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The Pan Pacific
The Pan-Pacific Auditorium was a landmark structure in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, California which once stood at 7600 West Beverly Boulevard near the site of Gilmore Field, an early Los...
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L.A.’s Farmers Market
The Farmers Market is an area of food stalls, sit-down eateries, prepared food vendors, and produce markets in Los Angeles, USA. It also a historic Los Angeles landmark and tourist attraction, first...
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L.A.’s Wrigley Field
Wrigley Field was a ballpark in Los Angeles, California which served as host to minor league baseball teams in the region for over 30 years, and was the home park for the Los Angeles Angels of the...
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Shag Dancing
This brings back some fond memories. This is how I danced in the ’50s at Hollywood High. Josie Powell was my partner. Of course I wasn’t as smooth as this kid. Jeremy Webb is 17 & Kayla Henley’s...
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The Bradbury Building
The Bradbury Building is an architectural landmark in downtown Los Angeles, California. Built in 1893, the building was commissioned by LA mining millionaire Lewis L. Bradbury and designed by local...
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The Ranch House
By Jim Weaver [West Los Angeles Division – “Bel Air, 1980’s”] It was a cold Saturday night in November, My partner Larry Gardner and I were enjoying a cup of coffee and donuts at “Arnie’s,”...
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Tommy’s
 Original Tommy’s was opened on May 15, 1946, by Tom Koulax (October 26, 1918 – May 28, 1992), the son of Greek immigrants, on the northeast corner of Beverly and Rampart Boulevards west of downtown...
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Tony Bennett & Dave Brubeck, live in Washington, 1962
I had an opportunity to meet Tony Bennett once at Sandpoint, Idaho, during the summer festival there. I went to Sacramento College to see and listen to Dave Brubeck and Cal Tjader in the mid-fifties....
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Robert Mitchum
 Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American film actor, author, composer and singer. He is #23 on the American Film Institute’s list of the greatest male American...
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The LAPD’s “Freeway Flyer”
 The LAPD’s ‘Freeway Flyer’ program, cars specially equipped for freeway use, was disbanded when the Highway Patrol took over the freeways through L.A. in 1969. The cars’ lights were made by...
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Rory Calhoun
Rory Calhoun (August 8, 1922 – April 28, 1999) was an acclaimed American television and film actor, screenwriter, and producer. EARLY LIFE Born Francis Timothy McCown in Los Angeles, California,...
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LAPD Pursuit
A great “from inside the squad car” view of what it feels like to be in a pursuit in Los Angeles. Unfortunately embedding has been disabled for this video clip from “End of Watch.” No worries, just...
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The Diamonds’“Little Darlin’”— Then & Now!
If you were alive in 1957, and old enough to enjoy Rock and Roll, you will probably remember the group “The Diamonds” who had just launched their super hit “Little Darlin’.” For those of you too...
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Jimmy Giuffre – Decades Ahead Of His Time
Here’s a fascinating series of articles highlighting the achievements of jazz visionary Jimmy Giuffre. Visionary Jazz, October 13, 2001, by N. Dorward This reissue doubles up two Verve albums recorded...
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The Tenor Sax
Zoot Sims on the tenor sax, during the recording session for the 1956 album, Jutta Hopp with Zoot Sims The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments...
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What’s My Line? Julie London
For those of you of a certain age, here’s the first in a line of monthly installments of classic episodes of What’s My Line?, one of the most popular quiz shows from the Golden Age of American...
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“What’s My Line?”
The lovely Kim Novak attempts to stump the blindfolded panel on this episode of the classic early TV quiz show, What’s My Line?
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