Tag: LA

LA Closes Extensions With 2 Forwards, 2 Defensemen

LOS ANGELES—The Kings announced on Friday, July 10 that they have issued one-year contract extensions to defensemen Kevin Gravel and Paul LaDue and forward...

Kings Hire 3rd Assistant Coach For 2017-2018

LOS ANGELES—Pierre Turgeon has been sworn in by the LA Kings as the newest addition to their coaching staff, Head Coach John Stevens and...

Julia

UNITED STATES—Well, I had an English student named Berta in a class I was substituting. She had a motto that she got from her...

Color It Gone

UNITED STATES—When I began this memoir I drove down by U.S.C. one tropical afternoon to visit Librería Azteca to see if I’d left anything...

Aftermath

UNITED STATES—The end of April, the city was in flames. Incredibly my new city, a week before had suffered an eight-mile explosion when a...

Dream

UNITED STATES—February 10, 1992, I said goodbye to Los Angeles. “The Strawberry Butterfly,” the screenplay that had grown from the chrysalis of “The Persecuted,”...

Lame Duck Period

UNITED STATES—In Danny’s coffee shop Uncle John looked at me levelly and said, “Someday you are going to hit it big.” He said it...

Regrets

UNITED STATES—Regrets, I’ve had a few, but not too few to mention. In fact, regret has been a dynamic force for change and improvement. I...

The Doghouse

UNITED STATES—The Palmer House got all gussied up with the help of a threat from the city. Then came the big day of the...

Mattresside

UNITED STATES—The revamping of the Palmer House, a fleabag of over 100 rooms, didn’t just occur out of the blue. Nothing ever did in...