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Killed his wife, 3 members of her family and 2 household servants [71] 2: George Hassell: Whittier: 1917, 1926: 13: Spree killer, killed his wife and three children in Whittier, then killed his second family in Texas in 1926 [72] [73] 3: Ralph Works: Pasadena: 1941-08-08: 2: Murder-suicide in which former professional baseball pitcher shot ...
Oakland: 2012-04-02: 7 2: School shooting 2012 Anaheim, California police shooting and protests: Anaheim: 2012-07-21: 2 6: Protests after police officer killings: Fresno meat plant shooting: Fresno: 2012-11-6: 3: 2 Christopher Dorner shootings and manhunt: Los Angeles (and nearby) 2013-02-3 to 2013-02-12: 5 Attack on the police: 2013 Santa ...
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Whittier (/ ˈ hw ɪ t i ər /) is a city in Southern California in Los Angeles County, part of the Gateway Cities.The 14.7-square-mile (38.0 km 2) city had 87,306 residents as of the 2020 United States census, an increase of 1,975 from the 2010 census figure.
Twenty-five people were killed, and 150 people were injured, with nearly 4,000 homes destroyed. The economic losses have been estimated at $1.5 billion. The economic losses, in combination with injuries and loss of life, make this the worst urban firestorm in American history. Many of the original homes were rebuilt on a much larger scale. [65 ...
Sky Church, a glass building also completed in 1956, was destroyed by the Whittier Narrows earthquake of 1987. Memorial Chapel has three tall white spires. It was completed in 1964 as a memorial to John D. Gregg, President of Rose Hills from 1950 to 1959 and son of Rose Hills founder Augustus Gregg. Memorial Chapel seats approximately 192 people.
The story of the Oakland fire is a major plot element of the children's book Tikvah Means Hope, by Patricia Polacco. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1994. ISBN 0-385-32059-0; The 1993 ABC TV movie Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland, starring Jill Clayburgh, LeVar Burton and Michael Gross was based on the Oakland Hills fire. It ...
Pío Pico State Historic Park is the site of El Ranchito, also known as the Pío Pico Adobe or Pío Pico Mansion, the final home of Pío Pico, the last governor of Alta California under Mexican rule and a pivotal figure in early California history. Located in Whittier, California, at 6003 Pioneer Blvd. near Whittier Blvd. and Interstate 605, it ...