LALO SCHIFRIN: If Dizzy Calls, Tell Him I’m Not Here

B.D. JACKSON “Los Angeles is seven suburbs in search of a city.”

HOLLYWOOD & THE FREEWAYS Filming “CHiPs” and other shows in the 1970s in the Foothills

CARL HOWELL Witnessing History, Naval aide to four US Presidents, from JFK to Ford

WINNETKA STORY The history of Winnetka and Chicago’s North Shore

THE BIG DIG Harold Ickes, Frank Windes and 4-mile trench that took 30 years to build.

RAY TURNER- Good Man, Bad/Population

THE LANTERMAN HOUSE A 1920s California bungalow is now a museum

Rancho La Canada is an award-winning documentary about the foothill community 12 miles north f downtown Los Angeles.

TURNING POINTS In church history was created for an event in South Africa. It is a swift over-view of some of the major events that formed the world’s largest religion.

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THE SUBURBAN IDEAL Joseph Sears and the funding of Kenilworth

Zack Hill by John Newcombe and John Deering was launched by Creators Syndicate in 2003 and is still going strong. Over the years, it has appeared in over 75 newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. It appears everyday on Comics.com.

FOUNDING FLINTRIDGE Senator Frank Flint and his dream of a wealthy suburb for Pasadena

Foundation was made as an introduction to a series of films about America’s founding, with an emphasis on religious freedom and its crucial role in creating civil freedom.

Lake Michigan’s worst maritime disaster is largely forgotten today. Over 400 people lost their lives just 12 miles from shore when a storm slammed into the steamer in September of 1860.

In 1922, Agnes Richards founded Rockhaven sanitarium to help women struggling with mental health. It was a ground-breaking alternative to the deplorable conditions of most mental hospitals at the time..

Founded in 1922, the Flintridge Riding Club was a family club. But by the 1950s it was producing Olympic champions. Although it hosts international competitions, the club has returned to its roots.

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Golf came to America in the 1890s, first to New York, then Chicago. Indian Hill Club was formed in 1911. Bill Murray and his brothers were caddies there in the 1960s and it became the inspiration for the hit film Caddy Shack.

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