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Palm Springs — An Age-Old Celebrity Getaway at the Edge of Tinseltown

Palm Springs — An Age-Old Celebrity Getaway at the Edge of Tinseltown

Old Hollywood, Leo's lair, and the city's cultural cachet
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Dylan Bahner
Omaima Nelson: The Thanksgiving Butcher

Omaima Nelson: The Thanksgiving Butcher

To say that Omaima Aree and Bill Nelson had a “whirlwind romance” is an understatement.
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DeLani R. Bartlette
Matthew Coleman and the Dangers of QAnon

Matthew Coleman and the Dangers of QAnon

There was no indication that he was anything other than a happy, devout family man — until farmworkers found the bodies of his two…
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DeLani R. Bartlette
Californians Take The Beach For Granted

Californians Take The Beach For Granted

You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone
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Cassie M. Thompson
The Day I Lost My Best Friend

The Day I Lost My Best Friend

On a Sunday morning in late December, I drew a bath complete with candles, lavender oil, and the soft notes of Dustin O’Halloran music…
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Gena Vazquez 🖊
Bruce Pardo: The Santa Claus Shooter

Bruce Pardo: The Santa Claus Shooter

He dressed up as Santa and killed nine people at a Christmas party.
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DeLani R. Bartlette
We’re All Going to the Zoo

We’re All Going to the Zoo

Visiting the Los Angeles Zoo during a pandemic.
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Charlene DeKalb
Richard Chase: The Vampire of Sacramento

Richard Chase: The Vampire of Sacramento

Chase began showing signs of mental illness early, including the “dark triad” of bed-wetting, arson, and cruelty to animals.
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DeLani R. Bartlette
Norris and Bittaker: The Toolbox Killers

Norris and Bittaker: The Toolbox Killers

Behind bars, they hatched their plan to abduct, rape, and torture girls between the ages of 13 and 19.
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DeLani R. Bartlette
Catalina Film Festival — Celebrating a Decade of Film

Catalina Film Festival — Celebrating a Decade of Film

On an unusually warm San Diego night on March 11th, 2020, I joined a conference call with my core team members of the Catalina Film…
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Gena Vazquez 🖊
The Future of Energy from the Mojave

The Future of Energy from the Mojave

About a half dozen years ago I woke up from a dead sleep in my Los Angeles home. Something said to me, “go to Vegas. You got nothing of…
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Gena Vazquez 🖊
September 9, 2020- The Day San Francisco Died?

September 9, 2020- The Day San Francisco Died?

On September 9, 2020, the apocalyspe came to San Francisco. The city (and indeed all of Northern California) had already plagued by poor…
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Peter Cioth
LA BioStart Biotech Entrepreneur Boot Camp Day #1

LA BioStart Biotech Entrepreneur Boot Camp Day #1

Background information on what this biotechnology boot camp was: 🧬🦠
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Skylar Björn
Southern California Excursions for our Pandemic Reality

Southern California Excursions for our Pandemic Reality

Ideas for socially distant and interesting things to do or see in Southern California, besides hiking and a trip to the beach.
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Charlene DeKalb
Twain Harte: a California vacation town that will transport you back to the 50's

Twain Harte: a California vacation town that will transport you bac...

Imagine one of those travel postcards, the city in bright block font, images of the perfect beach town filling the letters, nostalgic of…
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Annie C. Reller
Honestly, I Don’t Want To Go Back To California

Honestly, I Don’t Want To Go Back To California

And why should I?
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Cassie M. Thompson
Northern California Made Its Mark On The 2020 MLB Draft.

Northern California Made Its Mark On The 2020 MLB Draft.

Even though the Major League Baseball Season remains on hold due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, in some respects the show had to go on…
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Peter Cioth
Shelving “Gone With The Wind”

Shelving “Gone With The Wind”

News has broken that streaming service HBO Max has temporarily removed the most influential 1939 classic American film Gone with the Wind…
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Gena Vazquez 🖊
White Silence is Deafening: BLM Shines a Light On a Bigger Problem In The US.

White Silence is Deafening: BLM Shines a Light On a Bigger Problem ...

My personal story at the Huntington Beach Black Lives Matter Protest.
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Matthew Rhodes
Looting: America’s Newest Divisive Topic

Looting: America’s Newest Divisive Topic

Last night, many in Los Angeles came together to protest police brutality and the wrongful death of George Floyd. For some this meant…
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Cassie M. Thompson
Gibraltar of the Pacific

Gibraltar of the Pacific

The discovery of Morro Bay, California
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Gena Vazquez 🖊
West Hollywood Reprised

West Hollywood Reprised

Any night of the week you can find packed clubs lining Santa Monica Boulevard and wrapped around the adjoining Robertson Boulevard in West…
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Gena Vazquez 🖊
God Served Me Tea At California’s Trippiest Festival

God Served Me Tea At California’s Trippiest Festival

Jon lifted a nebulous green crystal to my face. “Stare into it,” he said. “It will transport you to another universe.”
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Raisa Nastukova
What’s the Plan?

What’s the Plan?

Two weeks ago, I shared the County Public Health Department’s key indicators for assessing our readiness to slowly and safely reopen…
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Matt Mahan
San Clemente — A Seaside Poem

San Clemente — A Seaside Poem

When beaches closed due to COVID-19 restrictions, my only way to experience the beach was to recall memories…
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Janell Hanf
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