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Comment on Blogobuzz: This Past Week’s Odds and Ends by Eric Gonzalez

Eric Gonzalez — Sat, 26 May 2012 16:54:26 +0000

Oh, those poor poor dog owners whatever shall they do? It wasn’t that long ago in our collective past that we can all recall a day when there were no plastic bags readily available for dog owners to pick up their Pooch’s “residoo”. They picked up poop then too (well most did anyways) the lazy bunch didn’t attempt until the big bad city governments started passing fines against it. Bad Government! Bad Government!!

I would assume that you would be rejoicing in this latest LA City Council decision. This being the 2nd largest city in the country, it will open up a huge gap in the market…Hmmm! Here comes human ingenuity and good old fashioned American entrepreneurship to the rescue.

In the meantime I am certain that Doggie Walkers from The Palisades to Echo Park can content themselves with using heavy duty paper bags, plastic drink containers (which have not been banned unfortunately), and heck even Trader Joes reusable bags. :)

As far as the city government not considering solving our budget woes, I offer the following for your consideration: http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/24/local/la-me-holland-20120524

Happy Memorial Day Weekend. No worries about stepping in doggy poo, Pasadena as of yet has not considered such a ban. :D

Comment on Check It Out: “The Big Sleep” by Raymond Chandler by Linnea

Linnea — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:50:55 +0000

Just a minor correction: film noir (no e)

Then, the fun begins. Try to figure out what places he’s referring to since he renames them. Some say Bay City is Long Beach; some say Santa Monica. What do you think?

Comment on Marian Parker’s Mystery House by Liz

Liz — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:23:39 +0000

Interesting story. whatever happen to Marjorie?

Comment on That Mysterious Feliz Family, Revisited by Marc Richard Feliz

Marc Richard Feliz — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:04:41 +0000

Furthermore, I know that my great grandmother’s name was Marie, as it is also now my sister’s middle name and I named my 2 year old Clara Marie in her honor as well. This has GOT to be our family too…

Comment on That Mysterious Feliz Family, Revisited by Marc Richard Feliz

Marc Richard Feliz — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:54:13 +0000

I had been told by my father that we were also decendants of the Rancho Los Feliz family, but I believe the names we heard about were possibly that of Jose Vicente Feliz rather than Don Antonio Feliz. My father was George Feliz, his father was Arthur (perhaps Arturo) Feliz, his father was 100% Spanish, and his mother was 100% Navajo…does that matter? I have no idea, lol. I was told by a writer a few years back that there is a parade/celebration held in Los Feliz every year, possibly in February, honoring the Rancho Los Feliz decendants. If you have any info on this or anything else, please feel free to share it with me as well. email@marcfeliz.com

Comment on Spain Makes Federal Case Out of Sunken Treasure by Eric Gonzalez

Eric Gonzalez — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:58:18 +0000

i guess there goes that “scuba” trip I had planned for the Canary Islands. *darn* :(

Comment on Detail Shot: San Pedro’s Friendship Bell Pagoda by Eric Gonzalez

Eric Gonzalez — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:56:24 +0000

Great Photo!!!!

Comment on Before “The Artist” Came “Wings” by Citizen

Citizen — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:56:31 +0000

Your blog is the best. Write more often.

Comment on Time Warp: William Desmond Taylor’s Sensational Death Scene by Help solve Hollywood’s first murder mystery… Feb. 1st! | SoCal L.O.W.F.I

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:13:36 +0000

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Comment on Tripout to Charles Lummis’ El Alisal Hideaway by L.A.’s Forgotten Lizard People

L.A.’s Forgotten Lizard People — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:56:30 +0000

[...] behavior. Either way, even prominent Angelenos have bought into the legend, including (allegedly) Charles Lummis, the famously eccentric writer-researcher of Native American [...]

Comment on Ghosts and GHOULA at Olvera Street’s Casa La Golondrina Mexican Cafe by Sandra Richardson

Sandra Richardson — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:47:19 +0000

Looking for haunted tours during April

Comment on Shaking Family Trees: Sanchez, Hossman, Lyon et. al. by Karin Schopp

Karin Schopp — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:52:44 +0000

Hello Michael- I was again cruising around the internet and saw this ongoing search. Maybe I can add more to what information you have. I gave up for awhile and am now back at it. We have moved to Carson City, NV . I have made some good contacts re: Cyrus Lyon and family. Let me know what you might need . I still have not found a connection to Petra Feliz Sanchez, but I still believe there is one somewhere. She died while some of her children were still rather young. I have been searching family connections to see if anyone of them ended up living with them. I know that when her last child (my relative Vincent Lyons)) died that he was living with his sister Mary Hossman. He met and married my grandmother in San Francisco and I know some of Marys children were living there also. Sometimes it crosses my mind that they might have been put in an orphanage. That is my next hunt…. I have alot of information on the families you mentioned. Let me know what you want – Karin

Comment on Harry Houdini’s Mythic Haunt by Ricky costas

Ricky costas — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:34:45 +0000

http://www.sandiegohaunted.com

also lots of haunts

Comment on Imlay Name Goes Hollywood in Battle:LA by Thom Imlay

Thom Imlay — Thu, 05 May 2011 20:59:20 +0000

I was also curious why they chose the name Imlay for this character. We do not have a very common surname.

Comment on Hanging With the Legendary Tiburcio Vasquez by amy

amy — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:21:34 +0000

Do you know why his headstone is on the diagonal and is under the sole palm tree. He is with all the still borns and babies.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=5334&PIpi=1273223
It is rumored that his body is face down in the casket- and the casket was turned so he is facing the bottom of it.

Comment on Imlay Name Goes Hollywood in Battle:LA by Dan Davies

Dan Davies — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:07:36 +0000

Lol naw he doesnt get blown up. Cpl Imlay was my favorite character by far he was like the calm, cool, skilled, reliable solider in the platoon

Comment on Imlay Name Goes Hollywood in Battle:LA by Connor Loadman

Connor Loadman — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:51:45 +0000

Imlay dosnt get blown to bits he is a loud mouth bad ass haha he makes it all the way through the movie by far my favorite character

Comment on Imlay Name Goes Hollywood in Battle:LA by Somer MacKillop

Somer MacKillop — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:51:05 +0000

This was the best movie ever made! Screw the critics!

Comment on The Feliz Curse: Ghosts, Greed and Griffith Park by dawn marschall PhD

dawn marschall PhD — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:49:38 +0000

Thank you all of your efforts in the research you have done and
conscientious writing pertaining to Griffith Park. I was very
touched by the fate of Don Antonio Feliz and wondered if there is
a placed where a visitor to Griffith Park where there is some history
of Don Antonio Feliz. For instance, after he died of smallpox in 1863
where was he buried? Since it was a very widespread epidemic did
the victims of smallpox not provided a traditional burial.
Is there part of the hacienda left on the property? The only reference to any structure existing is the adobe building.
Thank you for your consideration.

Comment on Pop Quiz: Where Was L.A.’s First Chinatown? by Jim

Jim — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:30:41 +0000

Great piece on Old Chinatown.

It’s not generally known that a few small blocks of the neighborhood persisted as late as the early 1950s, wedged in between Alameda and the Plaza. Unfortunately this is all gone now, having made way for more parking lots (of course), access roads, and rather pointless bits of landscaping that do nothing to further the preservation of the city’s history. This is also partly the work of Christine Sterling, “mother of Olvera Street”, who wanted the Chinese to clear out of the Plaza area. You can read this in William Estrada’s “The Los Angeles Plaza: Sacred And Contested Space”.