Remembrance Archives - California Globe

California Set to Formally Apologize For Japanese-American Internment During WWII

February 17, 2020 3:47 pmFebruary 17, 2020 3:47 pm

On Thursday, Assemblymembers in Sacramento will vote on whether or not the state will give a formal apology for uprooting and sending Japanese-Americans to internment camps in the 1940’s. The resolution is expected to cover the two internment camps set...

Los Angeles Laker Legend Kobe Bryant Dies in Helicopter Crash

January 26, 2020 4:22 pmJanuary 26, 2020 4:30 pm

Los Angeles Lakers Legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas on Sunday morning. The 41-year-old Bryant had spent his entire 20 year career with the Los Angeles Lakers before retiring...

California Bids Farewell to a Freedom Fighter

July 29, 2019 11:50 amAugust 9, 2019 2:38 pm

With nearly 40 million people in the Golden State, Californians may be unaware of heroic persons in their midst. Such a hero was Alex Alexiev, who lived in Templeton, San Luis Obispo County, from 1999-2014, and passed away on Sunday...

Patricia Dean, Beloved Journalism Figure at USC, Has Died

November 19, 2018 2:04 pmNovember 19, 2018 2:42 pm

I want to pay homage to my dear friend and colleague Patricia Dean who died yesterday after suffering a bout of cancer. I owe much to her as does the University of Southern California. For six years until 2011 she...

Talking Politics with Jonathan Gold

July 23, 2018 10:46 amAugust 9, 2018 9:48 am

I first met Jonathan Gold in 1983 when we were both working at LAWeekly. I was a news editor and feature writer and Jonathan worked on the copy desk. He was destined to become an iconoclastic food reviewer as from...