Allen Eager News Today

The energetic scion of a storied wealthy family, Peggy Mellon Hitchcock funded Timothy Leary’s psychedelic adventures — and famously helped him find the spot to do so, at her brothers’ estate in Millbrook, N.Y.

She was an enthusiastic supporter of the counterculture. And when she suggested that her brothers rent Mr. Leary a mansion, she made psychedelic history.

He was the first white bebop trumpeter, evaded southern trouble as 'Albino Red' and impersonated a US general to steal thousands. Part one

Running the VooDoo down: It never got cooler than this.

Fire Chief Niko King raised his hand and repeated the oath of office, joining the Laguna Beach Fire Department on Tuesday.