Edward J. Boyer, now retired, covered the Elmer Gerard “Geronimo” Pratt case for The Times. On a clear, chilly December evening 40 years ago, Kenneth Olsen, head of the English department at Belmont High School, and his wife, Caroline, drove to Santa Monica’s Lincoln Park tennis courts to meet another couple for a friendly doubles […]
For Almost 30 Years, John Edmond Jr. Has Inspired His Students With His Mastery of Golf and Life. Now, as Part of a Management Change, His Teaching Days May Be Numbered.
By Edward J. Boyer Los Angeles Times, 06 Mar 2001 His friends joke that USC constitutional law professor Erwin Chemerinsky sleeps only in leap years. He juggles enough commitments to exhaust a small law firm, and, with the 1995 O.J. Simpson murder trial, his recognition grew beyond academic and legal circles as his commentary became […]
His friends tell him he is crazy when he asks them to go with him to Leimert Park in Los Angeles’ Crenshaw district, asking: “Do I need a gun? Do I need a bulletproof vest?”
A KILLER TORNADO BLEW TED THACKREY JR. FROM THE WICHITA Eagle into Los Angeles journalism in the 1950s. A whirlwind of his own making lifted him out more than 30 years later. Thackrey landed at the Los Angeles Examiner after its city editor saw his lead on the twister: “A small Kansas town died in its sleep last night.”
By Edward J. Boyer — Aug. 21, 1999 When Duke Ellington had trouble finding a copy of one of his own records, he knew where to look. The same was true for Louis ‘‘Satchmo’’ Armstrong. They would put in a call to Murray Gershenz, better known as ‘‘Music Man Murray,’’ a used record dealer whose […]