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The Los Angeles Women's Music Festival also donated a percentage of proceeds to Los Angeles animal rescue groups. The festival was started in 2007 as an annual festival but was on hiatus during 2008 and was scheduled to return in 2009, although the latter event never materialized. As of 2015, it is on indefinite hiatus due to financial challenges.
Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper [16] and Daily Variety begin publication. 1934 – Los Angeles Science Fiction Society formed. [12] 1935 – Griffith Park Planetarium dedicated. [1] 1936 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles established. Crossroads of the World shopping mall built. 1937 Los Angeles purchases Mines Field for a municipal ...
The history of Los Angeles began in 1781 when 44 settlers from central New Spain (modern Mexico) established a permanent settlement in what is now Downtown Los Angeles, as instructed by Spanish Governor of Las Californias, Felipe de Neve, and authorized by Viceroy Antonio María de Bucareli.
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, LA became a major center for oil production and manufacturing, and its population exploded as people moved to the area for jobs. The city continued to grow in the second half of the 20th century, becoming a cultural and economic powerhouse with a diverse population.
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The history of the Los Angeles Metro Rail and Busway system begins in the early 1970s, when the traffic-choked region began planning a rapid transit system. The first dedicated busway opened along I-10 in 1973, and the region's first light rail line, the Blue Line (now the A Line ) opened in 1990.
Nestled in a quiet enclave of Los Angeles’s historic Miracle Mile—set among an array of similarly landmarked, early 20th-century properties—is a quintessentially charming Mediterranean-style ...
The Los Angeles Times noted at the time: "The birthplace of the talkies is disappearing into dust in Hollywood. Demolition crews are razing the older buildings of the old Warner Bros. Sunset Blvd. studio where the nasal voice of Al Jolson recorded on Vitaphone, first made talking pictures a commercial reality."