Larry Goldberg
I am that rare thing, a native Californian. I was born in 1950 in downtown Los Angeles in Queens of Angels Hospital. My father was the first member of the family to be born in American and I was the first one to be born in California. When I was seven years old my family moved to Westminster in Orange County, California. On one side of the road was the brand new house my parents bought; on the other side was a cattle ranch.
When I was 11 years old, my after school job was to throw flecks of hay to the horses and mules at Mr. Hefley’s boarding stable on my way home from school. The way I got paid was I could ride the horses and mules all I wanted on weekends. I was very hurt when little girlfriend did not love me anymore when I got tired of working for free and she could no longer ride horses for free.
When the freeways were being built I would ride my bicycle down the empty slab of I-405 to the Santa Ana Airport and ride around the airplanes. There were some old airplanes we could take pieces off of. I got a gauge from an old Comet jet fighter and some wire from my Dad’s garage and that was how I knew I was riding my bike at 10, 000 feet.
I would ride my bike with no hands, unzip my jacket and hold it out like a sail and the Santana wind would drive me at jet rocket ship speed.
Change does not happen in one discrete geographic location and history is a chain of events that has brought us to where we are today. Orange County can be taken as a microcosm for California and California as a microcosm for America.
My mother taught me that in all things we must “take the bitter with the better.” That is the story I wish to tell. The better and the bitter sides of the history of Orange County, California. Here in Orange County we don’t retire. We just find another way of working.
Latest Articles
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The Electrocution of Topsy the Elephant
Topsy the Elephant gave her final performance after killing two drunken tormenters and being blamed for a third death.
Feb 2, 2012
- Larry Goldberg
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The Origin of Palestine
A brief history of the origin of Palestine, and the Palestinian people, from the Roman occupation of Judea to the British creation of Palestine.
May 29, 2011
- Larry Goldberg
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How to Protect Against Radiation from Japan
To prevent against internal radiation contamination from the damaged and burning Fukushima nuclear power plant, proactive measures are required.
Mar 14, 2011
- Larry Goldberg
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Garden Grove Saves Money Counting its Street Lights
Dedicated citizen volunteers count the street lights in Garden Grove, California. The utility overcharges discovered saved money for the municipal budget.
Feb 4, 2011
- Larry Goldberg
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Pragmatic Villainy of Murder by the Euphemism of Kristallnacht
Goebbels turned the shooting of embassy bureaucrat Ernst vom Rath by his rape victim into an international Jewish conspiracy to justify the November Pogrom.
Nov 10, 2010
- Larry Goldberg
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Financial Planning for a Profitable Kristallnacht Pogrom
Dissatisfied with the cash flow generated by driving the Jews out of Germany, the Nazis produced a "Four Year Plan" to maximize expulsion profitability.
Nov 8, 2010
- Larry Goldberg
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Hitler Rides the Financial Benefits of Anti-Semitism to Power
Josef Goebbels used the financial rewards of anti-Semitism to transform the Nazis from beer drinking ex convicts into urban guerrillas to conquer Germany
Nov 6, 2010
- Larry Goldberg
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The Civil War Sweeps Judge Roy Bean to Texas
Roy Bean was swept up by swirling Civil War Battles of raw warfare fought by men having to forage for survival in the harsh southwestern deserts.
Sep 4, 2010
- Larry Goldberg
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Judge Roy Bean in New Mexico
For the third time in ten years Roy Bean is rescued from desperate straits by an older brother.
Aug 26, 2010
- Larry Goldberg
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The Hanging of Judge Roy Bean in San Gabriel, California
Escaping from jail in San Diego Roy Bean arrived in San Gabriel in the spring of 1852 and is reunited with his brother on the lawless California frontier.
Aug 20, 2010
- Larry Goldberg
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