20 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK.Driven by increasing housing and transportation costs, the cost of living in L.A. was increasing at a whopping 25.5 percent annual rate, federal labor officials said[ldots] The L.A. school board voted to boycott boycott, concerted economic or social ostracism of an individual, group, or nation to express disapproval or coerce change. The practice was named (1880) after Capt. Hughes Airwest, joining San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. homeowners in the effort to reduce noise from increased flights at Burbank Burbank, city (1990 pop. 93,643), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1911. Tourism and the entertainment industry are central to its economy; several motion-picture studios and television headquarters are here. Burbank's aerospace industry collapsed with the end of the Cold War. Airport. |
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