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Gold: the California story. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21547-8. Rawls, James J. and Orsi, Richard J. (eds.) (1999). A golden state: mining and economic development in Gold Rush California (California History Sesquicentennial Series, 2). Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.
Black gold in the Joaquin (1949) Nash, Gerald D. "Oil in the West: Reflections on the Historiography of an Unexplored Field," Pacific Historical Review 39 (1970): 193-204; Quam-Wickham, Nancy. "'Cities Sacrificed on the Altar of Oil': Popular Opposition to Oil Development in 1920s Los Angeles," Environmental History (April 1998) 3#2 pp 189–209.
EXCLUSIVE– Billionaire Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong has made headlines with his efforts to revamp his newspaper and make it a more trusted source for a broader swath of ...
The company merged with Atlantic Refining to form Atlantic Richfield Corp, later known as ARCO, in 1966. After spinning off Atlantic Refining to Sonoco, ARCO was purchased by BP plc in 2000. [11] The construction of the Richfield Tower in Los Angeles. This 12 story black and gold Art Deco building was completed in 1929. This building served as ...
Meanwhile, in 1892, Edward L. Doheny, a gold prospector, and his partner, Charles A. Canfield, discovered an abundance of oil within the Los Angeles City Oil Field and surrounding Los Angeles Basin of Southern California. [1] When word spread about Doheny and Canfield's discoveries, drilling companies flocked to Southern California.
For 'Abbott Elementary's' Chris Perfetti, 'tragic circumstances' are comedy gold. Yvonne Villarreal. April 10, 2024 at 6:00 AM. ... (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) At 35, Perfetti radiates ...
In one instance at the height of the oil boom in the 1920s in Los Angeles, he was the only "wildcatter" to purchase and retain a lease on 300 acres of Andrew Joughin's farm outside Torrance. While other prospectors turned away from the property, Keck's "46 highly productive wells were considered one of California's most successful oil-drilling ...
Across town, on the northern edge of Los Angeles, another fire broke out in Eaton Canyon, near Pasadena, quickly consuming 200 acres later in the night, according to Angeles National Forest officials.