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Frank Girardot, city editor at the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, also posted his paper's original 1958 coverage of the murder of writer James Ellroy's mother. In the post Girardot describes his role in helping Ellroy get the case of his mother's slaying reopened by authorities.

Yesterday on LA Observed:
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