Clash of the Tiny—One Pushy Squirrel & the Turf War for LA
In West Los Angeles, just across the 405 freeway from UCLA, sits a hospital that’s been serving veterans for more than 100 years. Back in 1904, it housed veterans from the Civil and Spanish-American Wars and was called the “Sawtelle Veterans Home.” Many of the Civil War vets came from the American South, from places like Tennessee and Kentucky. At that time, Los Angeles was far less developed than it is now. Most of the city was still quite rural, mainly consisting of citrus orchards and walnut groves.
That much we know is true. What follows is perhaps at best described as legend, though it comes to me from a good source: , collections manager of
