Hollywood Sign light sequence was an alternative to the firework displays at several of the other world icons due to concerns about fire in the dry conditions. The sign is located on the southern side of Mount Lee in Griffith Park, north of the Mulholland Highway, and to the south of the Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) cemetery. The sign is located on rough, steep terrain, and there are barriers to prevent unauthorized access. In 2000, the Los Angeles Police Department installed a security system featuring motion detection and closed-circuit cameras. Any movement in the marked restricted areas triggers an alarm
Community newspapers in Hollywood, California year to $5 million. Revenues were going to another group of weeklies that Copeland owned in Northern California, and he was paying himself a "consulting fee" of $13,000 a month. The "Citizen-News" was merged with the "Valley Times", which ceased publishing under its own name in spring 1969. The Hollywood newspaper changed its name to "Los Angeles Evening Citizen News" in March 1970 and attempted to gain readers by switching its editorial policy from conservative to liberal. At one point in August 1970 a finance firm that was owed about half a million dollars sent in a team of security