Kelowna Hardiness Zones and Maps. Kelowna is located in Canadian plant hardiness zone 6a near Okanagan Lake, supporting a wide variety of ornamental and native plants. Winter temperatures become cooler at higher elevations and further away from the influence of the lake.
stonewall riot. Stonewall Riot definition. A disturbance that grew out of a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a popular hang-out for gays in Manhattan's Greenwich Village in 1969. Such raids long had been routine, but this one provoked a riot as the crowd fought back.
The 1992 Los Angeles riots, also known as the Rodney King riots, the South Central riots, the 1992 Los Angeles civil disturbance, the 1992 Los Angeles civil unrest, and the Los Angeles uprising, were a series of riots, lootings, arsons, and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California in April and May of 1992.