March 1990 was when Los Angeles County last saw gasoline prices below $1.00 per gallon. By 2022, local prices hit their record peak above $6.00, although, over the subsequent three and a half years, they slid all the way back down into the low $4.00 range. More recently, however, since the start of the U.S. war with Iran at the end of February, the average price has again rocketed back to almost $6.00.
Photo from the L.A. Times Photograph Collection, UCLA Library
1970. Mostly women demonstrators march along a sidewalk on Victory Boulevard in North Hollywood on Mother's Day, protesting the ongoing U.S. war in Vietnam. Many mothers wore black. The march ended in front of a Draft Board Office on Colfax Avenue, where a 10-minute silent vigil was held. Organizers stated that the event was the first predominantly female anti-war street protest in the L.A. area. More than 1,800 Angelenos ended up losing their lives in the Vietnam War.
This L.A. neighborhood is the only ethnic community in any major U.S. city named for an African nation.
