Monthly Archives: March 2018

Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights – 1938 Floods Wreak Havoc on Los Angeles Area

Posted on March 5, 2018 by lmharnisch

  Flooding in North Hollywood, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Seventy-five years ago, a deluge of rain hit Los Angeles and the surrounding area, leading to massive floods and causing millions of dollars … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 33 — Pied Type

Posted on March 5, 2018 by lmharnisch

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.” At this point in the story, … Continue reading →

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March 5, 1907: Monrovia Woman Defies Family, Marries Chinese Man and Moves to Hong Kong

Posted on March 5, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. March 5, 1907 Los Angeles What shall we do with Emma? She’s gone off to New Mexico and married a Chinaman. Her horrified mother hopes to get the marriage annulled, but Emma … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 32 — Foxy Grandpa

Posted on March 4, 2018 by lmharnisch

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.” We’re at the part of the … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 31 — Phoning It In

Posted on March 3, 2018 by lmharnisch

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.” So far we have seen very … Continue reading →

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March 3, 1907: L.A. Public Library Welcomes Young Readers

Posted on March 3, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. March 3, 1907 Los Angeles Stroll into the Los Angeles Public Library on Central Avenue with me for a moment, over to the children’s section. The librarian says there are about 15,000 … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 30 — Tick, Tick, Tick

Posted on March 2, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2006. Page 39 We’re blogging Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” Yesterday, one sentence. Today, let’s try to double that, eh? … Continue reading →

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Page 1 News

Posted on March 2, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. March 2, 1907 Los Angeles

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 29 — Wreck of the Old 97

Posted on March 1, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2006. Uh-Oh. All I had to do was read the opening line in this section of Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los … Continue reading →

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March 1, 1907: L.A. Businesses Running Out of Space to Dump Garbage

Posted on March 1, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. March 1, 1907 Los Angeles Downtown businessmen are at a complete loss over what to do with the garbage from their operations and want the city to either take it or designate … Continue reading →

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