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Hollywood Sign Expected to Read 'Save the Peak' on Thursday...expected to read "Save the Peak" on Thursday. Call it activism, if you will, to save one of the most famous pieces of open space in Los Angeles. When the Cahuenga Peak and surrounding land was sold to a Chicago-based investment firm in... In this article: Los Angeles, Ginger Rogers, Tom LaBonge, Cahuenga Peak, Howard Hughes, Hollywood, and Mount Lee |
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Bleacher Report | 1 day ago
Los Angeles Doesn't Deserve A NFL Franchise
...the 1994 season, but they left Los Angeles and moved to Oakland for the 1995 season. Also in 1994, the Los Angeles Rams left the city of Los Angeles. The Rams relocated in St. Louis for their 1995 season. I'm sorry, but California has the...
In this article: NFL, Canadian Football League, Toronto, NBA, Oakland Raiders, Oakland, Houston, California, and Basketball
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New York Times | 1 day ago
Wielding Iron Checkbook to Shape Cultural Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES Every American city has its power brokers, but only Los Angeles has an Eli Broad. Eli Broad in a Broad Foundation conference room. The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and...
In this article: Eli Broad, Lynda Resnick, Renzo Piano, Roland G. Fryer Jr., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Economics, and Subsidiary
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Chicago Tribune | 1 day ago
Evacuees return to Los Angeles-area foothill homes swamped with mud after weekend deluge
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. (AP) - Residents of foothill communities deluged by weekend mudslides north of Los Angeles have been allowed to return home. L.A. County Sheriff's Dep. Guillermina Saldana says the final evacuation order was...
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'70s teen idol Leif Garrett charged with felony heroin possession in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former 1970s teen idol Leif (LAFE) Garrett has been charged with felony possession of heroin after his arrest in a Los Angeles subway station. The 48-year-old singer and actor was charged Friday and is free on bond. He is...
In this article: Heroin, Waste, and Los Angeles County
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Los Angeles Times | 5 days ago
Los Angeles might expand use of Zipcars
...student from San Francisco, had learned to navigate the bus routes or rely on friends for rides. Her parents did not buy her a car, afraid Los Angeles traffic would be too dangerous and time-consuming. Then the 21-year-old found the Zipcar...
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Los Angeles might expand red light camera program
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has called for traffic cameras to be modified to also catch speeders. (Marc Martin / Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles' red light traffic camera program, which officials report netted more than $6 million last year...
In this article: Los Angeles Police Department, Revenue, Dennis Zine, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Payroll
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Los Angeles (pronounced: /lɒs ˈændʒələs/ ; , Spanish for "the angels") is the largest city in the state of California and the second largest in the United States. Often known by its initials, L.A., and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over 498.3 sqmi in Southern California. Additionally, the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana metropolitan area is home to nearly 12.9 million residents. Los Angeles is the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most diverse counties in the United States. Its inhabitants are known as "Angelenos" (IPA: /ændʒɨˈliːnoʊz|/). In 2008, Los Angeles was named the world's eighth most economically powerful city by Forbes.com, ahead of Shanghai and Toronto but behind New York and London.
Los Angeles was founded September 4, 1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of the river of Porziuncola). It became a part of Mexico in 1821, following its independence from Spain. In 1848, at the end of the Mexican-American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States; Mexico retained the territory of Baja California. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4, 1850, five months before California achieved statehood.
- Name:
- City of Los Angeles
- Also Known As:
- L.A., the City of Angels, the Entertainment Capital of the World
- Type:
- City
- Government type:
- Mayor-Council
- Founding Date:
- September 04, 1781
- Total Area (sq. mi):
- 498.3
- Total Area (km):
- 1290.6
- Land Area (sq mi):
- 469.1
- Land Area (km):
- 1214.9
- Water Area (sq mi):
- 29.2
- Water Area (km):
- 75.7
- Urban Area (km):
- 4319.9
- Elevation (ft):
- 233 (city hall)
- Elevation (m):
- 71
- Urban Population:
- 12175434
- Time Zone:
- PST
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