Allen Ginsberg and the San Francisco Human Be-In (1967)
The "be-in" was the grandest of all happenings, attracting at least 13,000 of the hip set and perhaps 2,000 spectators. It happened Saturday at the polo field in Golden Gate Park.
A look back at the fashion trends of the 1960s
Astronauts, adolescents set fashions during soaring '60s
By Helen Hennessy
Whether a current fashion is a calico look or a velvet look, a hemlin... Read more...
How Charles Manson rose to be a cult leader (1969)
Slayings suspect, born a social outcast, 'rose' to be cult leader
By Jerry Cohen, Los Angeles Times Service
Trouble came looking for Charles Mil... Read more...
Before the Summer of Love: Hippies invade Haight-Ashbury (1967)
San Francisco braces itself for influx of hippies
Editor’s Note -- San Francisco has survived the gold rush and the earthquake, now it’s in for a “su... Read more...
Janis Joplin changes the blues (1968)
Nothing stays the same for very long -- not the world, not the blues, not love, not a petite young Texas girl who had “such a pretty voice,” according to her mother.
What is a hippie? (1967)
One question is asked more than any other by the people who have “dropped out” on the Haight-Ashbury. It is “What is ‘a hippie?’” And the answer could also be the answer to why they have dropped out.
Life magazine’s take on UC Berkeley’s Bloody Thursday (1969)
May 15, 1969: "Bloody Thursday"
Homecoming Day for the National Guard at Berkeley
The nation's original student battleground, the University of ... Read more...
Vanning craze: Custom hangouts on wheels (1977)
There's no madness like nomadness
They are named Phantom Flasher, Lazarus, The Red Onion, Chiquita Vanana, Vandal and such. They ride high and grac... Read more...
