With a proud history in San Diego abandoned and a new home filled with opposing fans, the Chargers are a cautionary tale for rapacious N.F.L. ownership.
Source: www.nytimes.com
If the Chargers Score and No One’s There to Cheer, Does the Owner Care?
The Story of the Great Japanese-American Novel
Note: This article refers to my old friend Frank Abe who has done some very important writing about John Okada.
John Okada’s “No-No Boy” captures the injustice of incarcerating Japanese-Americans during World War II — and serves as a warning today for our own fractured society.
Source: www.nytimes.com
Ventura County’s First Baseball Game (via Museum of Ventura County)
By Andy Ludlum, Museum Volunteer
Ventura County’s first organized baseball game was played in 1873, a time when new rules were beginning to…
Source: Museum of Ventura County
Overlooked No More: Robert Johnson, Bluesman Whose Life Was a Riddle
Johnson gained little notice in his life, but his songs — quoted by the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and Led Zeppelin — helped ignite rock ‘n’ roll.
Source: www.nytimes.com
The Mammoths of Ventura County (via Museum of Ventura County)
This story is about four mammoths, the extinct Ice Age relatives of modern elephants. Three of the mammoths lived their days in Ventura County.
Source: Museum of Ventura County
Neil Young’s Lonely Quest to Save Music
He says low-quality streaming is hurting our songs and our brains. Is he right?
Source: www.nytimes.com
Early Ventura County’s Newspaper Wars (via Museum of Ventura County)
Early Ventura County newspapers offered one of the few ways to connect pioneer communities with stories, opinions, and news of the day. The first newspapers in Ventura County were all closely identified with political parties and had unyielding editors who loved to rile up the community and often teetered on the edge of libel.
Source: Museum of Ventura County
Listening to D-Day 75 Years Ago
Today is the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion and the Battle of Normandy. On this day in 1944 and the summer that followed, soldiers from all over the world came to Normandy to fight Nazism and re-establish freedom.
Over 425,000 Allied and German troops were killed, wounded or went missing during the Battle of Normandy. This figure includes over 209,000 Allied casualties.
Five years ago, for the 70th anniversary of D-Day, KFWB News 980 in Los Angeles was able to air recordings made of the station on the night of the D-day invasion. The programs had not been heard in Los Angeles since they were broadcast live in 1944.
This first story describes the effort to restore these delicate pieces of broadcast history:
The second story describes the reactions of Los Angeles residents when news of the D-Day invasion reached them:
Both stories were broadcast on KFWB News 980 and feature the voice of my friend, the very talented Paul Lowe.
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Mona Lisa’s Last Visit
I remember it was difficult to get close enough to see. I wasn’t that old, and I didn’t have enough size to muscle my way through the crowd. She was high up on a wall, higher than you’d expect to see a painting in a museum. And she was in a bullet proof case. But somehow, her sly smile shown through the thick glass. It was unmistakable, it was the Mona Lisa.
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