Ms. Alice C. Royal, shown here in the Allensworth School House, was born at Allensworth in 1923. She is the author of the book Allensworth, The Freedom Colony. A public health nurse by profession, she chaired the Colonel Allensworth State Park Advisory Committee from 1985 to 1989, and has continued to research and collect histories [...]

Peter Camejo, A Life Well Lived
Strategy Session by Antonio Gonzalez Homage on Sept 15, 2008
Peter Camejo passed away over the weekend after an 18 month battle
with cancer. He was 68. Known more recently for his Green Party
candidacies for Vice President in 2004 and California Governor in
2002, 2003 and 2006, Camejo was one of the most [...]

. . . During his tenure Mr. Hartzog oversaw the acquisition of 72 sites, amounting to 2.7 million acres. The list went beyond national parks to include recreation areas, seashores, river ways and historical monuments.
“He was an empire builder,” Robert M. Utley, a former Park Service historian, said in an interview on Tuesday. Besides Stephen [...]

Chi Mui, civil rights hero, died Thursday, April 27, 2006, from cancer. Chi, a native of Hong Kong, was Mayor of San Gabriel and was elected to the city council in 2003, the first Asian American to hold each post.
In November 1999 Chi Mui, Luis MacAdams, and Arthur Golding took me to lunch at [...]

Services for Mayor Mui will be held:
Friday, May 5, 2006 at 10:00 a.m.
San Gabriel Civic Auditorium
320 South Mission Drive, San Gabriel
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Office of the City Clerk – 626/308-2816
Donna Vine, Clem Arroyo or Cynthia Trujillo
dvine@sgch.org
City Mourns Loss of Mayor Chi Mui
SAN GABRIEL, CA – April 28, 2006 – It is with deep sadness and [...]

Los Angeles Times
By George Ramos
Times Staff Writer
Edward R. Roybal, a pioneer in Latino politics in Los Angeles and a godfather and mentor to scores of lawmakers, died Monday of pneumonia, according to the district office of his daughter, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Los Angeles). He was 89.
Roybal, who championed the rights of the underprivileged and the [...]

The work of National Park Service (NPS) Ranger and Buffalo Soldier Specialist Shelton Johnson has been invaluable to the campaign to diversify access to and support for the national forests.
Shelton Johnson, a native of Detroit, Michigan, has worked as a U.S. park ranger since 1987. His work assignments have included Yosemite National Park, Great Basin [...]

Juanita Tate, a longtime community activist and founder of Concerned Citizens of South-Central Los Angeles, passed away on July 5, 2004, after suffering a stroke two days earlier. Juanita collapsed as she was preparing to lead a tour of Concerned Citizens’ revitalized Mount Zion Towers, a residence for senior citizens.
Juanita Tate is our hero, our [...]