Each year on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, the streets of Hollywood are lined with spectators who watch the bands, floats and balloons and hope to catch a glimpse of Santa. The Hollywood Christmas Parade began back in 1928 when the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce created it as a way to woo holiday shoppers. It even [...]
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Call me crazy, but somehow when the Saturday before Thanksgiving rolls around, I find myself itching to walk across Los Angeles. Fortunately, the Great LA Walk also happens to be at that time, and I’ve joined them on 3 of the 6 walks that have taken place. This year I was happy to be joined [...]
Michael Rubel had the childhood many a young boy dreams of. Growing up in the small San Gabriel Valley town of Glendora in the 1940s, he had orchards to play in, and even an old reservoir to swim in. On the citrus ranch of Al Bourne, he and his friends built fort after elaborate fort [...]
