Summary: Eddie Bill was interviewed by Julie Sullivan in November, 2005. Both of his parents were German Immigrants who met in Stockton, where Eddie was born. in 1934, when he was 5, Eddie’s parents moved to Lafayette and opened the restaurant “Bill’s Place”. They struggled to keep it open for a few years, with the […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Las Lomas 1954-1955 Electronics Club
According to the 1955 Las Lomas yearbook (El Caballero), they had an electronics club during the 1954-1955 school year. It looks like the main objective of the group this school year was to obtain a ham radio set. This year marks the establishment of the Electronics Club as a recognized student-body organization. Members, interested in […]
Speaker Series: “The Evolution of Interurban and Commuter Rail Travel in the Bay Area”
Join Us For A Virtual History Program With Speaker Extraordinaire Stuart Swiedler Sunday, November 7 from 2:00-3:30 PM Stuart Swiedler will present a talk entitled “The Evolution of Interurban and Commuter Rail Travel in the Bay Area.” Dr. Swiedler, a physician-scientist by training, created the East Bay Hills Project in 2009, providing presentations and an […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: 1958-1962 Electronics Club
In the senior section of the 1962 Aklan there are two students who are listed as having been in an Electronics Club all four of their years. To make sure they weren’t transfer students, we also checked the 1959, 1960, and 1961 Aklans. They were in all of them. What isn’t in the 1959, 1960, […]
Oral History: Tony Coe — October 7th, 2009
Tony Coe was interviewed by Bob Riegg on October 7, 2009. As engineering services manager for the City of Lafayette, Tony was responsible for preparing the construction bid documents and assembling a team to represent the City during the construction process. He describes being proud of the library that this community is creating, and notes […]
Oral History: John Cosso — October, 2004
Summary: John Cosso was interviewed by Julie Sullivan in October, 1994. John’s uncle, who had emigrated from Genoa, Italy, bought 55 acres in Happy Valley in 1920. Members of his family operated a truck farm for almost thirty years, after which they sold most of the land to developers who built homes. Individual lots were […]
Oral History: Louis Persico — June, 2005
Summary: Louis Persico was interviewed in June 2005. He was born in Oakland in 1918, but a year later his family moved to Lafayette, where they at first operated a farm on the present day site of Acalanes High School. After serving as a mess sergeant in World War II, including the Battle of the […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Mystery Radio Club Member (1956 Aklan)
In the 1956 Aklan… you can find a student named Steve Luther Syverud. It lists him simply as having been in the “radio club”. There’s no year after it. As such, we don’t know exactly when this person was a member of the Radio Club. It’s likely that it was during their senior year, but […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: 1955-1956 Radio Club
The 1955-1956 Radio Club can be found by looking at the things that each student did at Acalanes, which is listed next to their senior pictures. There’s nothing in 1955-1956 Handbook For Dons. There’s nothing in the 1956 Aklan. When you go to the section with the senior pictures, we find one person who is […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: 1954-1955 Radio Club
The 1954-1955 Radio Club can be found by looking at the things that each student did at Acalanes, which is listed next to their senior pictures. There’s nothing in 1954-1955 Handbook For Dons. There’s nothing in the 1955 Aklan. It’s in the 1956 Aklan where we find evidence that this Radio Club existed. When you […]
