...Los Angeles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "L.A." and "LA" redirect here. For other uses, see L.A. (disambiguation). This article is about the U.S. city. For the county, see Los Angeles County, California. For other uses, see Los Angeles (disambiguation). Page semi-protected Los Angeles City City of Los Angeles From top: Downtown Los Angeles, Venice Beach, Griffith Observatory, Hollywood Sign From top: Downtown Los Angeles, Venice Beach, Griffith Observatory, Hollywood Sign Flag of Los Angeles Flag Official seal of Los Angeles Seal Nickname(s): "L.A.", "City of Angels",[1] "Angeltown",[2] "Lalaland", "Tinseltown"[3] Location in Los Angeles County in the state of California Location in Los Angeles County in the state of California Los Angeles is located in USA Los Angeles Los Angeles Location in the United States Coordinates: 34°03′N 118°15′WCoordinates: 34°03′N 118°15′W Country United States of America State California County Los Angeles Settled September 4, 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government • Type Mayor-Council • Body Los Angeles City Council • Mayor Eric Garcetti (D) • City Attorney Mike Feuer • City Controller Ron Galperin Area[4] • City 503 sq mi (1,302 km2) • Land 469 sq mi (1,214 km2) • Water 34 sq mi (88 km2) 6.7% Elevation 233 (city hall) ft (71 m) Population (2014) • City 3,904,657 • Rank 2nd U.S., 48th world • Density 8,225/sq mi (3,176/km2) • Urban 15,067,000[6] • Metro 16,400,000[5] • CSA...
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...LA was held hostage; not by any foreign terrorists, not by a splinter cell organization, or even by some fundamentalist group. But by its own citizens, the people who live their lives and settle themselves in LA: storeowners, office workers, construction workers, gang members, people who were on welfare, and even middle class whites were involved in the Siege of LA. It affected everyone, it didn't discriminate, and it didn't care what race you were or what your financial status was. All of that was a moot point. LA has always been a diverse and distinct city: sun, fun, entertainment, glitz, glamour, celebrities but also one of smog, gloom, poverty, ghettos, gangs, and violence. But regardless LA has been looked upon many as the city to restart and begin afresh. The 90s had just barely started a new decade with some new trends and some old. A war had already been waged in the Middle East. Then the second major event in the decade's young existence was about to begin. LA was a highly volatile place due to the circumstances of how many people lived. The economy was in a slump, and people were turning to less than favorable ways to make a living. LAPD was not liked by many due to the fact that many people saw their tactics and methods as questionable at best. Also because of what's happened in the past with law enforcement such as Watts during the 60s as well as Kent State shooting. So when you add this together you get one very explosive and deadly combination and to make matters...
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...The Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers is one of the most successful organizations in the National Basketball Association. This is made apparent, due to their well thought out decision-making, in seeking exceptional talent, that displays a well robust team fit for champions. This paper will attempt to provide information on how the Lakers have become a successful organization despite the odds against them. First we will discuss the history behind the Lakers, followed by the present, then we will transition into their future endeavors, and lastly closing remarks. Behind every organization there is an owner that shapes their establishment to be a reflection of who they are and what they want to represent. This brings us to the man behind the Lakers, Jerry Buss. Jerry Buss took ownership of the Lakers in 1979. He believed in taking the organization to the next level. This was seen in the way he brought exceptional talent that eventually laid the foundation for the well known players of today, like Kobe Bryant. However, Jerry Buss couldn't do all this by himself. There were also great players back in the day who helped pave the way for others. Players like, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy, Michael Cooper, and others, gave the Lakers franchise a push towards success. During this time the Lakers were on top of the world. In the 1980’s hard work and dedication landed them 5 championships, that put them on the map as the team that worked diligently...
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...The Treacherously Inspiring Lights of Los Angeles Los Angeles has always been deemed as a promising paradise that draws many people from across the world to come in order to fulfil their American dreams. Pulled by its delightful glittering lights, many have been lured to find their luck and fate in the city only to be betrayed in the end. People of varying age, gender, ethnicity or class are all heading to Los Angeles in the hope of making a better life for themselves and their families. The city of angels has at some point been considered as the foremost sensational destination for juvenile runaways. While all light show signs of promising hope of a better future, not all light turns out to be decent or upright. Many have achieved success in exchange of losing their morals. The lights of Los Angeles are treacherously inspiring. It entices people to do everything for wealth, success and fame sometimes at the expense of selling their soul to city. It light however remains dramatically nostalgic that kept people to stay or come back to home. Such was the case of the protagonist in William Faulkner’s short story, “Golden Land,” Ira unconsciously traded his morals, family and soul for worldly success in Hollywood. While he exhibited a sense of repulsion on the materialistic culture of Los Angeles, he was nevertheless a progeny of its mores. In this story, Faulkner showed how a man, who hailed from the conformist place like Nebraska, was altered by the “Golden Land” to become...
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...security of the citizens as well as of visitors is guaranteed. After the 9/11 attacks, the level of policing had to move to the next level because, airports and planes were exposed as vulnerable means. In the United States, policing is done at different levels. The federal government through different local policing agencies does the coordination of all the activities. One of the major features in local authorities policing is the use of the police department located in different states of the country and cities for that matter. The Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) Police Department is one of such departments spread all over the country. The department, also known as the LAX Police Department has a rich history, which is evident from its long existence. This paper presents a research about the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) Police Department from an argumentative perspective. Different matters emanating from how the department operates in Los Angeles are discussed based on how a good policing entity operates when serving the public. The major responsibilities of the police are investigation of crime, patrolling, encouraging community participation in policing, and maintaining law and order (Tambe 42). This requires close coordination and cooperation between different policing experts within a department. It is important to note that police departments are run by security agencies who work under the federal government in a concerted manner. This means that investigative, traffic...
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...Los Angeles Roadside Assistance Have you ever experienced an auto emergency, such as a dead battery, flat tire, or running out of gas out in the middle of nowhere? Your car may even refuse to start for several reasons, including electrical and mechanical ones. At Los Angeles Roadside Assistance our tow truck operators and automobile technicians have the skill, experience and high tech equipment to provide affordable and reliable roadside assistance, as well as high quality towing services any time you are in need of one. We are available all day and all night, from Monday through Sunday--24 hours a day and 7 days a week to deliver the best roadside assistance you can find anywhere in the great city of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Roadside Assistance team consists of certified, licensed and legally bonded to tow truck operators and automotive roadside support technicians who are fully prepped up and ready to provide first class roadside assistance to you at any time of the day. Contact us through our website or call our phone line today at 000-000-0000 to have a competent tow truck driver can and technician arrive at your location in less than 30 minutes....
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...The Geography of Los Angeles’ Public School System When discussing Los Angeles, most people think of its enormous wealth: Hollywood, movie stars, bikinis, Lamborghinis, and multi-million dollar homes. However, Los Angeles is a city of extremes, and the wealth is even more pronounced when compared to the city’s poverty. In all aspects of life, there is a disparity between the very rich and the very poor. This disparity is most apparent in our public schools. While some public schools in Los Angeles are exceptional and score highly on AP and SAT exams, others are far below California’s target API (Academic Performance Index) score. The quality of public education in certain areas of Los Angeles is, in part, due to specific geographic factors that create such extremes in LA’s public school system. While Los Angeles is a very unusual city, there are two easily identifiable Central Business Districts: Downtown and the Port of LA. Before the Industrial Revolution and fast land travel, the wealthiest and most important people in the city lived as close to the center as possible because it was the heart of business and commerce. After the Industrial Revolution, city centers became much less desirable to live in because of pollution and noise, and the most powerful people began to move towards the suburbs, away from the CBD’s. However, in Los Angeles these people did not move away in all directions; they moved west, towards the ocean and natural beauty. Conversely, the city’s poor...
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...Twilight: Los Angeles 1992, a book written by Anna Deavere Smith, is based on the 1992 Los Angeles riots. This book is a collaboration of the experiences of the members of the Los Angeles community during the LA Riots. Smith interviewed a few hundred local LA residences for her book during the time of the riots. She succeeded in keeping a wide perspective by interviewing people from all ethnic backgrounds, including Whites, Blacks, Latinos, and Koreans. She also interviewed police officers and gang members. Combined with historical research, Twilight provides a meaningful and accurate exploration of the lurking causes of the Los Angeles riots. The event that sparked the Los Angeles riots was the police beating of Rodney King. Rodney King was driving recklessly while...
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...following the acquittal of the four police officers charged with the brutal beating of Rodney King and weeks after a Korean American shopkeeper received five years’ probation in the shooting death of a Black teen, Los Angeles exploded into one of the most destructive episodes of civil unrest in American history. Korean businesses were the primary target of looters in the 1992 Los Angeles riots, as Los Angeles holds the nation's largest Korean American community of 145,000. For Korean Americans, the riot fundamentally altered their course of life in America. The riots had a profound economic, psychological and ideological impact that it is often referred to as a "turning point," and "defining moment" for a century’s history of Korean immigration to the United States. When the smoke cleared, Korean Americans were among those suffering the heaviest losses: Korean merchants suffered five shop owners killed, 2,100 Korean American-owned stores had been burned or damaged, amounting to about $400 million in losses, nearly half the city’s total. Not just landscape was essentially erased, personal identity also vanished for many Koreans. According to a study conducted about a year after the riots, almost 40% of Korean-Americans said they were thinking of leaving Los Angeles. The Korean American Inter- Agency Council(KAIAC) conducted a study and found that 15% of college-age youth had dropped out of school because of the riots. The council also found, of the 2,100 Korean businesses burned...
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...Exclusive Summary The Los Angels Lakers Club (LAL) is one of the most well-known basketball clubs of National Basketball Association (NBA). It has followed clear mission, which is to win NBA Championships, to attract new fans, strive tor providing good services for club members and also to promote NBA basketball to Communities. By following the strategic direction, the club had detailed analyses of its own existing situation as well as the environmental analyses. The strategies were made upon these analyses, such as prescriptive approach that indicated the club should have a plan in advance. On the other hand, it used emergent approach, which could support the club to maintain its sustainability development. Finally, the club evaluated their strategies frequently. Through the evaluation process, the club reflected itself. And then, it could provide useful information for them to sustain competitive advantage. For keeping the club running effectively, they should consider more activities and events to entertain the members. 1. Introduction An awareness of the importance of the strategy to the sport organization has been recognized over these years. According to Johnson and Scholes (2002), strategy decided the direction and scope of an organization’s activities, and connects its external environment. In addition, as Hoye et al (2009) state, strategy can be an explanation of how sports organizations survive with competitions and sustentation. As Forster (2006: 72)...
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...The dark side of Los Angeles concealed from migrants In the forty-year period at the beginning of the 20th century, the population of Los Angeles has increased 1535.7%, according to Southern California: an island on the land written by Carey McWilliams. This phenomenal growth in population was in a great measure contributed by immigrations from the Midwest as well as other countries all around the world. Since 1870s, spurred by the gold rush and the completion of the transcontinental line, Los Angeles has been continuously booming and thus attracted vast numbers of boosters to come to this wonderland with numerous job opportunities and desirable climate. One of William Faulkner's short stories, Golden Land, is about one man of those who left their hometowns in the middle of nowhere to this city in pursuit of fortune. The main character, Ira Ewing, fled from his home in Nebraska to Los Angeles and became successful in the real-estate industry, however, at the expense of morality and family ties. Unlike Ira Ewing who is a boomer himself, Ysela, the narrator in an episode titled Oiga of The Republic of East L.A. written by Luis J. Rodriguez, is one of the descendants of those Mexicans who arrived in this city hundreds of years ago. Although, her ancestors used to own horses and properties and were the ones who named lands in this area, Ysela has got nearly nothing to lose after the family got ripped off by Anglos during wartime and she now lives in a trailer, suffering from homelessness...
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...GLG/200 Allen Fronabarger PLATE TECTONICS AND EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS IN LOS ANGELES There are many serious hazards associated with earthquakes in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. This includes ground shaking, ground displacement, liquefaction, fires, and tsunamis (Girty, 2009, Chapter 7). During an earthquake there are varying degrees of vibration of the ground, dependent on the magnitude of the earthquake. This violent movement of the soil can compromise the structure of buildings or other structures made by man, causing them to crumble to the ground and crushing anything, or anyone, that may be in close proximity. If some sort of structure, made by man or by nature, happens to lie upon a fault line, the ground displacement of the foundation of the structure can also cause immense damage by ripping apart the land. In some instances, where soil is highly saturated, such as coastal areas or low elevation, liquefaction is another hazard. When the ground shakes, any present liquid will rise up through the soil and make sinkhole conditions where structures can sink right into the ground. With this kind of destruction, comes the hazard of fires as well. During a violent earthquake, electrical and gas lines can be destroyed and exposed to ignition sources that can ignite and cause fires that may be inaccessible and be extremely destructive. Lastly, tsunamis are a risk to L.A. when there are quakes offshore that launch large quantities of sea water over the coastal land. Earthquakes...
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...Why Frank & Jamie McCourt Ruined the Los Angeles Dodgers Abstract Frank and Jaime McCourt purchased the Los Angeles Dodgers from Rupert Murdoch and the Fox Entertainment Group in 2004 for $421 Million dollars. Five years later Frank fires his wife Jaime as CEO of the team, and five days after that Jaime files for divorce from Frank. Two years later Frank is forced to file for chapter 11bankruptcy to protect the team and him during his pending divorce, and dirt hits the fan about the McCourt’s using the money made from the team to buy houses, private jets, etc. Now the Dodgers are looking for a new owner to bring the team back to life and bring the fans back into the seats. This paper will break down the demise of the Los Angeles Dodgers and its owners Frank and Jaime McCourt. Why Frank McCourt Ruined the Los Angeles Dodgers The Dodgers franchise goes all the way back to the late 1800’s. Dodgers.com (2012) breaks down the history of the franchise, which officially started 1890 when Ferdinand Abell started what is now the eighth oldest franchise in Major League Baseball history named the Brooklyn Bridegroom, which later became the well-known Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1958, the owner Walter O’Malley decided to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Walter was the sixth owner of the team. He passed away after owning the team for twenty-seven years. His son Peter took over ownership and kept the team for another nineteen years before selling it. It was under the ownership...
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...Former Los Angeles Clippers Owner’s Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims A tort is a violation of a duty imposed by the civil law (Beatty, Samuelson, & Bredeson 2013). A business tort, also called an economic tort, usually involves unfair practices that result in improper interference with a business contract (Beatty et al., 2013). Purpose of article This article is about the court case between former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and the National Basketball Association (NBA). Mr. Sterling filed a civil suit against the NBA and the commissioner for breach of fiduciary duty claims after the commissioner banned him from the NBA and fined him $2.5 million dollars (Unger, 2014). Mr. Sterling is seeking damages of more than $1 billion. The author is writing the article to discuss in detail, the complaints brought forth by Mr. Sterling. Did the NBA and Mr. Silver in fact owe Mr. Sterling the fiduciary duties listed on the complaint because of a breach of contract (Unger, 2014)? Thesis of the article The thesis of the above article is that Mr. Sterling must prove there was an existence of a fiduciary relationship with the defendant, misconduct, and damages that were caused by the NBA fiduciary’s breach (Unger, 2013). Key Points/facts The key point evident in the article is the private conversation between Mr. Sterling and his then girlfriend Vivian Stiviano. Vivian Stiviano recorded the conversation between her and Mr. Sterling without his knowledge. Mr. Sterling...
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...Los Angeles: A critical essay looking into increasing inequality and its root causes in the metropolitan area across the last 50 years Los Angeles is one of the most economically developed cities in the world and it represents a beacon of technological advancement, social progression and equal opportunity for people all around the world. Los Angeles (L.A.) was recently ranked 9th on the Global Economic Power Index (Florida, 2012) and 20th on the Global Power City Index that included criteria such as “livability”, “cultural interaction”, “environment” and “accessibility” (Institute for Urban Strategies, 2014). These ideas may ring true for some; however there are many who live within the city limits that experience a very different reality. In the last 20 years there has been an increasing amount of academic literature examining rising economic, social, political and underlying racial inequality within L.A. This essay will attempt to evaluate this literature so as to examine what inequalities are occurring and identify possible causes underlying them. For future reference within this essay, I am going to be looking at L.A. as the Greater Los Angeles Area, which includes the city of L.A. and other interconnected urban areas so as to avoid confusion on where possible boundaries are drawn and also to have a greater area from which to draw comparison from. Socio-Economic History Leading to Contemporary Inequality The situation Los Angeles is currently in can be attributed...
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