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7 unusual facts about Los Angeles county


1983 Pacific hurricane season

Consequently, flash flood warnings were posted for parts of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.

Apamea gabrieli

It was described in 2000 from a specimen collected in the San Gabriel Mountains near Big Pines in Los Angeles County, California.

Brea Creek

The creek begins in the northeasternmost part of the Coyote Creek drainage basin, in a mountain canyon named Brea Canyon, at the Los Angeles CountySan Bernardino County line.

Dougal Butler

He recalls regularly throwing people out of their house in Trancas and destroying or disposing of drugs before Moon found them.

Jonathan Fielding

Jonathan Evan Fielding M.D., M.P.H., M.A., M.B.A. (born 1942) is the Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and is the Health Officer for Los Angeles County.

LA84 Foundation

The Foundation makes grants in the eight southernmost counties of California (Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura).

Sarah Attar

She has Saudi Arabian and American dual nationality and is currently a student at Pepperdine University in Los Angeles County, California.


Al Muratsuchi

He is a Democrat representing the 66th district, encompassing parts of the South Bay, Los Angeles region of Los Angeles County.

Albert Mannheimer

Albert Mannheimer (9 March 1913, New York City, New York - 19 March 1972, Los Angeles County, California) was an American writer, principally of screenplays, including the Academy Award nominated screenplay for Born Yesterday, which screenplay also received the Writers Guild of America award for Best Written American Comedy Award.

Bassett Unified School District

Bassett Unified School District is a public school district based in Los Angeles County, CA, United States

Beer in San Diego County, California

It operates a production brewery in San Diego's Pacific Beach neighborhood as well as eight brewery restaurants in San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles and Riverside counties.

Bullocks Wilshire

Over the years, a shift by other luxury stores and boutiques to the west side of the city/county resulted in the primary Bullocks Wilshire trading area's fall, yet the main store held on as a destination until 1988, when it began its own precipitous decline, hastened under operation by its final owners, Macy's, who had acquired the chain from the Campeau Corporation.

City of Quartz

The rest of the book explores how different groups wielded power in different ways: the downtown Protestant elite, led by the Chandler family of the Los Angeles Times, and the new elite of the Jewish westside; the surprisingly powerful homeowner groups, the Los Angeles Police Department, and the Catholic Church.

Dave Lindorff

A former bureau chief covering Los Angeles County government for the Los Angeles Daily News, and a reporter-producer for PBS station KCET in Los Angeles, Lindorff was also a founder and editor of the weekly Los Angeles Vanguard newspaper, established in 1976, where he won the Grand Prize of the Los Angeles Press Club for his reporting.

Ernest and Florence Bent Halstead House and Grounds

The Bent brothers' construction company built the Devil's Gate Dam in the Arroyo Seco in Pasadena, California, and the Sweetwater Dam in San Diego County, California.

Ernest E. Debs Regional Park

Ernest E. Debs Regional Park is located in the western San Rafael Hills, with views of the Arroyo Seco, San Gabriel Mountains, and Downtown Los Angeles.

Foothill Transit

The impetus for the formation of the transit agency was Los Angeles County Supervisor Pete Schabarum.

Gold Line Foothill Extension

The Gold Line Foothill Extension is a planned extension of the Metro Gold Line light rail corridor from its current terminus in Pasadena, California, east through the "Foothill Cities" of Los Angeles County.

History of the Middle Eastern people in Metro Detroit

By 2007 Metro Detroit, if defined as Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, and Washtenaw counties had the United States's largest Arab American population, larger than that of Greater Los Angeles if that region was defined as Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties.

Jay Mathews

Mathews’s book Escalante: The Best Teacher in America traces Jaime Escalante’s career from his native Bolivia to Garfield High School in East Lost Angeles, where he taught advanced mathematics courses to disadvantaged high school students, mostly Latino.

Juyubit, California

Juyubit (also, Jujubit) is a former Serrano, and perhaps Tongva, rancheria settlement in Los Angeles County, California.

KVMD

It also reaches a good portion of Los Angeles, Orange and part of San Diego counties, but XETV-TV Tijuana/San Diego, which also broadcast digitally on channel 23, blocked KVMD's signal.

La Crescenta-Montrose, California

Following the disaster, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the County of Los Angeles built a flood control system of catch basins and concrete storm drains, designed to prevent a repeat of the 1934 disaster.

Matt Tyrnauer

Tyrnauer was educated at the Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences, a college preparatory school in the city of Santa Monica in Los Angeles County in California, followed by the Wesleyan University, a private liberal arts college n the city of Middletown in Middlesex County in the State of Connecticut, in the United States.

Murder of Yetunde Price

Price came into the public eye when she was the victim of murder by shooting on September 14, 2003, in Compton, in Los Angeles County, California, known for its history of gang violence.

Nell Soto

Soto represented the 61st Assembly district (including parts of Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties and the cities of Ontario, Pomona, Chino and Montclair) from 1998 to 2000 and again from 2006 to 2008.

Pedestrian scramble

In Los Angeles County, pedestrian scrambles are used in the Rodeo Drive commercial area of Beverly Hills, at the intersection of Westwood and La Conte Avenues in the Westwood section of Los Angeles immediately adjacent to the UCLA campus, and at the intersection of Jefferson Boulevard and Hoover Street near the University of Southern California, as well as in Pasadena at the intersection of Raymond and Colorado.

Phillips Mansion

It was built in 1875 by Louis Phillips, who by the 1890s had become the wealthiest man in Los Angeles County.

Progressive Majority

Endorsed candidates who ran in 2008 included Mark Ridley-Thomas, who successfully ran for the Los Angeles County 2nd District Board of Supervisors, and Peter J. Goldmark, who successfully ran for Washington Commissioner of Public Lands.

Richard T. Hanna

He served as member of the California state assembly from 1956 to 1962 and was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth United States Congress in 1963 and to the five succeeding congresses (January 3, 1963 - December 31, 1974) to represent California's 34th congressional district, which then covered parts of Los Angeles and Orange counties.

Rossmoor, California

The gated Leisure World retirement community in the city of Seal Beach is to the south of Rossmoor, Los Alamitos is to the east and north, and Long Beach is to the west (on the other side of the San Gabriel River, the 605 freeway and the border with Los Angeles County).

San Francisquito Pass

San Francisquito Pass, is a mountain pass of the Sierra Pelona Mountains northeast of Green Valley, in Los Angeles County, California.

San Gabriel River Bike Trail

The San Gabriel River Trail (also known as SGRT) is a 28-mile bike path along the San Gabriel River through El Dorado Regional Park and onto street bike trails near the Alamitos Bay Marina in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

Santa Anita Golf Course

In 1935, through an act of Congress, the United States Department of War deeded 185 acres to Los Angeles County with the provision that it be used as a park and recreation center.

Sean Parlaman

Parlaman was born in Los Angeles County, California, to Griffith Mead Parlaman (20 April 1923 – 22 October 1991) and Doris V. Simmons Parlaman (22 November 1923 – 11 February 2007); he fell to his death in Jomtien, Pattaya, Thailand.

Sepulveda Pass

The Sepulveda pass on Interstate 405 begins just south of Ventura Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley, climbing to just south of Mulholland Drive, then descending to just north of Sunset Boulevard, where I-405 and Sepulveda Boulevard enter the Brentwood and Westwood areas of West Los Angeles.

Sierra Pelona Mountains

Within the Sierra Pelonas can be found the rural areas of Three Points, Lake Hughes, Elizabeth Lake and Green Valley, as well as Liebre Mountain, Burnt Peak, Sawmill Mountain, Grass Mountain and Mount McDill.

Strike Revilla

He finished his elementary education in Jesus Good Shepherd School in 1983, and attended high school in San Dimas High School in Los Angeles County, California from 1983 to 1987.

Studio zone

This area includes almost all of the southern half of Los Angeles County, as well as slices of eastern Ventura County and northwestern Orange County.

The Lincoln Lawyer

Moderately successful criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller operates around Los Angeles County out of a Lincoln Town Car (hence the title) driven by a former client working off his legal fees.

The Mark of Conte

Although the main plot line is fictional, the character Conte Mark (aka Mark Conte) is based on Sonia Levitin's son Daniel Levitin, and some incidents are based on his actual experiences as a student at Palos Verdes High School, in Los Angeles County, in the 1970s.

Theodore Curphey

Theodore Joscelyn Curphey (born October 25, 1897, died November 27, 1986, Pasadena, California) was an American coroner who was the chief coroner for Los Angeles and Nassau Counties.

Tim D. White

White was born in Los Angeles County, California and raised in Lake Arrowhead in neighboring San Bernardino County.

Tooner Ville Rifa 13

Tooner Ville Rifa 13, also known as The VILLE or VILLAINS GANG for short, is a Mexican street gang located in Los Angeles county.

Trev Broudy

Republican Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley declined to press hate crime charges, a decision that sparked outrage in the community.

Walnut Valley Unified School District

The Walnut Valley Unified School District is located in the eastern portion of Los Angeles County and is a part of the Greater Los Angeles Area of the U.S. state of California.


see also

A Peaceable Kingdom

A Peaceable Kingdom stars Lindsay Wagner as the recently hired managing director of the Los Angeles County Zoo, who was also recently widowed with three children.

Arthur Winston

He stayed with the agency through its name changes, starting from the Los Angeles Railway which became Los Angeles Transit Lines in 1945, to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority created in 1958, the Southern California Rapid Transit District created in 1964, and as it is known today Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority "Metro" created in 1993.

Bouquet Canyon, California

Bouquet Canyon is one of many canyons branching from the Santa Clarita Valley in Los Angeles County, whose streams feed the Santa Clara River.

California 37

California's 37th congressional district - a congressional district in the U.S. state of California based in Los Angeles County.

Caterina van Hemessen

Harris, Anne Sutherland and Linda Nochlin, Women Artists: 1550-1950, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Knopf, New York, 1976

City of Industry

City of Industry, California - a city located in Los Angeles County, California

Dave Trembley

Trembley taught and coached baseball for three years (1977–1979) at Daniel Murphy High School in Los Angeles and was the head baseball coach for five years (1980–84) at Antelope Valley College in Los Angeles County, where he also was a physical education instructor.

David Alexander

David W. Alexander (1812–1887), Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

East Los Angeles

East Los Angeles, California, an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County within the above region

Fairplex

Japanese internment: The Los Angeles County Fairgrounds was one of the locations used as a temporary detention camp in 1942 for Japanese and Japanese-Americans before they were relocated to more permanent facilities such as the Manzanar War Relocation Center.

Frederick Monhoff

He served as a design architect for the Los Angeles County Architectural Divisions and designed numerous public buildings and private residences in Southern California in the Los Angeles area, Malibu, Santa Barbara, Palm Springs, Orange County, and in Northern California in the Napa Valley.

Hal Fishman

The event was emceed by Morning Show anchor Michaela Pereira and attended by such dignitaries as Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Los Angeles County sheriff Lee Baca.

Herb Wesson

Prior to his service in the State Assembly, Wesson served as the chief-of-staff to former Los Angeles City Councilmember Nate Holden, and as the chief-of-staff to former Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne Burke.

History of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

1998 - On December 7 Leroy D. Baca was sworn in as Los Angeles County’s 30th Sheriff.

In 1857, the outstanding crime was the murder of James Barton, Sheriff of Los Angeles County, and several members of this posse by members of the Flores Daniel Gang.

James Barton

James R. Barton (1810?–1856), sheriff of Los Angeles County, California

Jorja Leap

Dr. Leap is also a Senior policy adviser on gangs and youth violence to Los Angeles County Sherriff, Lee Baca.

Karl Benjamin

The exhibition was organized by critic Jules Langsner for the Los Angeles County Museum (which evolved into the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art) and also appeared at the San Francisco Museum of Art (now the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art).

Last Precinct

The Last Precinct, American TV series about misfit police station on border of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County; hour-long comedy/action program was broadcast by NBC from April 11 to May 30, 1986

Lee family

Charles Carter Lee, a descendant of Henry Lee III and a Superior Court Judge in Los Angeles County, was named the U.S. team's Chef de Mission by the United States Olympic Committee for the Beijing Olympics.

Leonis Adobe

Leonis Adobe is also known as one of the most haunted sites in Los Angeles County, and it was profiled in the British paranormal television series "Most Haunted" in 2005.

Los Angeles Airport Police

It has representatives assigned to the Los Angeles Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and Los Angeles County Terrorism Early Warning Group (TEW).

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors elections, 2008

The 2008 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors elections were held on June 3, 2008, coinciding with the California elections, June 2008.

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors elections, 2012

The 2012 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors elections were held on June 5, 2012, coinciding with the Presidential primary elections, June 2012.

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Jonathan Fielding is the director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and is the health officer for Los Angeles County.

Los Angeles County Department of Public Works

Los Angeles County Flood Control District Opens Historic LA River Wetlands Project – On May 8, 2008, County of Los Angeles Supervisor Don Knabe (4th District) was joined by City of Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster to open the Dominguez Gap Wetlands in Long Beach.

Los Angeles County Fire Department

The Los Angeles County Fire Department utilizes a wide array of fire apparatus, including Engines, Quints, Trucks, Light Forces(Combination of an Engine and a Quint), Paramedic Rescue Squads, ESTs, Water Tenders, Patrols as well as Hazardous Materials Squads and USAR Units.

Los Angeles County Superior Court

The Los Angeles County District Attorney, currently Jackie Lacey, prosecutes crimes before the court on behalf of California, Los Angeles County, and most cities and special districts within Los Angeles County.

The new Superior Court of Los Angeles County began with two judges: Ygnacio Sepulveda and Volney E. Howard.

Magnapaulia

The generic name is a combination of the Latin magnus, "large", and the first name of Paul G. Haaga, Jr., the president of the board of trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.

Margaret M. Morrow

She has received numerous awards, including the Bernard E. Witkin Amicus Curiae Award from the Judicial Council of California; the Shattuck-Price Award from the Los Angeles County Bar Association; the Ernestine Stahlhut Award from the Women Lawyers’ Association of Los Angeles, and the Maynard Toll Award from the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles.

Michael Sauer

Michael T. Sauer (born 1937), Los Angeles County Superior Court judge

Mike Antonovich

Michael D. Antonovich (born 1939), member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

Mount Baldy

Mount Baldy Ski Lifts, a ski resort on Mount San Antonio in Los Angeles County, California

Mystery House

The software was packaged in Ziploc bags containing a 5¼-inch disk and a photocopied paper describing the game and was sold in local software shops in Los Angeles County.

Nccf

North County Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison in Los Angeles County, California

Oscar Hauge

On December 1, 1938 he was appointed to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Leland M. Ford, who had just been elected to the United States Congress.

Paul G. Haaga, Jr.

He has also served as President of the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Director of NPR, Chairman of the Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, President and Major Gifts Chair for Princeton’s Class of 1970 and a Trustee of the Princeton Rugby Endowment.

Pearblossom

Pearblossom, California, an unincorporated town in Los Angeles County, California, U.S.

Ralph Bunche House

Ralph J. Bunche House, Los Angeles, California, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles County, California

Ron Smalstig

Among other television appearances, he was featured in several episodes of the TV show North Mission Road, which features "unique and compelling" cases of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Department.

Roy Snelling

Before going to the Los Angeles County museum, he spent time in the United States Army (1959) and as an inspector with the California Department of Food and Agriculture.

Salazar Park

Ruben F. Salazar Park (formerly Laguna Park) is a public park in Los Angeles, California, and is administrated by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation.

Walnut Park

Walnut Park, California, a census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County

Walton Place

Walton Place, California, a former settlement in Los Angeles County, California

William H. Lancaster

Lancaster represented a district that covered eastern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County including the cities of Covina and Upland.

Woodbury House

Woodbury-Story House, Altadena, California, listed on the NRHP in Los Angeles County, California