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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: Mexican Food, Restaurants, Tortillas, Rick Bayless, Lifestyle and Leisure
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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...
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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, Highway Transportation, Science and Technology, Georgetown University, New York City
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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: Christianity, Red Skelton, Michael Jackson Memorial Service (2009), Entertainment Events, Elizabeth Taylor
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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: Animals, Indianapolis 500, April Fools' Day, 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: Automotive Equipment, Audrey Hepburn, Manufacturing and Engineering, Newspapers, Los Angeles Times
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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: U.S. Military, World War II (1939-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Railway Transportation, The New York Times
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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.... -
Man Accused of Stealing From Cars at Forest Lawn Cemetery
KTLA NewsCOVINA (KTLA) -- A San Gabriel man is in custody Friday on suspicion of stealing from parked cars at a cemetery. Tommy James Lopez, 34, was spotted Thursday morning stealing from a woman's car as she was visiting a grave at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park...Tags: KTLA, Theft
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John Richard Bailey
JOHN RICHARD BAILEY
December 8, 1932 – February 15, 2012
John Bailey, 79, passed away after a long cancer related illness resulting from a melanoma.
John was the son of Frank A. and Helen C. Bailey. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, along with his three...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Hobbies, Cancer, U.S. Army, John Bailey
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