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Texas woman, 85, to reunite with her long-lost 1959 bridal portraits: 'I missed them'
An 85-year-old woman in Texas will soon be reunited with her bridal photos that were snapped more than 60 years ago, thanks to social media.
The pictures were spotted at an auction by Lynchburg, Virginia, resident Sandra Poindexter, according to FOX Television Stations. Originally on the hunt for vintage picture frames, Poindexter was intrigued by the photos and flipped them over to find out any information about the pictures.
Poindexter saw a piece of masking tape with the name “Harriet Galbraith” written on the back. She soon posted about the find in a Facebook group, where a user was able to track down Galbraith.
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“I thought, well, maybe a family member would like to have these,” Poindexter told FOX Television Stations. “I certainly would like to have them if it was of my family member, and they were just so beautiful.”
The pictures were spotted at an auction by Lynchburg, Virginia, resident Sandra Poindexter, who worked to return them to the bride. (Sandra Poindexter via FOX TV Stations)
Galbraith, a San Antonio resident, had sent the glamorous bridal portraits to her mother in 1959, shortly after her wedding.
She wore a Christian Dior gown and elegant elbow-length gloves in the pictures. Galbraith said the shots were taken by Washington, D.C., photographer Bradford Bachrach shortly after she was engaged.
The octogenarian married William Galbraith Jr., who worked as an undercover CIA agent. He died in 2016.
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After Galbraith’s mother died, her family had an estate sale, which is where the bridal photos may have been sold. Galbraith reportedly had been hunting for them for decades.
Galbraith wore a Christian Dior gown and elegant elbow-length gloves in her bridal-themed photos shortly after getting engaged to William Galbraith Jr. (Sandra Poindexter via FOX TV Stations)
“I asked [my sister], ‘Could I have the pictures back?’ And she said she had no idea where they were,” she explained.
Galbraith said she expects to see the pictures soon, which Poindexter sent via UPS last week.
“I was very, very excited because it’s wonderful, and I missed them,” Galbraith told FOX Television Stations. “I had wanted to have them for my granddaughters.”
Harriet Galbraith’s photos may have been sold at an estate sale after her mother died. She is excited to be reunited with the pictures soon. (Sandra Poindexter via FOX TV Stations)
Poindexter said the situation exemplifies the importance of “simple act[s] of kindness.”
“It might just bring so much joy to somebody,” she said. “Little things that you don’t think matter might be very important to somebody else.”
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A man armed with a knife was shot by L.A. police officers responding to an assault with a deadly weapon call overnight, authorities said.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers with the Hollenbeck Division responded to an apartment complex in the 3000 block of Glenn Avenue in Boyle Heights at 1:45 a.m. Saturday after callers reported a male suspect was armed with a knife and had just assaulted someone in the complex.
Arriving officers found the suspect in front of the residence, but he did not comply with officers’ commands to drop the weapon. He then advanced toward the officers and an officer-involved shooting occurred, LAPD confirmed.
“The suspect was struck by gunfire and remained non-compliant,” the LAPD Public Information Officer said on X early Saturday morning. “Officers deployed a 40mm foam round and ultimately took the suspect into custody.”
Video obtained by KTLA shows the man being loaded into an ambulance and taken to a hospital; officials said he was transported in stable condition, adding that his knife was recovered at the scene and booked as evidence.
No officers or community members were injured during the incident. The man’s name was not released.
Dangerous rip currents and high surf are forecast for Los Angeles County beaches, including the Malibu Coast this weekend.
The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous beach statement, warning of the potentially deadly beach conditions. The dangerous conditions are forecast to last from Saturday evening to Monday morning.
“There is an increased risk of ocean drowning,” the NWS forecast reads. “Rip currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea. Waves can wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats nearshore.”
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A guide to surviving rip currents from the National Weather Service (NWS)
Minor Beach erosion and coastal flooding is possible through the weekend. The flooding is most likely to occur during evening high tides from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Beachgoers are advised to stay out of the water and remain near lifeguard towers. Jetties and tidepools are also especially dangerous during the weekend forecast.
“Rock jetties can be deadly in such conditions, stay off the rocks,” the NWS forecast reads.
Similar hazardous beach conditions are also in the forecast for Santa Barbara County. A high surf advisory is also in effect for Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties this weekend, where 10 to 15-foot waves will be possible.
If you live or want to live in Los Angeles, the city controller has released a new dashboard highlighting some of the city’s most notorious problem rental properties, a tool designed to help renters avoid future headaches.
“This project comes at a time when tenants are reporting harassment and illegal evictions violating the City’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance, Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance and Tenant Anti‑Harassment Ordinance, but very few of the complaints end up leading to strong enforcement or real accountability,” L.A. City Controller Kenneth Mejia said in a media release Thursday.
The new Top 100 Problem Rental Properties dashboard includes a searchable database of all residential addresses with reported housing violation cases within the city of Los Angeles, a ranked list of the 100 addresses with the most violations and an interactive map.
“There has never before been an uncomplicated way for anyone to look up years’ worth of violations by address,” Mejia said in the release.
Data for the dashboard was compiled from multiple sources, including the Los Angeles Housing Department, Los Angeles City Planning and the L.A. County Assessor’s Office, according to the controller’s office.
The release also identified the top three addresses with the highest number of reported housing violations:
1. 636 1/2 North Hill Place, Chinatown
192 housing violation cases
2. 11700 West Wilshire Boulevard, Sawtelle
166 housing violation cases
3. 6650 West Forest Lawn Drive, Hollywood Hills
113 housing violation cases
“Our new dashboard is an easy‑to‑understand public tool that we hope will help renters and organizers document patterns of harm, as well as put pressure on both landlords and the City to act,” Mejia said. “Everyone deserves safe, stable and dignified housing.”
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