Posts from May 29, 2026

    LAPD Officer Walter Kesterson has an award named after him, which is presented annually by[…]

    The United States has always had a complicated relationship with gambling, particularly in the past[…]

   During World War II, from 1939 to 1945, more than 16 million U.S. troops served their[…]

   More than 16 million American troops served during World War II -- more than 12 percent[…]

  During World War II, every U.S. citizen was expected to play their part in the war[…]

    On the afternoon of Monday, June 25, 1923, residents living on Crenshaw Boulevard, just south[…]

   On Friday, July 11, 1941, German composer Bruno Walter was scheduled to conduct the Los Angeles[…]

    Most of the LAPD officers who have died on the line of duty have been[…]

 The sudden, unexpected, violent death of a police officer is always tragic, but the events surrounding the[…]

  Shortly after midnight on Sunday, May 22, 1938, Det. Lt. George C. Howard, 46, had finished[…]