John Wiley:  

Life Hello everyone this is my story, born in Boyle Heights, LA CA USA. I'm retired from NBC-TV. I live in Azusa CA, married to Lisa Rivera Wiley she's graduated from Schurr High in Montebello, LA CA. we have two Children. I'm on the reunion committee for the class of 73 & 74 Our 50th is commng up and will be held at the Brea Embassy in Brea CA. in October of 2023 exact date and more info to come... Ok, not exactly true but my childHOOD memories are there, growing up in Boyle Height we all have a story, I'm one of 8 kids we live in a one bedroom house on Evergreen, my father was a heroin addict my mother raised us on welfare the best she could she gets big props for her efforts(God rest her soul) we didn't have lunch at school until the free lunch program was instated Breakfast was usually oatmeal and dinner was what ever we could afford with rice and beans, we had worn-out faded jeans with holes many years before it was in style I was caught in the middle of a gang war between white fence and flats at wabash park, that week the fences and window guards where installed and remain there till this day the same goes with all parks in East LA, before the East LA riots Roosevelt high school was an open campus no fences no locks. I came inches of a bullet while attending the Salesian high carnival, that wasn't the first time a bullet zip by my ear. So when I joke about living a dying in East LA you can see how close I was to it and knowing this was the faith of some. I know some of you share this same s...Expand for more