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Category Archives: #East L.A.
Matt Weinstock, Jan. 27, 1961
Jan. 27, 1961: Matt Weinstock has an item about folk music featuring singer Joyce James and guitarist Bill Fernandez. One of their songs is David Arkin’s “The Klan,” about a cross burning in East L.A. CONFIDENTIAL TO … Continue reading
Posted in #East L.A., art and artists, Columnists, Comics, Matt Weinstock, Music
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Blinded by Bullet, Officer Shoots Gunman Who Killed Partner, March 5, 1959
Through the 1950s, Police Officer Ector A. Garcia became a minor celebrity for producing sketches of crime suspects that were astonishingly accurate. But he wanted the excitement of being on the streets and that’s what he got. Garcia and … Continue reading
Posted in #East L.A., art and artists, books, Front Pages, Homicide, LAPD
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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 12, 1959
CONFIDENTIAL FILE Batista Death Plot Laid Here When Fulgencio Batista fled Cuba last week, a fantastic plot by an American war hero to assassinate the dictator died in the planning. The initial secret meeting between the much-decorated World War II … Continue reading
Posted in #East L.A., @news, Columnists, Film, Hollywood, Paul Coates, Politics
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June 20, 1938
609 E. 2nd St. in 1938, above, and the neighborhood via Google street view, below. At left, thugs vandalizing Jewish businesses in Berlin observe a day of rest. Above, D.W. Griffith’s "Birth of a Nation" at the Criterion, 7th and … Continue reading
Posted in #East L.A., @news, Front Pages
Tagged #D.W. Griffith, #Holocaust, #Jews, 1938, Birth of a Nation, Klan
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Ruben Salazar, RIP
Ruben Salazar, from the Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429), Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA Above, the news story on the death of Ruben Salazar, by Charles T. Powers and Jeff Perlman. … Continue reading
Posted in #East L.A., Front Pages
Tagged #East L.A., #Ruben Salazar, #stamps, 1970, Frank del Olmo
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Raymond bombing
Feb. 16, 1938Los Angeles
Posted in #courts, #East L.A., @news, Downtown, Front Pages, Hollywood, LAPD, Politics
Tagged 1938, Harry Raymond bombing
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Saved by the cross
Feb. 6, 1958Los Angeles This was supposed to be a simple story, a story about second chances: A 75-cent crucifix saves the life of a teenage thief who is shot in the chest. Lying in his hospital bed, he … Continue reading
Posted in #courts, #East L.A., Film, Homicide, Religion
Tagged #East L.A., 1958, Gangs, homicide, White Fence Gang
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Raymond bombing
Dist. Atty. Buron Fitts charges Police Capt. Earle Kynette* with attempted murder … An Assembly committee issues more than 100 subpoenas in an investigation of vice, graft and corruption in Los Angeles … Caltech engineers discuss the possibility of sending … Continue reading
Posted in #courts, #East L.A., City Hall, Downtown, LAPD
Tagged 1938, Earle Kynette, Frank Shaw, Harry Raymond bombing, King Zog of Albania
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Raymond bombing
This is getting complicated. Police Capt. Earle Kynette has been cleared by Police Chief Davis and has promised to capture whoever attached a bomb to Harry Raymond’s car. Kynette has already been charged with wiretapping Raymond’s phone. Now he’s in … Continue reading
Posted in #courts, #East L.A., City Hall, Downtown, LAPD
Tagged 1938, buffalo nickel, City Hall, corruption, Earle Kynette, Frank Shaw, Harry Raymond
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Raymond bombing
You’re reading this correctly: Police Chief Davis insists the LAPD had nothing to do with the Harry Raymond bombing, and Capt. Earle Kynette, who is out on bail on charges of wiretapping Raymond’s home, says he’ll have the culprits in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1938, Harry Raymond bombing, lapd
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Raymond bombing
Mayor Frank Shaw says he has the "utmost confidence" in the LAPD’s investigation of the Harry Raymond bombing. He also says there is no evidence of police involvement in the blast … Allegations of police corruption in Arcadia … The … Continue reading
Posted in #courts, #East L.A., City Hall, Downtown, LAPD
Tagged #Fletcher Bowron, 1938, City Hall, Frank Shaw, Harry Raymond bombing, lapd
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Raymond bombing
Jan. 21, 1938Los Angeles The state attorney general’s office steps into the bombing investigation and everyone in our cast of characters gets ready for the drama. (I love the front page photo of Police Capt. Earle Kynette). On the jump, … Continue reading
Posted in #courts, #East L.A., @news, City Hall, LAPD
Tagged #Fletcher Bowron, 1938, Frank Shaw, Harry Raymond bombing, lapd
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Paul Coates
Jan. 13, 1958 Juvenile terror has been a fact in this town for a long time. It’s nothing new. But there is something new about the latest series of outbreaks which hit the headlines over the last few days. Take … Continue reading
Posted in #courts, #East L.A., Columnists, Homicide, LAPD, Paul Coates
Tagged #Crime, 1958, Paul Coates
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Fatal rage
Oct. 6, 1957 Los Angeles Joe and Ruby had four young children, but were treating them so badly that a warrant was issued on charges of neglect. Juvenile Officers Roy Keene and Connie Kennedy went to the home at 1328 … Continue reading
Political prayers
Sept. 10-30, 1957 Los Angeles I have only touched in passing on Arkansas Gov. Orville Faubus’ fight to prevent the integration of Central High School in Little Rock. (Faubus called out the Arkansas National Guard to block federally ordered integration. … Continue reading
Spanish blood
Aug. 1, 1957Los Angeles Maybe it’s heat, maybe it’s the smog (what would be a Stage 3 alert today), but The Times is full of odd crime news. A rabid 2-year-old fox terrier mix went on a rampage starting at … Continue reading
Posted in #East L.A., Environment, LAPD, Robberies
Tagged 1957, burglaries, police, rabies, Robberies
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A flurry of interest
UNEXPECTED THRILL–Romping in the snow was a surprising Easter treat for youngsters in the 4500 block of Yellowstone Street yesterday when a white blanket fell–not in the foothills–but just 1 1/2 miles from General Hospital. Enjoying a rare toboggan ride … Continue reading
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