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Memorial Day events honor the fallen and all those who have served
An Oscar-winning actor, an Olympic gold medalist and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa were among the hundreds who turned out on a sun-spangled Monday at the Los Angeles National Cemetery to honor the fallen of conflicts from the Civil War to the...
Tags: Movies, Tom LaBonge, Wars and Interventions, Antonio Villaraigosa, Saddam Hussein
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Memorial Day Marked with Events Across the Southland
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Many Memorial Day events are being held across the Southland on Monday to honor the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. Military. Hundreds of people came out to the Los Angeles National Cemetery, where rows and rows...Tags: Festive Events, Tom LaBonge, Wars and Interventions, Antonio Villaraigosa, Jan Perry
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Bertha Haffner-Ginger, godmother of the Mexican food craze
Special to the Los Angeles TimesLong before Rick Bayless, the Too Hot Tamales and even Diana Kennedy, there was another teacher and cookbook writer who introduced authentic Mexican food to a wider American audience. Though she is all but unknown today, at the turn of the 20th century...Tags: Recipes, Science, Mexican Food, Rick Bayless, Martha Stewart
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Verdugo Views: Remembering the pre-freeway neighborhood
Ron Magneson’s family moved to Walnut Drive in 1948 when he was four years old, and remained there until they were forced to leave in 1964 by construction of the Glendale (State Route 2) Freeway. “It was a very short street,” he...
Tags: Chevy Chase, Roy Rogers, Road Transportation, Wars and Interventions, Highway Transportation
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Alfonse Capodieci
August 4, 1917 -- March 11, 2012 After living a full and eventful life, Dr. Alfonse Capodieci passed away peacefully in Walnut Creek, California at the age of 94 on Sunday, March 11. He was a 45-year resident of Glendale, where he practiced Orthopaedic...Tags: Washington, DC, New York City, Highway Transportation, Georgetown University
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Intersections: Unearthing the grave history of Hollywood
A calm, cold breeze runs throughout the marble-encased, maze-like corridors of Forest Lawn's Great Mausoleum, where the who's who of Hollywood have come to permanently rest. But that changes once you reach its deepest and oldest cobweb-covered crevice...Tags: Banking, Jean Harlow, Westminster Abbey, Entertainment Events, Celebrities
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Intersections: Mysteries are buried beside the cremains
In 2010, two women cleaning the basement of a MacArthur Park area apartment building found a 1930s steamer trunk. In it, two leather doctor's bags were discovered, each containing the mummified remains of an infant wrapped in newspaper. A police...Tags: Breast Cancer
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Bruce Wesley Miller
April 11, 1923 - March 4, 2012 Bruce Wesley Miller, son of Stephen Carl Miller, Sr. originally of Illinois, and Irma Amanda Bruce originally of Pennsylvania, was born in Los Angeles. Bruce's earliest years were spent with his mother, father, and older...Tags: Indianapolis 500, April Fools' Day, Animals, 2016 Olympic Games
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Floyd M. Johnston
Floyd M. Johnston passed away at the age of 95 years young on March 10, 2012, after a long and wonderful life. He was born in Hennessey, Oklahoma where he met his beloved wife, Thera G Mc Neill. Floyd and ‘Jerry’ lived in La Canada... -
Around Town: There was a wizard among us
Most nights, I drive my car up and down Foothill Boulevard in La Caņada Flintridge, sucked into a dilemma. I am not alone. Miss Audrey Hepburn, our rescue dog, relaxes in the passenger seat. Sprouts or Trader Joe's? Trader Joe's or Sprouts? Ever since...Tags: Newspapers, Automotive Equipment, Newspaper and Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Wayne M. Hoffman dies at 89; air cargo entrepreneur
Wayne M. Hoffman, the retired chairman of Tiger International, the Century City-based parent company of the Flying Tiger Line, which was once the world's largest air cargo carrier, has died. He was 89.
Hoffman died Saturday of natural causes at his...Tags: Railway Transportation, U.S. Military, The New York Times, World War II (1939-1945), U.S. Army
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Whitney Houston's funeral cost Newark $187,000 for police
Ministry of GossipWhitney Houston's funeral reportedly cost the singer's hometown $187,000 in police overtime, and some residents of Newark, N.J., are not pleased....
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