1. California Written by Kevin Starr By: Danielle Dye

3. The count of montecristo (1908) outside scenes where filmed in L.A.

4. In the Sultan’s Power (1908) was the first movie completely filmed there

5. The Roman (1908), Carmen(1908) & many more to come

6. DeMille & Griffith became iconic Hollywood directors

8. Chapter 11 An Imagined Place:Art and Life on the Coast of Dreams Music: San Francisco had a musical tradition that back to the gold rush Around 1849 By 1870’s San Francisco was supporting a flourishing theatrical and musical culture Sustained for 50 years San Francisco’s claim to be the performing Arts capital of the Far East 1919 a philharmonic orchestra was established under the direction of Alfred Hertz 1930’s Sound came to motion pictures, a whole new career field

9. Chapter 12 “Ecumenopolis”Forging a world societyBy Danielle Dye When a group of Los Angeles Policemen stopped another black motorist; Rodney king & beat him so severely that he was hospitalized 56 baton blows overall It was evident that race was still a issue in L.A.

10. Riots By Danielle Dye While the Watts riots of august 1965 were black vs. white The L.A. riots of April-May 1992 were blacks and browns against whites and Koreans Their stores were the special targets for looting and arson

11. Immigration & issues By Danielle Dye 1990’s had been wrenching Even heartbreaking in the hostile undertones And reverberation of proposition 187 The issue of just how the stat should respond to undocumented Californians The majority of them Latino still remains a continuing question Economy depends on immigrants doing jobs other will not 2003 Governor Gary Davis, fighting recall Issued driver’s licenses to undocumented workers by signing a bill

12. Chapter 13: Arnold! “Stewarship or Squandered Legacy”By Danielle Dye 2003 voters of California recalled one governor and elected another Some cause might have been” An energy crisis Crushing shortfall of revenues following the collapse of the “dot.com” industry An imprudently expanded state budget Personality of Gray Davis Screen actor Arnold Schwarzenegger

13. GovernorsBy Danielle Dye Unlike governors of the 1950’s who agreed a significant percentage of all issues In 1966 Ronald Reagan era The governors staked out for themselves More differentiated points of view 1960’s witnessed a challenge to the “natural” census Through the Sun Belt which included Southern California Republicanism became populist and antigovernment

14. Environmental DisasterBy Danielle Dye In modern time the most significant environmental wake up call was the Santa Barbara oil spill January 28,1969 When an oil drilling platform 5 miles off shore of California malfunctioned Creating a sea of ooze that extended 35 miles in diameter and polluted 20miles of the Santa Barbara Coast Spurred environmental groups to militant action