Home-Schooler Goes to Jail

Photograph by John Malmin / Los Angeles Times July 21, 1959: Dr. R. Bernard Finch escorts police and reporters in a tour of the crime scene in West Covina.  Newsmen at the courtroom door peep through a crack to get details on Dr. R. Bernard Finch and co-defendant Carole Tregoff. "Dr. Shinn claims public school instruction is based on the lowest common denominator."

View Larger Map Feb. 13, 1960: Actress Rita Moreno is injured when her car spins out at 2222 Laurel Canyon Blvd. and hits a tree. She throws pillows and curses at reporters and photographers when she is taken to Hollywood Receiving Hospital.