SANTA BARBARA, Calif. --California officials announced the reopening of Highway 101 on Sunday nearly two weeks aftermudslides killed at least 21 peopleand destroyed nearly 130 homes in Montecito.Traffic began moving again on U.S. 101 in Santa Barbara County shortly after noon, according to Jim ...
A little over three years after the initial stock market crash, the unemployment rate in the U.S. was 24.9%, with almost 15 million U.S. citizens jobless. In response, President Franklin D. Roosevelt started the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) as part of his New Deal program. The CCC...