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Wo/men at Work with “The Intake” Employee Publication of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, 15 September 1926

by Paul R. Spitzzeri The very powerful Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) was shaken to its core recently when F.B.I. agents raided a couple months back the department’s Bunker Hill headquarters and offices in the City Hall East complex as part of a probe concerning a disastrous rollout several years ago of... Continue Reading →

Read All About It in the “San Pedro Harbor Advocate,” 14 September 1889

by Paul R. Spitzzeri The Port of Los Angeles has been a vital part of the greater Los Angeles economy going back to the Mexican era, even if, in those early years, the harbor at San Pedro on the eastern edge of the Palos Verdes Peninsula was little more than a rudimentary landing for ships... Continue Reading →

On This Day: The Birthday of Lucinda A. Temple (1860-1928)

by Paul R. Spitzzeri After having six sons, Antonia Margarita Workman and F.P.F. Temple welcomed their seventh child and first daughter, Lucinda, on this day in 1860.  Named for her father’s mother, Lucinda was so welcomed, family lore has it, that the Lady Banks rose bush that looms large over the front of the Workman... Continue Reading →

Striking a Chord with a Special Edition of “Pacific Coast Musician” Magazine, 12 September 1929

by Paul R. Spitzzeri Among the many transformations that took place in a booming Los Angeles during the early 20th century was the growth of professional music in the City of Angels.  Improved transportation, a larger market and audience for performance, the advent of radio, the growth in recording, the building of better venues for... Continue Reading →