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Category Archives: City Hall
January 5, 1959: LAPD Suspends Officer for – Uh-Oh
January 5, 1959: The LAPD suspends Officer Charles Wolf for 15 days for — no, he didn’t! (Yes, he did). Continue reading
Posted in 1959, City Hall, Crime and Courts, LAPD, Libraries
Tagged 1959, crime and courts, lapd, Police Commission, prostitution, William H. Parker
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January 4, 1907: The Mayor Departs From His Prepared Remarks
January 4, 1907: Mayor-elect Arthur C. Harper lays aside his prepared speech and tells an audience that he would look at every department in city government and that he had complete faith in the Owens River project. Continue reading
Posted in 1907, Black Dahlia, Books and Authors, City Hall, LAPD, Streetcars
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December 29, 1938: Bookie shot to death in Hollywood
By the end of 1938, Weldon sensed that he was a marked man and that death was not far off. He could have stayed out of Los Angeles and maybe he would have lived–at least for a while. But he … Continue reading
December 19, 1947: Going Down – City Hall Bans Clever Nicknames for Its Floors
December 19, 1947: The elevator operators at City Hall are having too much fun. The call the floor with the entrance to LAPD headquarters “Flatfoot Alley” and the city attorney’s criminal division “Ball and Chain.” The floor for the divorce courts is “The War Department” and “Alimony Alley.” Continue reading
December 18, 1907: County Coroner Dead Drunk at Bordello
December 18, 1907: Los Angeles County Coroner Roy S. Lanterman was arrested on charges of being drunk and disorderly at the Navajo, a bordello run by Ida Hastings, 309 Ord St. Hastings called police, who arrested Lanterman. Continue reading
Posted in 1907, 1908, 1909, City Hall, Crime and Courts, Film, Hollywood, Homicide, LAPD, Photography
Tagged 1907, abortions, Los Angeles County coroner's office, Roy S. Lanterman, sex work
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November 15, 1907: Charles Mulford Robinson Drafts a Los Angeles of the Future
November 15, 1907: Charles Mulford Robinson proposes a grand boulevard for downtown Los Angeles, from a proposed Union Station ending at a new public library and art gallery. And a new City Hall. Continue reading
Posted in 1907, Books and Authors, City Hall, Downtown, LAPD, Pasadena, Streetcars
Tagged 1907, Charles Mulford Robinson, City Beautiful
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November 8, 1938: Polish Jew shoots Nazi envoy
November 8, 1938: In Paris, Herschel Grynszpan, identified as a 17-year-old Polish Jew, shoots the third secretary of the German Embassy, Ernst von Rath. And Nora Ford is at the Follies Burlesque. Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Current Affairs, Film, Front Pages, Hollywood, Sports
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October 30, 1907: ‘Brat Frat’ Defies Ban by L.A. High School
October 30: 1907: The young men of Los Angeles High School have issued a direct challenge to the Board of Education, defying its authority by enlisting fraternity members despite a ban issued last year. Continue reading
Posted in 1907, City Hall, Education
Tagged 1907, education, fraternities, Greek organizations, LA Unified, Los Angeles High School, sororities
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October 28, 1938: Mayor investigates honorary LAPD badges
October 28, 1938: Mayor Fletcher Bowron calls for an investigation into so-called juice badges given to celebrities and others by the LAPD. This eventually resulted in an overhaul of the badge to its current design. Continue reading
October 28, 1907: Former LAPD Chief Calls It ‘Most Detestable Job Ever Created’
October 28, 1907: A former LAPD chief says the job is the worst in the city. Continue reading
Posted in 1907, City Hall, Crime and Courts, LAPD
Tagged 1907, City Hall, crime and courts, lapd, Police Commission
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October 12, 1907: Contractor Leaves Dead Dogs in Street to Break Contract; A Foul Wind From Fertilizer Plant Blows Over Boyle Heights
October 12, 1907: After repeated complaints to police because half a dozen dead dogs had laid in the streets for two weeks, the health department tried to charge C.T. Hanson, who held the contract for removing carcasses. But according to the city attorney, Hanson was only guilty of not abiding by his contract and nothing more. Continue reading
Posted in 1907, City Hall, Environment
Tagged 1907, Boyle Heights, City Hall, Environment
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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. Continue reading
Posted in 1819, 1907, City Hall, Obituaries
Tagged 1819, 1907, Architecture, Bryson Block, obituaries
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September 28, 1907: L.A. Motorcycle Club Backs Ban on Loud Pipes
September 28, 1907: Members of the Los Angeles Motorcycle Club have written to officials in support of a measure banning loud exhaust pipes on motorcycles. Continue reading
Posted in 1907, City Hall, LAPD, Transportation
Tagged 1907, loud pipes, motorcycles
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Los Angeles City Hall, September 11, 2011
September 11, 2011: On the 10th anniversary of 9/11 a huge flag hangs on the side of Los Angeles City Hall. Continue reading
September 5, 1947: L.A. Turns 166, Becomes Third-Largest City in America
September 5, 1947: As Los Angeles celebrates its birthday, Mayor Fletcher Bowron says it’s now the third-largest city in the U.S., passing Detroit. Continue reading
Posted in 1947, City Hall, Environment, Transportation
Tagged #Traffic, 1947, City Hall, population, smog
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September 4, 1781: Los Angeles Is Founded
September 4, 1781: Los Angeles is founded. A look at various chronicles of its birth. Continue reading
September 3, 1943: Los Angeles Tattoo Shops
September 2, 1943: One of my favorite finds from the city archives — a visit to Los Angeles’ tattoo shops. Continue reading
Posted in 1943, Art & Artists, City Hall, Crime and Courts, Downtown, Libraries, Photography, World War II
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August 9, 1979: Walter O’Malley Dies
August 9, 1979: Walter O’Malley dies at the age of 75. Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Dodgers, Downtown, Obituaries
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July 28, 1907: L.A. Seeks to Clear Books of Old Laws on Bear Baiting, Quail Hunting by Streetcar Conductors
July 28, 1907: Los Angeles seeks to rid itself of outdated laws like hunting rabbits on Spring Street or conductors abandoning their streetcars to go quail hunting at the end of the line. Continue reading
Posted in 1907, Animals, City Hall, Crime and Courts, LAPD, Streetcars, Transportation
Tagged 1907, City Hall, crime and courts, hunting, lapd
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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
This week’s mystery movie was the 1931 Warner Bros. picture “Other Men’s Women,” with Grant Withers, Mary Astor, Regis Toomey, James Cagney, Fred Kohler, J. Farrell MacDonald, Joan Blondell, Lillian Worth and Walter Long. By Maude Fulton, dialogue by William … Continue reading
Posted in 1931, City Hall, Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Transportation
Tagged #James Cagney, #Joan Blondell, #Mary Astor, 1931, City Hall, film, Grant Withers, hollywood, mystery photo, railroads, Regis Toomey, Warner Bros.
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