History 
Chat with former Cockatoo employee
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Recently, we had a brief chat with former Cockatoo employee, Favian Gonzales. He was a room service waiter from 1989 to 1994, just before...
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...
Play dates at the Cockatoo Inn
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Throughout the decades, people have had different types of experiences at the Cockatoo. One can imagine in the 1950s and 60s, date nights 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...
The Irishman
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One of the biggest mysteries of the 20th Century was the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. In 2019, this story was brought to film by...
A look inside the Cockatoo Inn
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What was the Cockatoo Inn and Hotel like in its midcentury heyday? Here are some interior shots of the bar/restaurant area as well as...