Larry Strawther FOCUS: ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY NEWS | NORTHWEST: LOS ALAMITOS February 11, 1998|JOHN CANALIS Officials are pushing to open the swimming pool at the Armed Forces Reserve Center for community recreation programs. Representatives from Los Alamitos, Rossmoor, Cypress and Seal Beach met recently with base commanders to discuss plans to reopen the Olympic-size pool. The outdoor … Read more
The earliest mention of a public library in Los Alamitos goes back to Feb. 13, 1922 [ref]News Notes of California Libraries, Oct. 1922 , p.608-612; p. 613, Laurel [/ref]. A state directory listing for the new Orange County Free Library System, says it serves the entire county except Anaheim, Buena Park Library District, Fullerton, Huntington … Read more
When this area started getting populated, students in seventh grade on attended schools in the Anaheim Union High School District. (Oak, Pine/McAuliffe, and Los Al HS were all originally built and within the Anaheim District. Local parents wanted to gain more control of their children’s destiny, and committees were formed to pursue the unification of … Read more
30 JULY 1959 — (Enterprise, p.1) Residents fume at “Outsiders” For attempt to Re-locate Air Base. Local Los Al residents get upset at a committee of Westminster and Garden Grove landowners and developers, who start campaign to “relocate the Los Al Naval Air Station. The committee includes only one “local,” Westminster dairyman Ale Tuinhout, but … Read more
This obituary is from the Long Beach Independent, May 15, 1952. Perry Green came to Los Alamitos in the mid 1920s and became a local real estate agent. Some Los Al histories list his name as “Rush” Green, but this obituary says Perry Green. According to his daughter, Lura, one of the areas he promoted … Read more
No one disputes that coyotes were in this area before man, but here is some evidence of their audacity. October 3, 1896 – LA Times, p13 In the Anaheim column: A correspondent from Alamitos near the factory site asks in the Anaheim Gazette: What are we to do with the coyote element? We can’t get … Read more
In the mid 1980s, the Los Al school board made some decisions which seemed to take into account current business and economics only and failed to take into account community history and future social cycles. Los Alamitos : Parents Argue Against Plan to Close 3 Schools LA Times: Orange County Digest January 09, 1985|G. M. … Read more
This obituary below appeared in the North County Times (San Diego County), February 23, 2006. Garland Stephens was a very involved personality in the Los Alamitos-Rossmoor area. He apparently became more involved with the Race Track affairs after the death of Frank Vessels, Sr. in 1963. He was very involved with the track during the … Read more
Grades 5-6-7-8 A.M. 9:00- 9:15 — Opening and General Work 9:15- 9:30 — Arithmetic – Fifth 9:30- 9:45 — Arithmetic – Sixth 9:45-10:00 — Arithmetic – Seventh 10:00-10:05 — Calisthenics 10:05-10:20 — Arithmetic and Geometry – Eighth 10:20-10:30 — Language – Fifth 10:30-10:45 — Language – Sixth 10:45-11:00 — Recess 11:00-11:15 — … Read more
reprinted from the February 2, 1973 Anaheim Bulletin (Editor’s Note: The following article is one of a series reviewing the accomplishments of cities in North Orange County during 1972, and what they hope to achieve this year. Today’s report is from Los Alamitos) By JOHN YENCH Bulletin Staff Writer LOS ALAMITOS—This city has moved well … Read more