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  Wikipedia: Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles is the largest city in California, and the second most populous city in the United States, with a population of 3,694,820 as of the 2000 census.
Los Angeles-Latino community was largely disenfranchised until the 1990s, when redistricting led to the election of Latino members of the City Council for the first time since the 1950s and the first Latino members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors since its inception.
For example, downtown Los Angeles is the area of Los Angeles roughly enclosed by the freeways that ring the area: The Harbor Freeway to the west, the Hollywood Freeway to the north, the Los Angeles River to the east, and the San Bernardino Freeway to the south.
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 Los Angeles, California article - Los Angeles, California Angeles (disambiguation) coastal Southern California United - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Los Angeles is the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers men's basketball teams, the Los Angeles Sparks women's basketball team, the Los Angeles Kings hockey team, the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team, and the Los Angeles Avengers arena football team.
For example, Downtown Los Angeles is the area of Los Angeles roughly enclosed by three freeways and one river: The Harbor Freeway to the west, the Hollywood Freeway to the north, the Los Angeles River to the east, and the Santa Monica Freeway to the south.
Los Angeles is also home to the largest populations of Japanese, Iranians, and Cambodians living in the U.S. also has one of the largest Native American populations in the country.
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 Los Angeles
The Los Angeles metropolitan area (euphemistically termed the "Southland") consists of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties, and is home to over sixteen million people of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds.
While the cuisines of many cultures have taken root in Los Angeles, L.A. is the home of the Cobb Salad, invented in the Brown Derby restaurant in Hollywood, the French-Dip sandwich, originated by either Cole's or Phillippe's restaurant in downtown Los Angeles, and the Tommy's Hamburger.
Los Angeles has gained the reputation as the "murder capital of the world" due to the high crime rate and as a high-speed police pursuit capital due to the large numbers of car chases that are televised on local television.
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 Los Angeles, California explained   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The City of Los Angeles, widely known by its abbreviation L.A., is a large coastal metropolis in Southern California in the western United States.
Los Angeles is the largest city in California, and the second most populous city in the United States (after New York City), with a population of 3,694,820 as of the 2000 census.
Los Angeles is the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers men's basketball teams, the Los Angeles Sparks women's basketball team, the Los Angeles Kings hockey team, the Club Deportivo Chivas USA and Los Angeles Galaxy soccer teams, and the Los Angeles Avengers arena football team.
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 Los Angeles, California
The Los Angeles metropolitan area (frequently termed the "Southland") consists of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties, and is home to more than sixteen million people of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds.
Los Angeles is perhaps the most mountainous metropolis in the world, with four mountain ranges partly inside city boundaries.
The current stereotype appears to be Los Angeles as dystopia, as portrayed in movies such as Blade Runner and novels like Snow Crash, and also promulgated in part by socialist urban critic Mike Davis, author of the influential nonfiction works City of Quartz and Ecology of Fear.
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 Los Angeles, California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Los Angeles is the largest city in California, and the second most populous in the United States, with a population of 3,694,820 as of the 2000 census.
While unemployment dropped in Los Angeles in the 1990s, the newly created jobs tended to be low-wage jobs filled by recent immigrants and other exploitable populations; by one calculation, the number of poor familes increased from 36 percent to 43 percent of the population of Los Angeles County during this time.
The greater Los Angeles metro area has several notable museums including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the J. Paul Getty Center, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), the UCLA Hammer Museum and the Norton Simon Museum.
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 Los Angeles, California at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Los Angeles metropolitan area (euphemistically termed the "Southland") consists of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura and Orange counties, and is home to over 16 million people of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds.
The Greater Los Angeles area is sometimes inaccurately referred to as Southern California, but geographically that term more properly includes both the Los Angeles metroplex as well as San Diego and Imperial counties.
Los Angeles is also home to a sizable number of Neopagans and other mystical religions.
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 The Playboy Mansion - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation The Playboy Mansion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Playboy Mansion West, commonly known as The Playboy Mansion, is the Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California, residence of Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner and many of his playmates.
It is arguably one of the most famous residences in California.
The house was built in 1927 and was acquired by Playboy in 1971.
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 Category:Los Angeles neighborhoods - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Much of this is an artifact of the city's history of growth by annexation, which allowed distinct environments to arise in many areas; indeed, many Los Angeles neighborhoods, such as Venice, Hancock Park and Boyle Heights are fairly close-knit, culturally distinctive communities.
While earthquakes and unfortunate urban planning have blurred many of the distinctions between the city's neighborhoods, there is still a great degree of variation to be found within the dozens of communities that together form Los Angeles.
These regions include: Downtown Los Angeles, Greater Hollywood, Mid-Wilshire, East Los Angeles, South Los Angeles, West Los Angeles, the South Bay and the San Fernando Valley.
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 Sunset Boulevard . Downtown Los Angeles . Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California . Mexican-American
the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Downtown Los Angeles to Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean between Santa Monica, California Santa Monica and Malibu, California Malibu.
Downtown Los Angeles is the center of the metropolis of Los Angeles, California, if not necessarily its heart.
It is home to the city and county s government, many of the city s major arts institutions and sports facilities, a variety of skyscrapers and associated large corporations and an array of public...
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 Holmby Hills, Los Angeles | Real Estate - History
Located in western Los Angeles, near the Los Angeles Country Club, Holmby Hills is bordered by Westwood on the southwest, Beverly Glen on the west, Bel Air on the northwest, Beverly Hills on the east, and Century City on the southeast.
The first developer of the land that Holmby Hills, Westwood, and UCLA now occupy was Don Maximo Alanis, a Spanish soldier who obtained title to 4,438 acres under a Mexican land grant in 1843.
He personally christened the development "Holmby Hills," which was loosely derived from the name of his birthplace, a small hamlet in England called Holdenby.
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 performer.ca - Los Angeles California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Travelzoo handpicks outstanding Los Angeles hotel deals and guides you directly to the quality companies providing them.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Mexicana de Aviacion, Mexico's first airline and leader in the international market announced today additional non- stop service from Los Angeles to Guadalajara and Zacatecas.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7, 2005 -- Chris Bangle, BMW Group's chief of design, is known as much for his controversial and edgy automotive designs as he is for his imaginative and refreshing approach to the age of automotive rein...
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 antiquehome.ca - Los Angeles City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Stay with the Los Angeles Marriott Downtown while visiting the city of Los Angeles.
The Make-A-Wish(R) Foundation of Greater Los Angeles ''Climbs Aboard''...
LOS ANGELES----Nov. 7, 2005--The Make-A-Wish-Foundation® of Greater Los Angeles announced today that the City of Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus is "onboard" for the Foundation's 2005 holiday season campaign, "A Season Of Wi...
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 buenosaires.ca - Beverly Hills   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Omar Sharif accused of assaulting Beverly Hills valet
Omar Sharif was sued by a restaurant parking valet who says the actor called him a derogatory name and punched him after the valet refused to accept his European currency.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Omar Sharif was sued by a restaurant parking valet who says the actor called him a derogatory name and punched him after he refused to accept his European currency.
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 Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California . United States . Beverly Hills, California . Santa Monica Mountains . ZIP Code . The ...
neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, United States USA.
in 1923 and is part of the so-called "Golden Triangle" of Bel-Air, Beverly Hills, California Beverly Hills and Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California Holmby Hills.
Main article: List of cities in the United States The United States has dozens of major cities, including several important "global cities" such as New York City, Los Angeles, California...
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 Los Angeles, California
Residents of the city and county of Los Angeles are served by the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) and its branch locations.
After Proposition 13 in 1978, urban school districts had considerable trouble with funding and LAUSD became known for its underfunded, overcrowded and poorly maintained campuses.
Companies headquartered in cities adjacent to Los Angeles (by city)
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 Smile Makeover Northern Virginia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
California Dental Society, and The Northern Virginia Dental Society where he serves on...
Los Angeles Holmby Hills CA Dentist Abcess Tooth Orthodontic Specialist Northern California
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 antiquehome.ca - Los Angeles California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Wide range of Los Angeles hotels for booking with...
Maps, homes, area info, and more in Los Angeles CA.
We offer discounts and deals on popular Los Angeles hotels ranging from budget to luxury.
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 ANGELES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Search the ANGELES Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
Search the ANGELES Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
Find graves of people named ANGELES at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
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 latvia.ca - Los Angeles California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Wide range of Los Angeles hotels for booking with discount up to 50% discount.
Office, Central District of California (Los Angeles), confirmed in an e-mail to INQ7.net that Ancheta is a Filipino-American.
An article that came out in the Los Angeles Times on
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 info: Playboy_Mansion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Playboy Mansion West, commonly known as The Playboy Mansion, is located in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California (10236 Charing Cross Road) residence of Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner, and is arguably one of the most famous residences in California.
Its inaugural event, held at the Beverly Hills Mansion on Oct...
Walking down Sunset Boulevard, sucking in the sweet breeze of Beverly Hills, strolling through the Playboy Mansion, and son of a gun if he wasn't...
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 Hilton & Hyland - West Los Angeles Real Estate, California Beverly Hills Real Estate, Bel Air Home
The firm specializes in the communities of Beverly Hills, Bel-Air, Westwood, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, Malibu and West Hollywood.
In addition to being one of the first exclusive affiliates of Christie’s Great Estates, Inc., Jeff is also a past President of the Beverly Hills Board of Realtors and co-authored the book The Estates of Beverly Hills.
As a principal, Rick developed Brentwood Country Estates, a 13-parcel, guard-gated estate community in the Mandeville Canyon area of West Los Angeles.
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 Playboy Mansion, Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, USA Famous Location
Playboy Mansion, Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, USA Famous Location
The movie 'Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle' is quite simply a celebration of the city of Los Angeles.
Some of the L.A.’s best landmarks are captured in the movie.
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 As Good As Being There: Playboy Mansion - Los Angeles, CA
As Good As Being There: Playboy Mansion - Los Angeles, CA As Good As Being There
Playboy Mansion - Los Angeles, CA The Playboy Mansion, is the Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California, residence of Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner and many of his playmates.
Posted on May 17, 2005 in California, Famous Homes
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