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L.A., Long Beach clash over ports...complications, acrimony and confusion. At issue is whether the drivers who haul freight to and from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach should be required to work for trucking companies -- and therefore be more likely to be recruited by... In this article: Long Beach, Los Angeles, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Los Angeles Times, and California |
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L.A. Times - L.A. Now | 7 days ago
Alleged scam aimed at African American churches in Southern California to be investigated
...of dollars. Churches hit by the alleged scam include houses of worship in Compton, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Pasadena, Perris, Pomona, Rialto, Riverside and San Bernardino, according to Brown's office. Churches in...
In this article: Leasing, Perris, Long Beach, Moreno Valley, and San Bernardino
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L.A. Times - Environment | 1 day ago
Doomsday looming for many truckers at Los Angeles and Long Beach ports
...lot in Long Beach. "I don't know what's next." Cervantes is among thousands of truckers servicing the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex who are facing a day of reckoning this New Year's. That's because Jan. 1 is the day new clean-air...
In this article: Long Beach and Asthma
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Honolulu Advertiser | November 12, 2009
UH 2,400-mile long shot to be NCAA host
...NCAA Tournament. In the last five years they have played subregionals in frigid Fort Collins, Colo., followed by Austin, Texas, Long Beach, Calif., Louisville, Ky., and Los Angeles, which felt like a commuter flight. Other seeded teams...
In this article: NCAA, Hawai'i, Rainbow Wahine, UCLA, Stanford, Penn State, Texas, WAC, Utah State, and Cal
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Conservation is seen as key to dealing with state's water woes
...think we have a long way to go." Ramping up the Southland's conservation efforts could save more water annually than the combined demand of Los Angeles, San Diego and Long Beach, his agency estimates. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last year...
In this article: San Luis Obispo, California, Southland, Climate change, and Los Angeles Times
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Oregonian | November 11, 2009
West Coast ports band together to fight global competition
...imports. This week, at the World Shipping Summit in China, the Port of Portland will join forces for the first time with other major West Coast ports, including Long Beach, Los Angeles, Seattle, Tacoma and Oakland. Along with...
In this article: Portland, Panama Canal, Asia, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Union Pacific, and Long Beach
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Kansas City Star | November 12, 2009
Boeing expected to dump its stake in Sea Launch
Boeing expected to dump its stake in Sea Launch LOS ANGELES The president of Sea Launch Co. says he expects Boeing to drop all or most of its ownership of the satellite-launching business. </p><p>Kjell Karlsen heads Long Beach, Calif.-based...
In this article: Boeing Co., Bankruptcy, Los Angeles Times, Chicago, Long Beach, and California
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NBC | November 19, 2009
Los Angeles is America's Epicenter of Chlamydia, Syphilis
...earlier this week by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that there were roughly 55,000 people in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area who tested positive for chlamydia, a slight increase from 2007 and the largest...
In this article: Chlamydia, Syphilis, STD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Gonorrhea, and NBA
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West Hollywood's medical marijuana success story
...but it's in Los Angeles, it's not in West Hollywood." Cities with no medical marijuana regulations, including Los Angeles, San Diego and Long Beach, have seen an outcry from neighborhoods upset that dispensaries open wherever they want, often...
In this article: West Hollywood, John Duran, Glaucoma, and Los Angeles Times
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Upset Truck Drivers Clog City Streets in Protest
...many off guard. The CHP was not told in advance and sent units to monitor. The caravan reached downtown Los Angeles around 10am and began circling City Hall. Officials expect the 710 South to be jammed when the truckers return to the...
In this article: Long Beach
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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 abbreviated as 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 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 Chicago and Paris.
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:
- April 04, 1850
- 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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