Early on a frigid Tuesday morning in Sacramento, state senator Larry Stirling is quietly answering constituents’ letters in his office. You walk in, he jumps up and says, “You asked me yesterday about what I’ve …
Thursday, February 23
Larry Stirling may be the most self-righteous, impatient, indignant state senator in California history
February 23, 1989
Thursday, February 16
Point Loma's Frankie Laine – singing before rock music
Frank Teschemacher, a leading white jazz clarinetist of the ’20s, “the Benny Goodman of his day,” took the teen-ager under his wing. “He treated me not like a kid but like a fellow musician,"
February 16, 1989
Thursday, February 9
Fake LSD and crystal hot at Mariner's Point
l awake. It's Friday, late summer. I automatically reach for my jug. There is about an inch left in the fifth of white port. I didn't forget the hair of the dog, and what a …
February 9, 1989
Thursday, February 2
The highs and lows of the SD&IV
Flfty years ago, railroad companies liked to give a away free calendars to encourage passengers to travel on their lines. On the cover of the calendars there was usually a picture of some dramatic western …
February 2, 1989