As tipped on the all things-rod-and-custom website The Jalopy Journal, Beachcomber writer Steve Propes recently revisited the March 1959 real-life rumble between local car clubs the Townsmen and the Dutchmen that ended in murder.
Car clubs? Murder? Yep. The ’40s and ’50s weren’t all USO dances and sock hops.
“Each high school had its own [car] club. [...]

What should become of 61-year-old Bellflower truck driver Jerry Cress?
As John Canalis writes in this morning’s Press-Telegram, Cress is charged with one count of murder–and three additional felony counts: being a felon in possession of a firearm, being a felon in possession of ammunition and marijuana cultivation–in the Jan. 21, 2007 death of Jacob T. [...]

Paramount residential market goes limp. Also: 2008 elections in Long Beach

Not sure who wrote it, but there’s an interesting piece on the shocking drop in Paramount home sales, in today’s Press-Telegram opinion section.

The remains of Johnie’s Broiler–one of Southern California’s last large-scale drive-in restaurants, where custom cars were king and even the food was fast–needs your help.
It’s been nearly a year since a man driving a bulldozer managed to flatten most of the 1958 Downey landmark. What’s left of the Googie-style restaurant–replete with flagstone, exuberant script and [...]