|
Welcome to Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles, known as 'L.A.' or the 'City of Angels', is the largest city in the state of California and the second-largest in the United States, as well as one of the world's major global cities. Located in Southern California, the city has a population of over 3.9 million within 498 square miles. It is the core cultural and economic center of the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, a region home to over 17 million people.
Los Angeles is one of the world's most important centers of culture, science, technology, international trade, and higher education.
LA is the only place we know where you can go surfing in the morning and snowboarding in the afternoon. You can play tennis, go rollerblading on the strand, mountain bike, ice skate, hike, or play eighteen at one of dozens of golf courses. Aside from that, pool lounging is probably LA's favorite activity.
Los Angeles is widely referred to as the entertainment capital of the world. The largest and most famous entertainment industries in Los Angeles are television and film production, with the music business and the arts being huge industries as well. The city also offers several cultural institutions, and some of the most notable include the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Getty Center and Villa, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), the Museum of Neon Art (MONA), the Norton Simon Museum, the Museum of Tolerance, the Skirball Cultural Center, the Latino Museum of History, Art, and Culture, the George C. Page Museum, the Japanese American National Museum, the California Science Center, and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Downtown L.A., half an hour before sunset by Thomas Pintaric
Like most areas of California, Los Angeles is subject to earthquakes, due to its proximity to the San Andreas Fault, as well as to the smaller San Jacinto and Banning faults in southern California. The most recent major earthquake was the 1994 Northridge earthquake, which was centered in the northern San Fernando Valley. Coming less than two years after the 1992 riots, the Northridge earthquake was an emotional shock to Southern Californians, and caused physical damage totalling billions of dollars. Other major earthquakes in the Los Angeles area include the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake, the 1971 Sylmar earthquake, and the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. Nevertheless, most earthquakes are relatively minor. Many areas in Los Angeles witness one or two minor earthquakes per year, usually inflicting little or no damage. Imperceptible quakes are detected by seismometers on a daily basis.
The economy of Los Angeles is driven by international trade, entertainment (television, motion pictures, recorded music), aerospace, agriculture, petroleum, and tourism. Los Angeles is also the largest manufacturing center in the United States. The contiguous ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach together compose the most significant port in North America and one of the most important ports in the world, and they are vital to trade within the Pacific Rim. Other significant industries include media production, finance, telecommunications, law, health and medicine, and transportation.
The people of Los Angeles are known as Angelenos. Angelenos comprise one of the largest and most diverse populations of any municipality anywhere. It has the second largest percentage of foreign-born citizens of any major U.S. city, after Miami. The Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the number one entry for immigrants in the country.
Great restaurants of all types abound in Los Angeles, thus the city is a fine location for exquisite dining. Many celebrity chefs are also based in the city, the most notable being Wolfgang Puck. The nightlife in Los Angeles is very vibrant, with an immense array of bars, clubs, lounges, and other venues that cater to many tastes. Nighttime hotspots include places such as Downtown Los Angeles, Silver Lake, Hollywood, and West Hollywood, which is the home of the world-famous Sunset Strip. Furthermore, the Los Angeles area also boasts a prominent shopping scene. Anything can be bought in the city; some of the best shopping areas include Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, Third Street Promenade and Montana Avenue in Santa Monica, Old Town Pasadena, the Hollywood and Highland complex, the Beverly Center, The Grove, Melrose Avenue, and Robertson Boulevard.
Los Angeles is the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball, the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL, the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA, the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA, the Los Angeles Galaxy and Club Deportivo Chivas USA of Major League Soccer, the Los Angeles Riptide of Major League Lacrosse, and the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League. Los Angeles has been without an NFL franchise since 1995 despite being the second-biggest television market in North America. Prior to 1995, the Rams (1946-1994) and the Raiders (1982-1994) of the NFL were in the Los Angeles market. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Anaheim Ducks are both based in nearby Anaheim.
|
Local daily news in Los Angeles:
A Guide to Los Angeles
Break La-La Land into bite-size pieces and you can go cocktail-crazy, beach-bonkers, art-happy and food-frenzied in one radical long weekend Yes, there is traffic.
So You Think You Can Dance Choreographer Alex Da Silva Gets 10 Years in Prison for Rape, Assault
Alex Da Silva , former choreographer of Fox's So You Think You Can Dance , was handed a 10-year prison sentence today for raping a female student and assaulting another and was ordered to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Beverly Hills City Hall Poses as L.A. City Hall for Tom Cruise Film Shoot
Funny thing about Los Angeles: Because of all the films set in our city, it's idealized around the world as this glamorous, gorgeous land of sunshine and bikini girls and pretty pretty palm trees.
|
|
 |
Use our Los Angeles directory |
 |
Accommodations,
Accountants,
Airline Services,
Antiques,
Apartments,
Art,
Attorneys,
Attractions,
Auto Dealers,
Auto Rental,
Banks,
Barbers,
Beauty,
Bed & Breakfasts,
Bookstores,
Cafes,
Campgrounds,
Caterers,
Cell Phones,
Chambers of Commerce,
Churches,
Clothing,
Computer Dealers,
Contractors,
Dating,
Dentists,
Electronics,
Employment,
Festivals,
Financial Services,
Fishing,
Florists,
Gift Shops,
Golf,
Health,
Health Care,
Historical,
Hobbies,
Hotels,
Inns,
Insurance,
Jewelers,
Laundries,
Loan Services,
Manufacturers' Agents,
Massage,
Mortgages,
Motels,
Moving Companies,
Museums,
Music,
Nightlife,
Office Services,
Opticians,
Outdoor,
Parks,
Pet Care,
Pharmacy,
Photography,
Publishers,
Real Estate,
Restaurants,
Schools,
Shopping,
Sport & Recreation,
Stadiums,
Taxicabs,
Tourist Info,
Tours,
Travel Agents,
Websites,
Weddings
|
Search for a category of business by clicking a letter below e.g. 'P' for Plumber
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
|
|
Places of interest:
West Hollywood, CA (0.3 miles), Beverly Hills, CA (1.8 miles), Culver City, CA (5.7 miles), View Park-Windsor Hills, CA (6.7 miles), Ladera Heights, CA (6.7 miles), Burbank, CA (7.3 miles), Santa Monica, CA (8.5 miles), Marina del Rey, CA (9.1 miles).
|
|
| partners
