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Los Angeles, [a] often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.With an estimated 3,820,914 residents within the city limits as of 2023, [8] it is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of Southern California.
Los Angeles mountains with palm trees at sunset. (Photo credit: Getty Images) A late-summer heat wave is scorching Los Angeles and the broader West Coast this week. Downtown Los Angeles is ...
A view of the coast as flames from the Palisades Fire rage in Los Angeles, California, on Jan. 9, 2025. / Credit: Official Flickr Account of CAL FIRE / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images
Los Angeles is bracing for high winds that could worsen ongoing wildfires. The fires have burned more than 40,500 acres and destroyed 12,300 structures. Authorities reported 24 dead.
The Tongva people called the Los Angeles region Yaa in that tongue. [10] By the 1700s CE, there were 250,000 to 300,000 native people in California and 5,000 in the Los Angeles basin. The land occupied and used by the Tongva covered about 4,000 square miles (10,000 km 2).
Historic South Central Los Angeles is a 2.25-square-mile neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, within the South Los Angeles region. It is the site of the Bob Hope Patriotic Hall. [1] [2] From the late 1800s to early 1910s, African Americans began relocating to the area, mostly organizing around landholdings of Los Angeles pioneer Biddy Mason ...
Massive wildfires continue to spread in the Los Angeles area amid extreme winds, including the Palisades Fire, which has exploded to nearly 20,000 acres, and the Eaton Fire, which has scorched ...
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