Los Angeles

In 1781 along the banks of a beautiful river, early Spanish settlers established a new town, El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles. On April 4, 1850 new U.S. settlers renamed it the City of Los Angeles. Today it is the center of a vast metropolitan are of more than 10 million people, the second largest U.S. city in population and one of the largest in area. Its robust economy is based on shipping, industrial, communication, financial, fashion, and it is a distribution center for the Western United States and much of the Pacific Rim. It is also the motion picture, television, radio, and recording capital of the United States. Downtown Los Angeles is home to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Contemporary Art, and a vast array historical, movie, industrial, and science museums and the University of Southern California. The Music Center's four theaters house the Center Theatre Group, the Los Angeles Opera, and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. And the striking new Frank Gehry designed Walt Disney Hall is the new home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and is one of the most acoustically sophisticated concert halls in the world. In sports, the city is known for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, the L.A. Clippers and L.A. Lakers basketball teams, and L.A. Kings hockey team.

Source: City of Los Angeles Website
www.ci.la.ca.us