There aren't many buildings this height in Hollywood. This is one of them. Symbolic? Such an easy target from above, easy to get to by an FCC raid party from below.
West coast tsunami possibility you say? Mass devastation of the Los Angeles basin predicted? (I) am safe on the far side of the mountain barrier. Will take pictures and videos from the ridgetop. God bless the innocent.
Remember it well. Oddly, I have a box of cassettes of NPR and other radio stations reporting on all the big developments of that time. Might be interesting to listen back now with perspective.