Shortly after I turned 5 years old my parents opted to return to the state where I’d been born. Though new to me for all practical purposes, both of my parents were already well connected to the city to which we moved, Pomona, California. In fact, we moved into a house that was just a few blocks from the corner where my mom had been born (in a small house long since razed). Across the street from where she grew up a local park was named for one of the oldest street gangs in California - the 12th Street Sharks (the park was at that time named for the Sharkeys/Sharkies). (See
The Gilded Age of the Fear-mongers!
The Gilded Age of the Fear-mongers!
The Gilded Age of the Fear-mongers!
Shortly after I turned 5 years old my parents opted to return to the state where I’d been born. Though new to me for all practical purposes, both of my parents were already well connected to the city to which we moved, Pomona, California. In fact, we moved into a house that was just a few blocks from the corner where my mom had been born (in a small house long since razed). Across the street from where she grew up a local park was named for one of the oldest street gangs in California - the 12th Street Sharks (the park was at that time named for the Sharkeys/Sharkies). (See