Wonderland Avenue murders; Weekly health column debuts;

Fernando Valenzuela pitches rookie season — “Fernandomania”
is born;

KCRW FM boosts signal beyond Santa Monica; Frank O. Gehry— designed Santa
Monica Place opens;

Weekly accepts first cigarette ad; Weekly’s aborted experiment to charge
50 cents for issues distributed in Valley; Wet magazine folds; Harlan Ellison’s
“An Edge in My Voice” column debuts in Weekly; Dodgers beat Yankees
in World Series.

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