Michael Cronin, expert on West Side gangs dies at 81
Across a 35-year career with the Chicago Police Department that culminated as deputy chief of the narcotics and…
Remembering Dr. Thomas Shiftan, a patron of cancer research and the arts – San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego’s oncology community is mourning the passing of Dr. Thomas Andre Shiftan, an oncologist and trailblazer in…
Remembering those we lost – San Diego Union-Tribune
Dan McAllister, Dec. 17, 74 The county’s treasurer-tax collector who was elected in 2002 and re-elected five times before…
Dan McAllister, San Diego County’s treasurer-tax collector for a generation, dead at 74 – San Diego Union-Tribune
When the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA was competing for seed money to finance its $40 million renovation 15…
James ‘Bau’ Graves, former Old Town School leader, dies at 73
James “Bau” Graves was the executive director of Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music for more than…
Community mourns “East County queens”
Two women who had never met shared one legacy – transforming East County with their generosity and paving…
Tony Fitzpatrick, a Chicago artist in many realms, has died at 66
Tony Fitzpatrick, a boundlessly creative man whose talents enriched the worlds of visual arts, theater, film, radio, literature…
Chicago’s Bruce DuMont, host of “Beyond the Beltway,” dies at 81
Bruce DuMont, the longtime Chicago radio and TV broadcaster who founded the Museum of Broadcast Communications in 1987,…
Marilyn Ozinga Istel, a matriarch of concrete supply family
Centenarian Marilyn Ozinga Istel was one of the matriarchs of the family that owns and controls Ozinga, the…
Duke Cunningham, war hero turned corrupt congressman, dies at 83 – San Diego Union-Tribune
From ace fighter pilot to Vietnam War hero to member of Congress and finally federal prisoner, Randy “Duke”…