Mormon Church Southern California

Three new Mormon temples, holy sanctuaries where only church members in good standing can set foot and even then only in ceremonial white clothing, will be built in California, including one in Newport Beach and one in Redlands, church officials said Friday. The third Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple will be built in Sacramento, bringing California's total to seven, the most in any state outside of Utah.

Three new Mormon temples, holy sanctuaries where only church members in good standing can set foot and even then only in ceremonial white clothing, will be built in California, including one in Newport Beach and one in Redlands, church officials said Friday. The third Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple will be built in Sacramento, bringing California's total to seven, the most in any state outside of Utah.

Created in 1865 to protect newly freed slaves from swindlers and to instill in them habits of "thrift and industry," the Freedman's Savings & Trust Co. did neither, ultimately going belly-up with millions of dollars of their money. But now, more than a century later, its depositors' records may help thousands of African Americans find their roots. "What was really a tragedy has turned into a marvelous treasure," said Elder John B.