Frenchtown Confidential

At least eight different French-language newspapers have existed in Los Angeles.  Most didn't last long. L'Union Nouvelle was by far...

Sometimes, people just disappear. It's much less common in the digital age. It would have been relatively easy to vanish without a trace...

One of the most annoying aspects of researching French LA is that some historical documents, especially those written in Northern California...

Pierre Prévotière was an attorney from Paris.  Arriving in the US in 1900 at age 24, he made his way to Los Angeles by 1906. A newspaper exc...

Those of you in the medical field may have heard the name Dupuytren.  Baron Guillaume Dupuytren, a brilliant surgeon, pathologist, and profe...

Félix and Jules Violé happened to be visiting their cousin in Bayonne when they encountered something unexpected: a copy of Le Progrés.  Fou...