1995 – Nov. – LATV Known for Great Coverage of Los Al Griffins Football Games

November 30, 1995
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1995 – Nov. – LATV Known for Great Coverage of Los Al Griffins Football Games

from the News-Enterprise, Nov. 30, 1995; Los Alamitos Television/Channel 3′s recent coverage of the Sunset League and CIF Southern Section Division I Football Playoffs has been featured  regularly on broadcast stations such as KNBC-Ch. 4.  But last Friday’s contest between the Los Al Griffins...

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1994 – LA Times: Water District Board Catches More Flack

March 31, 1994
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With the recent flak over discussions between Seal Beach, Los Alamitos and Rossmoor to explore sharing services,  we thought it might be worthy to note that we have been sharing many services for a number of years.  Fire, library, flood control, and sewer come...

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obit – Paul Erskine, Los Alamitos Publisher, Rossmoor Community Leader, Dies

September 3, 1987
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Originally printed September 03, 1987 – LA Times Paul J. Erskine, publisher for more than two decades of the News-Enterprise Newspapers in Los Alamitos, died Wednesday of cancer at his Rossmoor home. He was 62. Erskine had been ill in recent months, according to...

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1979 – Local school unification approved by voters

June 14, 1979
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abstract: Unification approved — 3,550 for, 1,541 against. New school board:  Margrit Kendrick 3,182, Nancy Lander 2,040, Virginia Wilson 2,910, Mark Abrams 2,547, Bernard Beskind 2,253.

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1963 – April 13 – LAUSD Election: Foe of Extremists Quits School Race

April 13, 1963
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Long Beach Independent, April 13, 1963, p.B1 Foe of Extremists Quits School Race by MARK CLUTTER A staunch supporter of Los Alamitos Schools withdrew from the school board race Friday because of what she called “mudslinging and name-calling.” “I am withdrawing as a candidate...

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1959-60 – Incorporation/annexation fever sweep through Los Al, Rossmoor again

September 17, 1959
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Sep. 17, 1959 – Feisty SRO Rossmoor crowd discuss, insult Los Alamitos incorporation SEP 17, 1959 – Enterprise A feisty, standing-room-only crowd at Rossmoor School… discuss Los Alamitos planned incorporation efforts. Bill Brown from Chamber speaks… Some residents cry for boycott — “if a...

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Los Al’s been a long-time host of Model Airplane Shows

July 19, 1959
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Los Al’s been a long-time host of Model Airplane Shows

Over the years, Los Alamitos has played host to a numb er of national gatherings of model airplane fans.   The naval air base was a natural host for such events, which often was arranged to also have demonstrations by such precision flying groups...

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1955 – August 19 – Rumors are Hot on 7,000 homes in Los Alamitos

August 19, 1955
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1955 – August 19 – Rumors are Hot on 7,000 homes in Los Alamitos

The first published acknowledgement of the Rossmoor project were printed in the Enterprise August 19, 1955 issue.  Cortese would option  a number of properties to create this project.  The first part was land north of Orangewood that was owned by Willis Tubeck, and the...

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1955: Los Alamitos Park — New Residential Community Said more than 35% Sold (now part of Carrier Row)

May 4, 1955
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Carrier Row was the second real estate development south of Katella Avenue. But it was originally called Los Alamitos Park and developed in three different phases after World War II. And it apparently was similar to a development called Puente Vista in the West...

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May 18, 1954 – Alamitos Gets New Structure

May 18, 1954
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This was first publisheed in the May 18, 1954 issue of the Long Beach Independent-Press-Telegram.  Sports Page 3 Alamitos Gets New Structure By JERRY WYNN The rags to riches story of Los Alamitos Race Course will get a new chapter soon with the construction...

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Jan 25, 1941 – Club Elects at Los Alamitos

January 25, 1941
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Here’s a new club in Los Alamitos that we hadn’t heard about before — the Good Neighbor Club.  We’re not sure exactly what it did at this point – other than be good neighborly — but this blurb in the Press-Telegram is proof that...

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1922 – Los Alamitos – news item by news item

December 31, 1922
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2 SEP 1922 – Facts About Sugar, Vol. XV, No. 11, p. 210 ALAMITOS EXPECTS 225,000 BAGS Santa Ana, Cal, Sept. 2 — A production of 225,000 bags of sugar or about 75 per cent of normal, is hoped for this year by the...

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ABOUT THE LOS ALAMITOS-ROSSMOOR HISTORY PROJECT

The purpose of the Los Alamitos-Rossmoor (and Seal Beach) History Project is 1) increase awareness of local history and the part our area played in the overall development of Southern California (it's more than you thought... honest); 2) make historical information and documents about the area available to the public at convenient hours; and... 3) encourage those with first hand knowledge, documents or photos about the area to contribute what they can to the conversation before the opportunity is gone...

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McDonald’s: Reopening eagerly anticipated now, but in 1971 it was unwelcome in Los Al

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...

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