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  Los Angeles - MSN Encarta
Los Angeles traces its origins to a tiny, 18th-century colonial settlement at the extreme northern frontier of the colony of New Spain.
Northwest of Inglewood and west of downtown Los Angeles are the wealthy and fashionable Santa Monica (87,823) and Beverly Hills (35,088).
Further to the east is Pomona (155,448), near the eastern border of Los Angeles County.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761563055/Los_Angeles.html   (1495 words)

  
 Los Angeles - MSN Encarta
In the year 2000, the population of the City of Los Angeles was 3,694,820, that of Los Angeles County was 9,519,338, and that of the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County CMSA was 16,373,645.
In 2004, the population of the City of Los Angeles was estimated at 3,845,541.
Los Angeles, with its historic connections to and proximity with Mexico, as well as its prominent position on the Pacific Rim, became the nation's leading port of entry for immigrants.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761563055_2/Los_Angeles.html   (1203 words)

  
 American Family . About the Family. East L.A.: Past and Present | PBS
East Los Angeles is a unique environment, not just within context of the Southern California region, but as a national focus of growth, change, challenges and opportunities.
The heart of the City of Los Angeles, and precursor to East Los Angeles, was formed centuries ago by the fortunate mixture of volcanic sediment washed over by fresh river water, with desert tough green growth nurtured by year round sunshine.
East Los Angeles was but a portion of the Lugo family holdings, a mostly untendered and uninhabited wilderness, bordered by the road to the San Gabriel Mission on the North, the old El Camino Real on the South, the Los Angeles River to the West and the Rio Hondo (river) to the East.
www.pbs.org /americanfamily/eastla.html   (2866 words)

  
 Los Angeles in Focus: A Profile from Census 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Los Angeles added 180,000 new foreign-born residents over the decade, so that by 2000 immigrants accounted for over 40 percent of the city's population—the second-highest presence among the Living Cities.
Los Angeles-Long Beach has the fourth-highest level of segregation between whites and Hispanics among the 100 largest cities in the U.S. Young adults and married couples loom large in Los Angeles.
Racial and ethnic disparities point to a growing economic divide in the region, as the median household income for whites in Los Angeles is nearly double that for the city's fls and Latinos.
www.brookings.edu /es/urban/livingcities/losangeles.htm   (1160 words)

  
 Welcome to Los Angeles Trade Tech College
Los Angeles County consists of 88 separate cities, the largest of which is the City of Los Angeles.
According to the County of Los Angeles, the total population of the county in 2002 is 9,824,800, and the largest city, Los Angeles, has a population of 3,807,400.
Los Angeles County is the largest county in the nation and is exceeded in population by only eight states.
www.lattc.edu /lattc/edmasterplan/laccd.htm   (4065 words)

  
 Los Angeles travel guide - Wikitravel
The city of Los Angeles is located in the heart of the second largest metropolitan area in the U.S. The amazingly diverse city is most famous for Hollywood, Downtown, and numerous surrounding communities that serve as home for the rich and famous.
The Los Angeles metro area has been a "boom town" since the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1876, first attracting "the folks" from the Midwest with a blessedly warm and dry climate-- and then becoming a gateway to a magnificent diversity of immigration from throughout the Pacific Rim and Latin America.
Los Angeles is similar to other major metropolitan areas in that travel within certain parts of the city at night should be conducted with caution and only in groups.
wikitravel.org /en/Los_Angeles   (5852 words)

  
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Surface displacement in the Los Angeles region is primarily due to the tectonic activity.
For example, the concentric rings visible along the western edge of the SAR swath is the result of the surface uplift produced by the M6.7 Northridge earthquake of January 17, 1994.
Regions of ground subsidence include the Pomona (P) area (water), the Beverly Hills (BH) oil field (oil) and localized spots in the San Pedro and Long Beach airport (LBA) area (probably oil industry activity).
www-radar.jpl.nasa.gov /sect323/InSar4crust/LosAngeles.html   (471 words)

  
 Los Angeles News.Net
Crime in Los Angeles dropped for the fifth consecutive year in 2006, countering to trends both for the country and elsewhere in the region, where violent offenses are increasing, it was...
Overdose deaths have soared in Los Angeles County as a result of an influx of highly potent heroin from Afghanistan, it was reported Tuesday.Heroin-related deaths in Los Angeles County jumped from...
Los Angeles News.Net is part of an international network of news sites, dedicated to the major regions, countries and cities of the world.
www.losangelesnews.net   (1311 words)

  
 Los Angeles : Pacific Southwest Region : AFSC
In Southern California, the Middle East Peace Program is a source for balanced information and resources, organizing speaking tours, public events, and education campaigns and working for change in policy and practice to ensure Israeli security and Palestinian self-determination and to end the US war against Iraq.
The program also works in coalition with teachers from Los Angeles Unified School District who are organizing to demilitarize their schools.
The Los Angeles office also hosts the AFSC Bookstore, with books on Quakerism, peace and social justice concerns, as well as ethnic communities.
www.afsc.org /pacificsw/losangeles.htm   (536 words)

  
 East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital is an accredited 127-bed center, licensed by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospital Organizations.
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital is using its knowledge and experiences in sub-specialized care to assist in creating nationwide standards for the stipulation of sub-acute care.
From the administration, nurses, doctors and all workers at East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital, every attempt is completed to provide the uppermost quality of care, while always placing the requirements of the long-suffering as its maximum priority.
www.nurseuniverse.com /Nursing-Job/7112.html   (277 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE Los Angeles Apartments & Rentals Rent Survey: East Los Angeles Area July 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Los Angeles Apartments and Rentals Rent Survey: East Los Angeles Area July 2006
apartments in Los Angeles, condos in Los Angeles, houses for rent in Los Angeles, and guest houses for rent in Los Angeles.
Two months ago, approximately 30% of listings in the East Los Angeles region were studios, singles, and one bedrooms.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=152381   (485 words)

  
 CWIS -- "Los Angeles River"
The lower Los Angeles River was once part of one of the largest floodplains in the United States.
The pueblo of Los Angeles was established in 1781, and agriculture and cattle ranching were the main uses up to the Civil War.
The Los Angeles Regional Board's Basin Plan is designed to preserve and enhance the water quality and protect the beneficial uses of all regional waters.
ceres.ca.gov /wetlands/geo_info/so_cal/los_angeles_river.html   (2341 words)

  
 Port of Los Angeles - About the Port - History of the Port
In 1906, the City of Los Angeles annexed a 16-mile strip of unincorporated land from its southern border to a waterfront tract in San Pedro Bay, which was christened Harbor City.
The Los Angeles Export Facility opens, serving as a West Coast gateway for exporting high-grade steam coal and petroleum coke from the western United States to industrialized countries in Asia.
Through highlighting historic structures and facilities on the Virtual History Tour of the Port of Los Angeles, the Port tells the story of how the small El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los ángeles de Porciuncula was transformed into the international City of Los Angeles we know today.
www.portoflosangeles.org /about_history.htm   (1203 words)

  
 Los Angeles California Hotels : Restaurants : L A Real Estate
As a general rule, housing costs in East and North Los Angeles are cheaper than the Westside, for both purchases and rentals.
Los Angeles could also be termed the city that never sleeps with its incredibly active nightlife.
Its main air entryway is Los Angeles International Airport; however, Ontario International Airport, Bob Hope or Burbank Airport, John Wayne Airport of Orange County and Long Beach Municipal Airport also serve visitors to the area.
www.losangeles.com   (1313 words)

  
 THE ORIGINS OF BARRIOS AND GANGS IN EAST LOS ANGELES
It is the densest gang region in the entire USA with the most gangs per square mile.
It was also regional at times, people on one side of town made fun of the styles people were wearing on the other side of town.
White Fences' original barrio is all of Boyle Heights and allegedly used to have cliques throughout the San Gabriel Valley and Northeast LA. Marravillas' original barrio is ELA proper and most of South East LA extending to the Rio Hondo and south to Slauson.
www.angelfire.com /ca5/ganglandexpress/page3.html   (1154 words)

  
 The Food Section: MovFeast: Los Angeles Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The Los Angeles Times Food Section is extensive, publishing loads of articles weekly on all things cooking and eating and drinking.
In EatingLA, a more updated blog not to be confused with the one previously mentioned, Los Angeles resident and food-enthusiast Pat Saperstein becomes tour guide to "eating out, cooking and shopping for delicious foodstuffs in the city of the angels." Her articles range from pastry shop openings to documenting eating out with Chowhound's editor.
Speaking of, Chowhound's Los Angeles thread is so lively you're likely to get a response to a post in a matter of seconds (even at 2 a.m.).
www.thefoodsection.com /foodsection/movfeast_los_angeles/index.html   (6389 words)

  
 Welcome - East Region - Los Angeles International Church of Christ
In addition, the leadership of the LA Church at that time felt that the opportunities a building could provide in Los Angeles and specifically Hollywood to strengthen our outreach to the entertainment community were substantial.
This was accomplished through funds from the AMS and the support of all the regions by participating in ticketed events at the Club and portions of special contributions collected throughout the Church and used to help support the Club.
This Saturday the AMS region is hosting the Teen Ministry of the LA Church for the final Senior devotional for this calendar year.
www.laicc.net /Content/Regions/East/index.htm   (2319 words)

  
 Los Angeles New Homes Directory > California
The Los Angeles New Homes Directory is designed to be the most simple, easy to use real estate resource on the web, for finding new home builders and new home communities in Los Angeles California.
Los Angeles real estate prices typically range from the high 200’s and up.
New homes in Los Angeles, CA are being built at a rapid rate and these home communities have proven to be an excellent value.
www.newhomesdirectory.com /LosAngeles   (391 words)

  
 Ancient Near East .net - Los Angeles Events
Los Angeles events relating to the ancient Near East and Egypt
Also on display are rarely exhibited artifacts from the collection of the Skirball Museum and from the University of Southern California Archaeological Research Collection.
The stereographs also reveal the spirit of multiculturalism that prevailed among the Jews, Muslims, and Christians who inhabited the region.
www.ancientneareast.net /events/events_los_angeles.html   (706 words)

  
 East Los Angeles Service Center
LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CITIZENS SERVICES/AREA ON Provides information and referral, legal services, job placement for seniors, renters credit information, Social Security and SSI information, RTD passes.
Provides court referred participants for placement in charitable services in their communities in lieu of fines and/or incarceration imposed by the court.
Countywide Citizenship Assistance Campaign to naturalize approximately 450,000 community residents who are scheduled to lose their SSI, AFDC, Food Stamps, and/or HISS benefits as a result of the current Welfare Reform Act.
dcss.co.la.ca.us /srvc/easttxt.htm   (343 words)

  
 Prayer Vigil for Peace in the Middle East : Los Angeles : Pacific Southwest Region : AFSC
The Middle East Peace Education Program is currently reaching out to churches to invite their participation in a nationwide ecumenical prayer vigil for peace in the Middle East.
In addition to focusing worshipers' prayers and attention to the conflict in the Middle East, the vigil is also an opportunity for further education about the situation through speakers, discussion groups, or videos.
Coordinated by Peaceful Ends through Peaceful Means: A Christian Witness for Peace in Israel and Palestine, the vigil is to continue and grow until the cycle of violence in the Middle East ends.
www.afsc.org /pacificsw/prayervigil.htm   (248 words)

  
 East Los Angeles Net - "The Community Hub" Art
Has an exhibition program of regional, national and international interest including comprehensive exhibitions as well as smaller, diverse shows organized by the staff; exhibitions are also obtained from distinguished museum and private collections throughout the nation.
The (AHC) is a museum for the study and interpretation of prehistoric cultures in the Four Corners region.
This is part of the Guajome Regional Park and is supported through both grants and donations.
www.eastlosangeles.net /art/amuseums.html   (2679 words)

  
 Union Pacific Freight Embargo Hits Los Angeles
In the Los Angeles region, the wettest 15-day period ever has damaged and washed out railroad tracks, causing Union Pacific (UP) Railroad to declare a freight embargo in the Los Angeles region on January 11.
Traffic moving between the Los Angeles area ramps of City of Industry, East Los Angeles, ICTF is affected.
Local cargo delivery in the Los Angeles area has also been adversely impacted by the storms, and this situation has been compounded by a severe shortage of truck drivers.
www.ftn.fedex.com /usbulletin/011305.htm   (279 words)

  
 Los Angeles Chronicle: Wexler: Hamas Victory A Setback for Middle East Peace
Los Angeles Chronicle: Wexler: Hamas Victory A Setback for Middle East Peace
In November, Wexler introduced H.Res.575, asserting that terrorist organizations should not be permitted to participate in the Palestinian elections.
Los Angeles Chronicle is a trademark of Ultio LLC.
www.losangeleschronicle.com /articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=5178   (366 words)

  
 East Los Angeles (region) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In some areas backyard agriculture is still widely practiced: as was colorfully depicted in the films My Family (aka Mi Familia) and Stand and Deliver (which was set in an East L.A. high school representing James A. Garfield High School).
Much of the violence of the Zoot Suit Riots occurred in the region, and not just downtown.
At the same time, there are parts of "greater" East L.A., such as the cities of Montebello, Whittier and Pico Rivera, where many US-born Latinos still live.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/East_Los_Angeles_(region)   (1306 words)

  
 Port of Los Angeles - Environment - Air Quality Monitoring
The Port of Los Angeles is conducting an air quality monitoring program within the Port operational region of influence (ROI) for an initial period of one year.
This program may also provide data on the relative contribution of DPM sources in the region to ambient levels of this pollutant.
The stations are located inside the breakwater at the south end of the port, on Terminal Island in the center of port operations, west of the main channel in San Pedro, and several blocks east of the Wilmington waterfront.
www.portoflosangeles.org /environment_aqm.htm   (432 words)

  
 MyPC CiTyScApE
El Sereno is a district in eastern Los Angeles, California.
It is considered part of the East Los Angeles region.
El Sereno was founded in 1905 as a working-class suburb of Los Angeles along the former Pacific Electric Railway line that ran in the median of Huntington Dri
www.mypeopleconnection.com /cityscape/hoodnelsereno.html   (67 words)

  
 AYSO Region 1347 Homepage
Region 1347 been growing since 2000 and now accepting ages 4 through 18.
Some of you may not be aware of this, but American youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) is a volunteer organization.
Some of the volunteers in our region don't even have kids in the program anymore.
www.ayso1347.org   (421 words)

  
 Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept. - Field Operations Region I
Units within Field Operations Region I are primarily responsible for providing basic police services to the contract cities and unincorporated county areas which fall within the geographical boundaries of this Division.
The Region is comprised of the following Sheriff's stations:
Altadena, Crescenta Valley, East Los Angeles, Lancaster, Malibu/Lost Hills, Palmdale, Santa Clarita Valley (which includes Gorman Substation and Pyramid Lake), and Temple Station.
www.lasd.org /divisions/for1/index.html   (73 words)

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