Chris Nichols

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Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Pee-wee's Big Adventure and Help Fight Cancer originally appeared on L.A. Mag. Paul Reubens in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)Photo courtesy Warner Bros.Pee-wee Herman was born at L.A.’s Groundlings theater in the late 1970s. The zany alter ego of Paul Reubens started to emerge through small parts on game shows like The Newlywed Game and a late-night stage shows at the Roxy before becoming one of the biggest pop culture icons of the 1980s.

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Lucie Arnaz Returns to the Lot Her Parents Built—This Time to Help a Fan Finish His Film originally appeared on L.A. Mag. Raji Ahsan and Lucie Arnaz share a laughPhoto courtesy Lucie ArnazRaji Ahsan proves it’s always great to meet your heroes. Perhaps your childhood obsession was Barbie or board games, but for young Ahsan growing up in Orange County in the 90s, it was Desilu Studios, the long-gone TV production company founded by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.

1 month ago | wvnews.com | Chris Nichols

DEEP CREEK LAKE — Deep Creek Lake recently witnessed an extraordinary event as over 120 participants explored the inner workings of the Deep Creek Hydroelectric Station and dam. Organized by the Deep Creek Lake Centennial (DCL100) Committee and made possible by Brookfield Renewable, the owner and operator of the power station, the tours took place over May 13-14 and provided visitors with rare access to areas usually closed to the public.

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Seventy-five years ago, a new kind of drive-in restaurant opened on Beverly Boulevard in Hollywood. promised to do away with carhops (and tipping) by sending food down a conveyor belt directly to waiting automobiles parked around the building. The place lasted for about five minutes until the drive-thru window was born, but employers have long dreamed of eliminating pesky humans from the workplace.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Chris Nichols

What becomes of the strong and stoic who try to preserve the old ways while the winds of change swirl all around them? Pio Pico was California’s last Mexican governor before the territory was ceded to the United States in 1848. Pico lived large in his day, partying and gambling and building lavish monuments around Los Angeles, but died nearly broke. After he died, his tomb was vandalized and his wife's body stripped of her jewels.