Road closed

ROAD TO BE PARTIALLY CLOSED FOR REPAIRS

A 1 1/2-mile stretch of Benedict Canyon Road between Mulholland Drive and Hutton Drive in the Santa Monica Mountains will he closed to traffic from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. for two weeks starting today...

—Los Angeles Times, February 5, 1969

February 1969: Cameras are shooting. Mark Frechette drives on Sunset past a sign announcing a closed road in Benedict Canyon.

February 1969: Roman Polanski and Tate move into Cielo Drive.