Since 1916, the Dodgers have been in the World Series 21 times and won seven championships. They now will add a 22nd appearance.
What did anti-aircraft gunners shoot at for more than an hour in the skies over Los Angeles during the early morning of September 25, 1942?
Photo from the L.A. Times Photographic Collection at UCLA Library.
1935. Costumed children pose with an adult for a picture at a Los Angeles Halloween party. Prior to the 1930s, Halloween had been a notorious night in which young people – young men in particular – engaged in a range of annoying pranks. They stole gates from homes and placed them in trees. They ran from doors after ringing doorbells. Medical students even stole a body from an anatomy lab and propped in up in public. This was often seen as “blowing off steam,” but, others didn’t see it as so harmless. Unfortunately, in the 1930s, the Great Depression brought heightened stress and social change to America. Halloween pranks were taken to new levels of destructive vandalism, leading to the day being called “Black Halloween.” Some communities threatened to ban the celebration of Halloween altogether. Others, however, thought to try channeling the energies of young people into non-destructive Halloween activities, such as Halloween parties, trick-or-treating, Halloween parades and haunted houses. These latter efforts were the ones that prevailed and are now the pattern for celebrating Halloween today.
Who and where were the earliest recorded burials in Los Angeles County?
