By John M. Glionna, Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 11, 2016 FELICITY, Calif. — Jacques-Andre Istel is on the move again, nervously roaming the town he founded in this dusty corner…
By John M. Glionna, Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 11, 2016 FELICITY, Calif. — Jacques-Andre Istel is on the move again, nervously roaming the town he founded in this dusty corner…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, September 22, 2008 PHOTOGRAPH by Randilynn Beach BERKELEY, Calif. — As most veteran customers know, it takes a pretty thick skin to successfully…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, March 18, 2008 CAPITOLA, Calif. — Private eye T.K. Davis has worked his share of oddball cases. Once he tracked down a one-armed…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, April 9, 2007 PHOTOGRAPH by the Los Angeles Times TEJON RANCH, Calif. — At dawn, John Lacey and four hired hands head out…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, April 7, 2007 ALCATRAZ ISLAND, Calif. — EACH day at sundown, when the last tour boat departs this desolate, wind-swept outpost, one lonesome…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, June 25, 2005 NEW PINE CREEK, Ore. (Or is it California?) —This is a town strangely divided, a tiny slice of eccentricity along…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, May 31, 1996 PALMDALE, Calif. — As As Joshua trees stand sentry on moonlit desert nights, the seven Diaz children do their homework…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, November 25, 1990 LA JOLLA, Calif. — With a smile that slid into an easy laugh, Jackie Haddad Hellingson recalled that free-frolicking beach…