Props to the LA Times

The LA Times new media group deserves serious props for a moving tribute to California's fallen soldiers, California's War Dead. I was fortunate to intern with some great peeps at The Times' new media group last summer and this project has their signatures written all over it.

I was particularly moved in discovering the tragic death of William M. Sagua, a fellow graduate of Los Altos High School. I couldn't stand prom back in the day, but went anyways, and William was the prom king for his senior classs many years later. The simplicity and power of this piece speaks volumes and is more profound than any talking chatter to be heard on the airways this Memorial Day weekend.