Gela Baser Percal, our lovely Mom and Grandma, passed away peacefully at her home in Santa Barbara on the morning of August 15, 2022, at the age of 97. She went on her own schedule and slept ...

“Full of honors, and with clean hands, he was ending, radiantly, his good life, surrounded by his family in which all his affections were centered.” (Balzac) Fred Percal, devoted husband, father, and ...

Artist in Extremis Even in self-imposed exile in France, Avigdor Arikha is one of Israel’s best-known artists. He is a master draftsman, a BBC lecturer on art history and a knight of the French Légion ...

Born on April 16, 1918 on a farm in SD, she was the eldest of 3 girls. Sister, Norma preceded her in death in 1989; Carol resides in Torrance. After High School she taught in a one-room schoolhouse.

Alan Percal has won the 2016 World Series of Poker $10,000 heads-up no-limit hold’em championship, winning seven straight matches against the likes of Brian Rast, Jeff Gross and Olivier Busquet on his ...