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February 4, 2025 Larry Strawther

When Ben Weingart passed away in 1980, alone in a hospital, at age 92, his obituary in the LA Times described him as “one of the least-known and most influential…

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Enter Sommers & Boyar – Long Beach (1938-1944)

February 2, 2025 Larry Strawther

NOTE: This is part of a series on Ben Weingart and his many partners who built much of LA from 1935-1970. Lou Boyar entered Ben Weingart’s world in 1938. By…

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Old Ranch – Chapter 3 – The Second Decade

April 14, 2024 Larry Strawther

This chapter basically covers Old Ranch Country Club from 1978 through the remodel of 1988. During this time the club underwent great change as it continued to grow under general…

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Old Ranch Chapter One – The Beginnings

March 3, 2024 Larry Strawther

I have placed each chapter on a separate page so if any readers have information to add, correct or dispute they can do so in the comments section. Enjoy. Chapter…

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Food for Thought #4: Los Al restaurants on Katella

December 9, 2018 Larry Strawther

The fourth of our series showing us how we have eaten our way through the Los Al-Rossmoor area over the years. This time we check out the kabobs and quiches,…

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Food For Thought #3: Los Al restaurants – On the Boulevard

December 4, 2018 Larry Strawther

After two posts on the restaurants of Rossmoor, (Rossmoor Center food here, Rossmoor Village here) we now move “outside the walls” to take a look at the many restaurants of…

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Food for Thought #2: Rossmoor Village

November 28, 2018 Larry Strawther

For a tiny area, we have had a lot of restaurants over the years. I started compiling a list on a whim and help from locals on the Facebook Rossmoor…

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Food for Thought, Part I: Rossmoor Center

November 25, 2018 Larry Strawther

This is the first in a series of posts about all the places to eat around here over the years. The development of the Rossmoor Shopping center is an interesting…

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The Rossmoor Center annexation … Was it really “theft?”

November 16, 2018 Larry Strawther

Probably no incident irritates Rossmoor residents more than the annexation of the Rossmoor Shopping Center by the City of Seal Beach. “If we only had those sales tax dollars… if…

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July 11, 2017 Larry Strawther

This is an article I originally wrote for the Seal Beach Sun in July 2014. The 100th anniversary of Seal Beach comes up next year, but we are already in…

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