March 31, 1985|SUSAN LOUX, LA Times Sparked by a $30,000 donation, a dream for the Los Alamitos Unified School District just may come true. The school district has been in need of an arena for school concerts, plays, special events…
Monthly Archives: October 2011
The Los Alamitos-Elvis Presley connection
by Larry Strawther •
It may be a stretch to believe it, but there is a Los Alamitos-Elvis Presley connection — beyond the 1955 announcement in the Enterprise that some local Laurel School students had formed an an Elvis Presley fan club and were…
quick-bio: Jack Baird, Los Al realtor-insuranceman, 1947-1955
by Larry Strawther •
Jack Baird was a real estate agent and insurance man in Los Alamitos. He lived in Los Alamitos in the 1930s, then he and his family, which included his daughter Laura then aged three, moved to Long Beach. There Laura…
McDonald’s: Reopening eagerly anticipated now, but in 1971 it was unwelcome in Los Al
by Larry Strawther •
After a short time down for some remodeling, the Los Alamitos McDonald’s restaurant will be reopening next week, according to an article at Shelley Henderson’s OC Breeze website. What is interesting is that in another bit of wisdom that only…
