The terrible mass shooting that occurred last night in Monterey Park, California, hit literally close to home. The Star Ballroom is located at 122 West Garvey Avenue, between Garfield Avenue and Alhambra Avenue. Garvey was effectively the southern border of my everyday, familiar world when I was a child, and Garfield was my world’s western border. The family business was located just off of Garvey, a bit to the east of Monterey Park. The first movie that I... Read more