Altadena, population nearly 42,000, is the town where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once visited lawyer Clarence B. Jones to persuade him to join his legal team. Where sci-fi author Octavia E.

The Altadena fire wiped out much of a historic Black enclave in this picturesque town in the San Gabriel Valley.

In the years before Nat King Cole ... But their next 78rpm release would be the one that outsold all their others. “Straighten Up And Fly Right” was written by Cole and lyricist-publisher ...

March 17 marks 106 years since the birth of musician Nat King Cole, whose success paved the way for future generations of ...

Nat King Cole, the velvet-voiced singer of such hits as “Unforgettable," was born in Montgomery, Ala. How much do you know ...

American singer and songwriter Gregory Porter is one of those contemporary artists, recording an album of Cole’s songs - titled Nat King Cole And Me - in 2017. Porter’s own compositions are ...

At the end it was almost like the last reel of Citizen Kane. As he lay on his deathbed, Nat ‘King’ Cole repeatedly whispered “Skeeze”. His friends knew no one of that name. By 5.30 in the morning of ...

Some say finding the baby is good luck. Others say it means you’re expected to buy the next king cake! Interestingly, it wasn’t always a plastic baby inside… Food historian Liz Williams told ...