The life of Roy A. Sealey and his contributions to the Cockatoo Inn
Andy Lococo and his prized hotel and restaurant are a big part of 20th century American history. However, this month we celebrate a somewhat...
Historical Events
From Hollywood Park to Super Bowl site
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Usually Super Bowls are played at neutral sites, but this year’s Super Bowl LVI in Inglewood, California will be a home game for the...
Inglewood High planned its epic reunion at the Cockatoo Inn
Love it or hate it, Facebook has made it easy to locate old classmates, no matter what town you’re from or what town you...
The Cockatoo Bowling Club
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As we slowly start to open up physical spaces, people are itching to visit places like restaurants, movie theaters and bowling alleys. That got...
Muhammad Ali at the Cockatoo Inn
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FEB 15, 1988 – 33 years ago today, the late Los Angeles County Supervisor, Kenneth Hahn, held a campaign brunch to run for an...
When Cockatoo Inn owner Andy ran for office
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Coronavirus has sometimes made us forget that 2020 is an election year. While 2020 has been called one of the most turbulent years in...
Two Men Standing in Rubble
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As we’ve documented before, the Cockatoo Inn went through some tough times over the decades. One of its toughest challenges came in 1958, when...
Mother’s Day at the Cockatoo Inn
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Mother’s Day is just around the corner! We dug up this 30 year-old ad for Mother’s Day at the Cockatoo Inn that ran in...
Valentine’s Day Ad for the Cockatoo Inn
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Today is Valentine’s Day 2020, and thought we’d share this amazing Valentine’s Day Ad for the Cockatoo Inn that ran in Los Angeles newspapers...
What a Spy tried to do at the Cockatoo
The year was 1984. Cold War tensions were still high. Hawthorne, California had a large defense presence. On December 10, 1984, an aerospace engineer...