign button. L.A. research/Hollywood mythbusting is my forte. WIP 'Heaven Is HERE!' on the Black Dahlia.
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The YAFers I knew in h.s. began smoking pot and became Libertarians.
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October 14, 1957: The Dodgers are coming, but there's a reason to believe the Battle of Chavez Ravine is not quite over. Twelve families are sitting tight, some of them on land their grandfathers bought and built homes on and they don't think the city has done right by them, Matt Weinstock says.
October 14, 1957: Matt Weinstock
October 14, 1957: The Dodgers are coming, but there's a reason to believe the Battle of Chavez Ravine is not quite over. Twelve families there are sitting tight, some of them on land their grandfathers bought and built homes on and they don't think the city has done right by them, Matt Weinstock says.
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October 14, 1907: There was Oscar E. Otto, a young chauffeur with a hot temper and a gun. There was his 19-year-old wife, the former Irene E. Jester, “a silly little creature with futile tears and French heels.” And there was J.C. Henderson, another chauffeur with a gun and better aim or more luck.
October 14, 1907: ‘In 9 cases out of 10, Where There Is a Shooting, There Is Also a Woman’
October 14, 1907: There was Oscar E. Otto, a young chauffeur with a hot temper and a gun. There was his 19-year-old wife, the former Irene E. Jester, “a silly little creature with futile tears and French heels.” And there was J.C. Henderson, another chauffeur with a gun and better aim or more luck.
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October 13, 1959: The report that a mother was keeping her children out of school because they had no shoes or adequate clothing came into a child welfare and attendance office and Monty Minock, a worker, was assigned to investigate, Matt Weinstock says.
October 13, 1959: Matt Weinstock
October 13, 1959: The report that a mother was keeping her children out of school because they had no shoes or adequate clothing came into a child welfare and attendance office and Monty Minock, a worker, was assigned to investigate, Matt Weinstock says.
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Monday @ 4pm PT: I'll have a livestream focused on significant early-season storm that will be moving across CA Mon into Tue. Widespread rain, Sierra snow, & even some severe SoCal t-storms? And what are the links to a West Pacific typhoon? #CAwx
Weather & climate office hour 10/13/25: Early season CA storm: Rain, snow, & SoCal thunderstorms! - YouTube
The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain on various topics related to extreme #weather and...
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October 13, 1907: Gunmen imported from out of town by the Hop Sing Tong entered the tailor shop of Lem Sing at 806 Juan St. in Chinatown and under the pretense of having some clothing made, wounded him and killed Wong Goon Kor.
October 13, 1907: 2 Die in Tong War
October 13, 1907: Gunmen imported from out of town by the Hop Sing Tong entered the tailor shop of Lem Sing at 806 Juan St. in Chinatown and under the pretense of having some clothing made, wounded him and killed Wong Goon Kor.
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First in occasional series.
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Thanks! The columnists of the 1950s did more reporting than we read today. And they filed 5 or 6 days a week, which is unthinkable now. Of course, writers like Matt Weinstock had huge followings and lots of people feeding them stories.
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The discovery 19 years later of Michelle Vanek, lost while attempting to summit Mt. of the Holy Cross. By Ted Katauskas, Outside magazine. www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...
Michelle Vanek, sleeveless top and shoulder length ash blond hair. She is wearing a necklace found with her remains. She poses with son Michael and daughter Haley.
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October 11, 1907: John Bryson, self-made millionaire and developer of the Bryson Block, dies. He had separated from his wife and was almost constantly in the company of his longtime nurse, Gladys Lamberton. He was hurriedly buried in a secret ceremony at Rosedale Cemetery.
Col. John Bryson, 1819 – 1907 | Ex-Mayor Was Millionaire L.A. Developer
October 11, 1907: John Bryson, self-made millionaire and developer of the Bryson Block, dies. He had separated from his wife and was almost constantly in the company of his longtime nurse, Gladys Lamberton. He was hurriedly buried in a secret ceremony at Rosedale Cemetery.
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