Category Archives: Memory lane

Memory lane

L.A. riots reminder

By darleene | Published: April 16, 2010
I worked on pretty big news today — former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates died. Gates became most famous — or maybe infamous — for being the chief during the Rodney King beating and 1992 L.A. riots. As I worked on a slideshow about Gates’ career, reading about the riots brought me back. I was about [...]
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Tips for ordering coffee

By darleene | Published: February 26, 2010
Let’s take a break from Michael news and take some time down memory lane. Fresh off an internship in Arizona, jobless in L.A., I broke down after a couple of months of compulsively sending out resumes for every available journalism-related job available within 50 miles of Santa Monica and got a job as a barista [...]
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