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A decision by Stanford to cover up the base of a memorial flagpole downtown has irked local veterans, who are pushing the city and the university to restore the landmark after recent vandalism.
A decision by Stanford to cover up the base of a memorial flagpole downtown has irked local veterans, who are pushing the city and the university to restore the landmark after recent vandalism.
The journey of Los Lobos began in 1973, 50 years ago this year, when David Hidalgo (vocals, guitar, and pretty much anything with strings), Louie Perez (drums, vocals, guitar), Cesar Rosas (vocals, guitar), and Conrad Lozano (bass, vocals, guitarrón) earned their stripes playing revved-up versions of Mexican folk music in restaurants and at parties. The band evolved in the 1980s as it tapped into L.A.’s burgeoning punk and college rock scenes. They were soon sharing bills with bands like the Circle Jerks, Public Image Ltd.
Topeka area native Georgia Neese Clark Gray was the first female Treasurer of the United States. But she wasn't the last. Ever since, all U.S. Treasurers have been women. For Women's History Month, Commentator Katie Keckeisen has this remembrance of a remarkable Kansas woman.
In turn-of-the-century Olympia, Preston Marion Troy was a lawyer and leading citizen. Although prominent during his lifetime, he has largely been forgotten nearly a century after his death.