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The name Mt. Olympus predates the housing development, as there is a reference to the Mt. Olympus "three miles west of Cahuenga Pass and at the head of Laurel Cañon" in 1888. [9] An 1894 newspaper article datelined "Little Mount Olympus, Los Angeles County" mentions establishing a spring in Laurel Canyon in 1875.
The proposed route was along the current routing of Laurel Canyon Boulevard, but the emergence of the Laurel Canyon neighborhood as a movie star enclave doomed the project, as did local opposition. Laurel Canyon itself found counterculture fame in the 1960s as home to many of L.A.'s top rock musicians, such as Frank Zappa. The bohemian spirit ...
Laurel Canyon is focused on its central thoroughfare, Laurel Canyon Boulevard. Unlike other nearby canyon neighborhoods, Laurel Canyon has houses lining one side of the main street most of the way up to Mulholland Drive. There are many side roads that branch off the main canyon, but most are not through streets, reinforcing the self-contained ...
Once limited to laurels within the independent film community, Burnett’s name has been canonized in recent years, after the re-premiere of his UCLA thesis film “Killer of Sheep” — a funny ...
Evacuation orders and warnings were issued to more than 31,000 people in the vicinity of two new wildfires north of Los Angeles on Wednesday.
Editor's note: This file captures the news of the California wildfires from Thursday, Jan. 16. For the latest updates on the LA fires, follow USA TODAY's live coverage for Friday, Jan. 17.. LOS ...
One major modification was to install five individual fireproof vaults with a storage capacity of 3,500,000 feet (1,100,000 m) of 35mm film. Office equipment came from Air Force supply at San Bernardino, California , and technical equipment, in excess of $500,000, was obtained from the First Motion Picture Unit in New York and various Air Force ...
LA County Sheriff Robert Luna said around 500 inmates were being evacuated from one jail and taken to another facility. Inmates at two jails made from concrete were not in harms way, said Luna ...