If you’ve ever been in downtown Vermilion you might have noticed the little fallout shelter sign sitting outside the mayor’s office at 5511 Liberty Ave. To some it’s amusing, to others disquieting and ...

The sign in front of the Los Angeles County Superior Court building downtown is one of thousands administered federally by the Office of Civil Defense. The first mention of this version of the public ...

Robert Blakeley, whose yellow-and-black fallout shelter sign became a grim symbol of the Cold War and, in many places across the country, a now-rusting reminder of the perils of nuclear brinkmanship, ...