Remembering Pal and Mentor Tommy West
Tommy West, a friend and inspiration — the reason I went into journalism, other than that I wanted to one day meet
Category: Los Angeles
The ’92 Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD
SATURDAY, APRIL 29TH MARKS the 25th anniversary of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, but perhaps the true genesis to the violence
Adios, Lucy Casado: The End of an Era in L.A.
ON A PICTURE POSTCARD California evening, a group of Tibetan monks in cardinal robes and gold undershirts traipsed across Melrose Avenue from the direction of
The 1992 Los Angeles Riots 30 Years Later… And Becoming Famous for All the Wrong Reasons
THE TELEVISED IMAGE of truck driver Reginald Denny being unmercifully beaten at Florence and Normandie avenues South Los Angeles on April 29,
A Conversation With Tony Castro on Hemingway
Looking for Hemingway: Spain, The Bullfights and A Final Rite of Passage by Tony Castro is now available at Amazon.com. What brought
Five Things You Didn’t Know About DiMaggio & Mantle
From DiMag & Mick: Sibling Rivals, Yankee Blood Brothers (Lyons Press) available at Amazon.com. 1. Both Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle were