Francheska bardacke biography of william hill

Frank Fraser Darling

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When I took up residence at the end of August on Signal Hill to work the Congressional elections in Orange County I had little knowledge of the history of this little city of 2.2 square miles completely surrounded by the City of Long Beach. I had heard of Signal Hill because of the infamous police murder of CSULB football player Ron Settles in 1981. The fight for justice for Ron Settles was ongoing in 1983 when I arrived in California and worked in Long Beach on a battle to keep Long Beach Community Hospital open. Finally in 2022, over 40 years later, the City of Signal Hill issued a public apology to the Settles family for Ron’s death. 

But living on the Hill has pushed me to learn more about the history of the whole LA basin. It is often forgotten amid the glitz of Hollywood that LA is the largest urban oil field in the country. Oil was discovered in the 1890’s and powered the early economy. Oil continues to be pumped in many parts of LA County and the industry recently bristled at Governor Newsom’s support for legislation that would require capping wells near residential areas. 

Oil was discovered in 1921 in Signal Hill and huge geysers some 300 feet high were not uncommon. The City was incorporated separate from

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