An early draft of the ordinance, which would go into effect in July 1921, forbade: “the hula hula, the kan-kan, the Pedro Bowery, the shimmy, the camel walk, the dip, the stiff step, the toddle, the lame duck, the jiggle, the walk the dog and the bunny hug.”
These are not among the biggest stories of 2022, or the most-read or the subjects of best photos or videos. They’re just weird.
Columnist Tim Grobaty dives into the history and election-winning recipe of the historic Ward 8 cocktail.
In 2022, it was once again a clean sweep by properties in Naples and the Peninsula in the battle for the top 10 priciest homes in Long Beach.
Wiley’s passion was a crusade to get people to give up their fear of snakes, a fear she maintained was cultivated, not instinctive. She regularly handled rattlesnakes, copperheads, mambas and cobras with her bare hands.
The 90807’s homes are mostly built along wide, quiet avenues lined with stately trees. The architecture is varied but tends toward Spanish Revival, along with many traditional-style houses built in the 1930s and 1940s.
The Pine Avenue Pier opened on Nov. 12, 1904 with a “Pier Day” celebration. A half-mile parade stretched down into the business district on Pine Avenue to Fifth Street.
The home is now on the market for the first time, following the death of owner Margaret Russell late last year at the age of 109.
Traveling at the then-high speed of 35 mph on American Avenue in response to an alarm, Joseph E. Shrewsbury’s car collided with a chemical wagon that was speeding eastward along Broadway in response to the same alarm at the intersection.
Meet the man who may who may have started the increasingly popular holiday tradition of putting up sidewalk-spanning illuminated arches which, if enough consecutive houses install them, give the effect of a tunnel of holiday cheer.
