Note: This is an encore post from 2006.
September 24, 1907
Los Angeles
A First Day in Los Angeles
Roving, roving, ever restless, drifting
On from strand to strand.
Have I seen the years slip by me,
Seeking for the promised land.
From the palm trees of Jamaica and
The Golden Spanish main.
To the gray and sullen northland when
The snow was on the plain.
But today I cease from roaming and
My soul is well content—
For the gypsy came among you and
He pitches his world-worn tent.
But the old desire was silenced for he
Found his long-sought rest.
In the City of Angels, in the
Sunset of the West.
Walter Adolf Roberts
557 Crocker St., Los Angeles.
September 23, 1959: To folks who think traffic in Los Angeles is a new problem, please read the stories on 1) freeways 2) new buses 3) moving sidewalks. Bonus story 4) drunk drivers.
Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and 
September 22, 1959: Mayor Poulson deliberately “shoved the knife” into Soviet Premier Khrushchev, two television newscasters charged today.
Note: This is an encore post from 2006.
Never underestimate the power of little old ladies.
Adopted across the country and lampooned by Woody Allen, Los Angeles’ right turn on a red light was born in obscurity. Although the city used traffic semaphores (mechanical devices with metal arms reading “STOP” and “GO” that swung out of the signal—just like in the old cartoons and the opening of “Double Indemnity”) instead of lights, the right turn on red was in effect as early as 1939, when the City Council sought to ban them.
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