1920s: Jonathan Bailey School opens at what was then 215 W. Hadley St. Its playground is where the Alpha Beta is now. Aug. 1, 1962: Alpha Beta Grocery Store opens on the site of the former Bailey ...

Twenty-five years after the Alpha Beta store in Uptown Whittier closed, the site — bought by the city with hopes of becoming a library — is finally getting its first public use as a parking lot. But ...