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The Early Bird, December 30, 1998. The Early Bird was a newsletter collated daily by public affairs officials from the United States Department of Defense and released early every morning from 1963 until 2013. [1] It contained approximately three dozen stories taken from publications ranging from major newspapers to niche defence journals.
Bunchy Carter. Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter (October 12, 1942 – January 17, 1969) was an American activist. Carter is credited as a founding member of the Southern California chapter of the Black Panther Party. Carter was shot and killed by a rival group, Ron Karenga's "Us", and is celebrated by his supporters as a martyr in the Black Power ...
Jerry West. Jerry Alan West (May 28, 1938 – June 12, 2024) was an American basketball player and executive. He played professionally for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. His nicknames included " the Logo ", in reference to his silhouette ...
Holley began her career in the Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office where she worked for five years before being hired by Johnnie Cochran.She eventually became the Managing Partner of The Cochran Firm, and was a member of O. J. Simpson's legal defense team, dubbed the "Dream Team".
History of California. The history of Los Angeles began in 1781 when 44 settlers from central New Spain (modern Mexico) established a permanent settlement in what is now Downtown Los Angeles, as instructed by Spanish Governor of Las Californias, Felipe de Neve, and authorized by Viceroy Antonio María de Bucareli.
A bird perches on a flowering plant at Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) From Malibu Lagoon to the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve, Black birders are taking ...
Florabelle Muir, an LA gossip columnist, purchased the service from its founder(s) in the early 1940s. [ citation needed ] In the early 1950s, Fletcher Bowron , [ 2 ] the former mayor of Los Angeles and Joe Quinn, the United Press bureau chief in Los Angeles, [ 3 ] who later served as deputy mayor of Los Angeles, purchased the company.
Los Angeles has been home to many new and established music bands. Some of the bands originating from greater Los Angeles, including Orange County and the Inland Empire , include: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.