Studio Village

"Hook" aka Harold Van Buskirk - circa 1978 It was around 1978.  The two men stood in the middle of the dusty street, about thir...

Her name was Kay Marvis.   For a few years, she was married to actor Leo Gorcey, star of the Bowery Boys movies.   Later, she married Grouch...

A few months ago, while walking my dogs, I ran into a neighbor who introduced me to Jean Morrison, a woman who grew up in Monterey Village d...

While walking my dogs this morning, I met neighbor PL.  When I mentioned I wrote a blog on neighborhood history, he told me about an actor n...

The agricultural roots of the San Fernando Valley are well known.  Many small farms dotted the landscape right up until the 1950's. ...