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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Northrop Says Goodbye to Southern California

    Northrop Grumman is the last of the big-name aerospace companies headquartered in Southern California, and now it's going, too. Like others before it, Northrop will move its top executives closer to the action in Washington, DC. In this case, to Falls Church, Virginia. D.J. Waldie is a historian, poet and author of many books on many subjects.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Northrop Grumman is the last of the big-name aerospace companies headquartered in Southern California, and now it's going, too. Like others before it, Northrop will move its top executives closer to the action in Washington, DC. In this case, to Falls Church, Virginia. D.J. Waldie is a historian, poet and author of many books on many subjects. He'll have an essay in the forthcoming book, Blue Sky Metropolis: The Aerospace Century in Southern California.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    The Chocolate-Flavored Milk Wars Come to Santa Monica
    1. 0:00Test Scores and Milk Wars
    2. 14:04Northrop Says Goodbye to Southern CaliforniaYou’re reading this
    3. 21:21Is Justice Department's Investigation of S&P Retaliation?
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