Entertainment & Arts
June 20, 2017
California
Jurors for the “City Gates” public art project have selected the winning proposals for the first two of seven sites in the program, which is designed to strengthen San Diego’s cultural and artistic identity through artworks incorporating major transportation arteries.
Dec. 9, 1989
The City Council has approved placing stop signs at five more city intersections, bringing the total of stop signs installed since the city’s incorporation in 1991 to 39.
Dec. 30, 1994
The city will spend $35,000 to install eight sidewalk ramps at city intersections, bringing to more than 200 the number of sidewalks that the city has altered in the past decade to accommodate wheelchairs.
June 15, 1993
Medfield Street, long the target of protests by an Agoura Hills homeowners group, was closed Wednesday by Los Angeles County, but city officials who had tried to keep the road open said its closure caused severe traffic problems in the area.
Aug. 4, 1988
Orange, which was incorporated in 1888, traces its roots to 1869, when lawyers Alfred Beck Chapman and Andrew Glassell accepted 1,385 acres of land as payment for legal fees.
Oct. 27, 1995
Travel & Experiences
The city will kick off its celebration of 10 years as an incorporated city with Saturday’s Niguel Days Parade.
April 28, 1999
Real Estate
A Los Feliz home once owned by Walt Disney will be reviewed as a possible city historic cultural monument.
June 22, 2000
The people of Garden Grove--a one-time farming community that has become the fourth-largest city in Orange County--decorated part of Main Street with banners and balloons Saturday to mark the 30th anniversary of the city’s incorporation.
June 22, 1986
A Los Feliz home once owned by Walt Disney was ruled to have “no architectural or cultural significance” and was denied a designation as a historic cultural monument by city officials this week.
July 21, 2000