Shark fishing in Alamitos Bay – 1913
Here is an early description of Alamitos Bay from Out West magazine, Charles Lummis booster-istic magazine which played a significant role in publicizing Southern California’s virtues, real and non-existent from…
Sweet Old Days in Los Alamitos
The following article was originally published in the June 1956 issue of Westways Magazine. At the time Los Alamitos was still an unincorporated area of 600 residents, mainly residing in…
Dances, Parades, games and rides planned for Seal Beach’s 95th birthday bash
Seal Beach has a party coming up — and while to our minds maybe it should officially be called Incorporation Day instead of Founders Day — it still will have…
Philip A. Stanton – The founder behind Seal Beach’s Founders’ Day
As a person with a long history of spending time on things that don’t bring in money or pay bills, it should be no surprise that I’m a history buff.…
Bixby Ranch Company to sell Central Coast properties
Oct. 23, 2006 The Bixby Ranch Company – co-developer and former owner of much of what is now Rossmoor, the College Park area of Seal Beach, and southeast Long Beach…
1995 – Nov. – LATV Known for Great Coverage of Los Al Griffins Football Games
from the News-Enterprise, Nov. 30, 1995; Los Alamitos Television/Channel 3’s recent coverage of the Sunset League and CIF Southern Section Division I Football Playoffs has been featured regularly on broadcast…
1994 – LA Times: Water District Board Catches More Flack
With the recent flak over discussions between Seal Beach, Los Alamitos and Rossmoor to explore sharing services, we thought it might be worthy to note that we have been sharing…
obit – Paul Erskine, Los Alamitos Publisher, Rossmoor Community Leader, Dies
Originally printed September 03, 1987 – LA Times Paul J. Erskine, publisher for more than two decades of the News-Enterprise Newspapers in Los Alamitos, died Wednesday of cancer at his…
1963 – April 13 – LAUSD Election: Foe of Extremists Quits School Race
Long Beach Independent, April 13, 1963, p.B1 Foe of Extremists Quits School Race by MARK CLUTTER A staunch supporter of Los Alamitos Schools withdrew from the school board race Friday…
Los Al’s been a long-time host of Model Airplane Shows
Over the years, Los Alamitos has played host to a numb er of national gatherings of model airplane fans. The naval air base was a natural host for such events,…