The Almanac is pleased that, since the abrupt and chaotic firing of Federal workers across the Federal government began more than a month ago, Federal courts have ordered that these firings be reversed and effected workers be reinstated. These include workers fired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Weather Service - two agencies that the Almanac has relied upon for more than a quarter century. There remains, however, confusion and disruption to services within these agencies. Many reinstated workers have yet to be allowed to return to work and instead are paid to stay home, pending court litigation.
At what point does one fall below the poverty level in Los Angeles County?
Photo by Harry Chase, from L.A. Times Photographic Collection at UCLA Library.
1966. Young people hitchhike on the Sunset Strip. The Sunset Strip, a one and a half mile stretch of Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, became a center for counterculture youth and hip celebrities during the mid-1960s. It helped launch new rock talent such as The Byrds, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, The Seeds and Frank Zappa. These played at iconic venues such as Whisky a Go Go (birthplace of “Go-Go Dancers”), the Roxy, Pandora’s Box and London Fog. However, with local residents angry about the growing crowds of young people, alcohol, drugs and traffic, the Strip also drew a curfew crackdown by authorities resulting in the “Sunset Strip (or Hippie) Riots.” This was a clash between police and counterculture youth that journalist Woody Haut called “an early salvo in the ‘culture wars’, a battle that continues to this day.”
Los Angeles is moving. Literally.
