KPCC News: History Podcast: Episodes
Brian Watt: On Veterans Day yesterday, a crowd filled a room at the Proud Bird restaurant near L.A. International Airport. They honored the Women Air Force Service Pilots - or WASPs - who served during World War II.
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez: A Southland non-profit manages the largest video archive of Holocaust survivor testimonies. The original videotapes are degrading and the Shoah Foundation has begun a massive effort to transfer their content to digital format. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez has the story.
Brian Watt: Hundreds if not thousands of people waited outside Philippe's in downtown Los Angeles on Monday. The home of the original French Dip celebrated its 100th birthday by offering the sandwich for its original price: ten cents. KPCC's Brian Watt spoke with a few of the participants in this milestone ...
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez: Forty years ago today soldiers shot and killed dozens of people at an antigovernment rally in Mexico City. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez says Los Angeles activist groups have organized an afternoon of performances this weekend under the motto, "We will not forget."
John Rabe: Today marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Tom Bradley, one of the city's most beloved figures. He was the city's first and only black mayor, and its longest-serving. Bradley won his first term 35 years ago, after two stinging campaigns against the race-baiting Mayor Sam Yorty. He served ...
Frank Stoltze: Throughout the Southland today ceremonies marked the seventh anniversary of the September 11 attacks. In Los Angeles, officials gathered at the fire department's training center north of downtown. That's where a piece of the World Trade Center stands as a memorial to firefighters who died ...
Brian Watt: KPCC's Brian Watt's been on vacation. On a beach somewhere. But not long ago, he discovered that the closest beach to his home harbors some history.
Kitty Felde: The Democrats' roll call vote for the party's Presidential nominee began at three this afternoon. Party officials say they want to finish up early so they can move the elaborate podium to nearby Invesco Field for Barack Obama's acceptance speech tomorrow. But some say the real reason is ...
Kitty Felde: The Democrats' roll call vote for the party's Presidential nominee began at three this afternoon. Party officials say they want to finish up early so they can move the elaborate podium to nearby Invesco Field for Barack Obama's acceptance speech tomorrow. But some say the real reason is ...
Kitty Felde: The Democrats' roll call vote for the party's Presidential nominee began at three this afternoon. Party officials say they want to finish up early so they can move the elaborate podium to nearby Invesco Field for Barack Obama's acceptance speech tomorrow. But some say the real reason is ...
Kitty Felde: The Democrats' roll call vote for the party's Presidential nominee began at three this afternoon. Party officials say they want to finish up early so they can move the elaborate podium to nearby Invesco Field for Barack Obama's acceptance speech tomorrow. But some say the real reason is ...
Kitty Felde: The Democrats' roll call vote for the party's Presidential nominee began at three this afternoon. Party officials say they want to finish up early so they can move the elaborate podium to nearby Invesco Field for Barack Obama's acceptance speech tomorrow. But some say the real reason is ...
Kitty Felde: The Democrats' roll call vote for the party's Presidential nominee began at three this afternoon. Party officials say they want to finish up early so they can move the elaborate podium to nearby Invesco Field for Barack Obama's acceptance speech tomorrow. But some say the real reason is ...
Kitty Felde: The Democrats' roll call vote for the party's Presidential nominee began at three this afternoon. Party officials say they want to finish up early so they can move the elaborate podium to nearby Invesco Field for Barack Obama's acceptance speech tomorrow. But some say the real reason is ...
Kitty Felde: The Democrats' roll call vote for the party's Presidential nominee began at three this afternoon. Party officials say they want to finish up early so they can move the elaborate podium to nearby Invesco Field for Barack Obama's acceptance speech tomorrow. But some say the real reason is ...
Kitty Felde: One week from tonight, Barack Obama will accept the Democratic Party's nomination for President. He'll do it not inside a cramped convention hall; but in front of 76-thousand people at Invesco Field, home of the NFL's Denver Broncos. It won't be the first time the Democrats' nominee has ...
Steven Cuevas: Eight years after the death of cartoonist Schulz, his classic "Peanuts" strips still run daily in hundreds of newspapers. An exhibit of Schulz's work is now open at Riverside Metrololitan Museum. As KPCC's Steven Cuevas found out, some of the original artwork for those strips is missing, ...
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez: Art historians and local activists in Sherman Oaks are decrying the likely destruction of an 85-foot-long mural created in a Jewish neighborhood. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez has the story.
Kitty Felde: What was the greatest day in the Dodgers' 50 years in Los Angeles??? A fan today might think it was last Thursday, when the team grabbed slugger Manny Ramirez. Most might say the day Kirk Gibson hit his famous home run to win the first game of the 1988 World Series. But how about June 3, ...
Kitty Felde: It was a big day when the Dodgers finally arrived in Los Angeles. The town turned out for a tickertape parade. But team owner Walter O'Malley's dream of a gleaming ballpark in Chavez Ravine - the reason he'd come west - was still several years off. First, he'd have to navigate his way ...