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The Shakespeare Bridge on Franklin Ave. in the Franklin Hills/ Los Feliz area of L.A. The bridge was built in 1926 and was renovated and retrofitted in 1998 after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake over concerns it would not be able to hold up in the next major quake here in “Shake City”
In 1974 it was designated a Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #126.
Two man hole covers, asphalt & concrete shower street, front yards and driveways with debris when an underground electrical vault exploded which seems to have been caused by a nitrogen leak. Fortunately no one was hurt and only the back window of a car got blown out.
Central Park Playa Vista Amphitheater. Culver City / L. A. , Playa Vista / Westchester area. Some of the old helicopter / air plane hangers and buildings have been turned into film studios. Many new buildings and business park have been added.
Jack Webb and Harry Morgan with series “regulars“ Viginia Gregg and Del Moore. Fans of the show are especially fond of Virgina Gregg. She appeared in ten episodes of the original Dragnet and thirteen of the later version that ran from 1967-70. All as different characters! My wife and I used to refer to her as a member of the “Joe Friday Players“
Interesting side note, Virginia supplied the voice of Norman Bates' mother in Psycho.
Two man hole covers, asphalt & concrete shower street, front yards and driveways with debris when an underground electrical vault exploded which seems to have been caused by a nitrogen leak. Fortunately no one was hurt and only the back window of a car got blown out.
While cruzing the Blvd. a motorscooter kop's Remington 870 Pump action pistol grip Shotgun disengaged from the locking mechanism on the bikes rack and fell into the street in the area of Bronson Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard in LAPD’s Southwest Division. The gun was picked up by a bystander and he took off running with it and a large LAPD search and destroy mission ensued .... I mean a large search ensued and suspect was later caught and the shotgun retrieved.
The “History of Transportation” mosaic mural was erected and put on display at Centinela Park in Inglewood, Calif. in 1940. Later it was restored and relocated . This Mural is a cultural and historic public arts treasure listed on the California Register of Historical Resources. It was created as a Works Project Administration (WPA) Arts project, completed in 1940 and designed by a noted California artist, Helen Lundeberg. Despite extensive damage, it was fully restored and relocated & rededicated at a new Art Park located at Manchester Blvd and Grevillea Avenue in Inglewood across the street from Inglewood High School.
www.cityofinglewood.org/pdfs/Parks/Tranmuralhistory/ycgar...
SWAT team have surrounded a woman with a gun barricaded in a vehicle at Slauson & 8th Ave. in the Hyde Park area. Don't know what lead up to the cause of the incident.