Jason
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Imaginary character prowling in purgatory straddling the fine line of living in my own mind and waiting in line at Disneyland.
Then democratic presidential hopeful John F. Kennedy at The Biltmore in Downtown Los Angeles during the 1960 Democratic National Convention, which was being held a few miles away at The Los Angeles Sports Arena.
Photograph found online.
Photograph found online.
November 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Then democratic presidential hopeful John F. Kennedy at The Biltmore in Downtown Los Angeles during the 1960 Democratic National Convention, which was being held a few miles away at The Los Angeles Sports Arena.
Photograph found online.
Photograph found online.
Even worse is when kids in other classrooms would brag how their teacher threw a pizza party and rolled in the T.V. for the day.
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Even worse is when kids in other classrooms would brag how their teacher threw a pizza party and rolled in the T.V. for the day.
Of course there was always that one freakin' teacher who insisted on carrying on with the regular lesson plan through the school day as if us kids weren't in costume and hyped-up for Halloween. #Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Of course there was always that one freakin' teacher who insisted on carrying on with the regular lesson plan through the school day as if us kids weren't in costume and hyped-up for Halloween. #Halloween
Happy birthday to the State of California, admitted into the United States on this date in 1850. How would development have turned out if the original 1850 counties did not break apart?
September 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Happy birthday to the State of California, admitted into the United States on this date in 1850. How would development have turned out if the original 1850 counties did not break apart?
Double hashbrowns with jalapeños and cheese will probably be the best thing you ever eat.
July 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Double hashbrowns with jalapeños and cheese will probably be the best thing you ever eat.
Protest this day in Downtown Los Angeles by SEIU Los Angeles County employees over unfair labor practices and working without a contract.
April 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Protest this day in Downtown Los Angeles by SEIU Los Angeles County employees over unfair labor practices and working without a contract.
Only four Bosch-Omori Seismographs remain in operation, and half of them are located at The Ferndale Museum.
April 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Only four Bosch-Omori Seismographs remain in operation, and half of them are located at The Ferndale Museum.
On this Earth Day in 1992, a Magnitude 6 earthquake hit near Desert Hot Springs. In fact, this earthquake was the opening salvo of a near decade of significant seismic activity in the Mojave Desert.
Photograph: "The Desert Sun", April 23, 1992, UCR, CDNC
Photograph: "The Desert Sun", April 23, 1992, UCR, CDNC
April 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
On this Earth Day in 1992, a Magnitude 6 earthquake hit near Desert Hot Springs. In fact, this earthquake was the opening salvo of a near decade of significant seismic activity in the Mojave Desert.
Photograph: "The Desert Sun", April 23, 1992, UCR, CDNC
Photograph: "The Desert Sun", April 23, 1992, UCR, CDNC
In Newberry Springs the top of the old volcano in the distance sits, the home of Huell Howser. The home was designed by architect Harold James Bissner Jr. starting in 1968.
April 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
In Newberry Springs the top of the old volcano in the distance sits, the home of Huell Howser. The home was designed by architect Harold James Bissner Jr. starting in 1968.
Smoke gets in your eyes.
April 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Smoke gets in your eyes.
Newberry Springs skyline.
April 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Newberry Springs skyline.
The iconic "cone mountain" near Oatman, Arizona, which can be seen well into California and Nevada. The photograph does not do justice.
April 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The iconic "cone mountain" near Oatman, Arizona, which can be seen well into California and Nevada. The photograph does not do justice.
I was in Parkfield, self proclaimed "Earthquake Capital of The World," this past weekend, but it didn't happen while I was there. I had to come home for it to happen.
April 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I was in Parkfield, self proclaimed "Earthquake Capital of The World," this past weekend, but it didn't happen while I was there. I had to come home for it to happen.
USGS aftershock forecast following Monday's M5.2 earthquake in Julian.
April 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
USGS aftershock forecast following Monday's M5.2 earthquake in Julian.
I am here waiting for it to happen.
April 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I am here waiting for it to happen.
The S&P closed at 9.52% on Wednesday, marking the eighth best day in its history tying for the time it did that last in 1933.
April 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The S&P closed at 9.52% on Wednesday, marking the eighth best day in its history tying for the time it did that last in 1933.
From the April 18, 1906, San Mateo "Daily News Leader" where after that morning looking for new furniture and carpet might be needed in the not too distant future.
From U.C. Riverside California Digital Newspaper Collection
From U.C. Riverside California Digital Newspaper Collection
March 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
From the April 18, 1906, San Mateo "Daily News Leader" where after that morning looking for new furniture and carpet might be needed in the not too distant future.
From U.C. Riverside California Digital Newspaper Collection
From U.C. Riverside California Digital Newspaper Collection
What is the real Hub City? Colton, or Compton?
March 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
What is the real Hub City? Colton, or Compton?
If you stand here today you will be in a large parking lot at an unimaginative strip mall. Beginning in the late 1960s the "development bomb" landed in downtown Anaheim, wiping out much of what you see here, replacing memorable buildings with boring strip malls.
March 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If you stand here today you will be in a large parking lot at an unimaginative strip mall. Beginning in the late 1960s the "development bomb" landed in downtown Anaheim, wiping out much of what you see here, replacing memorable buildings with boring strip malls.
If there was no Mitla Café there is a good chance there never would have been a Taco Bell. Opened in 1937 by Lucia Rodriquez it was an extremely popular spot. Across the street was Bell Hamburgers, run by Glen Bell. Bell infamously, with deceit, befriended the family and stole their taco recipe.
March 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
If there was no Mitla Café there is a good chance there never would have been a Taco Bell. Opened in 1937 by Lucia Rodriquez it was an extremely popular spot. Across the street was Bell Hamburgers, run by Glen Bell. Bell infamously, with deceit, befriended the family and stole their taco recipe.
In addition to the state's formal acknowledgment of its seismic hazard, the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake disproved the notion, much of it pushed by real estate interests and Southern Pacific Railroad, "that earthquakes like San Francisco don't happen down south."
March 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
In addition to the state's formal acknowledgment of its seismic hazard, the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake disproved the notion, much of it pushed by real estate interests and Southern Pacific Railroad, "that earthquakes like San Francisco don't happen down south."