Residential rent in Los Angeles and Orange Counties has risen exponentially over the years.
Photo by Bob Chamberlin, in the L.A. Times Photographic Collection at UCLA Library.
1980. Preservationists picket at the site of the closed Brown Derby Restaurant on Wilshire Boulevard. After more than a half century of serving diners on Wilshire Boulevard, the iconic restaurant had been abruptly closed that September. Fans of the restaurant were left guessing as to what would happen next. The site was sold to developers, heightening concerns by preservationists that the restaurant building would be demolished. The developers were ultimately persuaded to dismantle the derby hat portion of the structure for later restoration. The rest of the building was demolished and, in 1986, a shopping center rose in its place. The surviving derby hat structure was restored atop the roof of the new building.
The average American high School has about 850 students. Dozens of high schools in Los Angeles County are much larger than that.
