On September 11, 2001, as a result of terrorist attacks, 2,996 people died in New York City, Washington, D.C. and in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Of these, 24 were from Los Angeles County.
Just this week, Wednesday, September 9, marked a record high temperature of 105oF on that calendar day in 149 years for Downtown Los Angeles. It is not usual for some of Downtown L.A.'s highest temperatures of the year to occur in September. The highest temperature ever recorded in Downtown was 113oF on September 27, 2010.
Photo from the L.A. Times Photographic Collection at UCLA Library.
Circa 1910. Swimmers model their swimsuits on the beach at Long Beach. Clearly, swimwear has come a long way since then, especially for women. Within a decade, Fred Cole, of what would later be Cole of California in Los Angeles, began revolutionizing swimwear for women.
No. You do not need a passport to visit the island, although, some have argued differently.
