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Christine Dunn, ambassador for the Airtel Plaza Hotel at the Van Nuys Airport, is seeking a new home for the hanger made famous in the 1942 movie ‘Casablanca,’ pictured in background. The disassembled hangar now sits in the parking lot of the hotel. - David Crane — Southern California News Group

We’ll always have Van Nuys

VAN NUYS >> The airport hangar facade from the film “Casablanca” — which started movie production 75 years ago Thursday — has blistered in the sun 10 years since it...
A flag that was flown on a destroyer during World War 1 hangs on the wall at the VFW Museum of Military History in Simi Valley. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into the Great War, the museum will hold a tribute Saturday of songs, lectures and exhibits. - Andy Holzman — Southern California News Group

SoCal museum pays tribute to World War I

There was an America with scarcely an army to its name. And then there was the bloody mess called Europe, engaged in the first global war.A century ago Thursday, the...