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English: Location map of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area — which encompasses Los Angeles County and Orange County in Southern California. Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 120.0 %. Geographic limits of the map:
South Gate is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, with 7.4 square miles (19 km 2). South Gate is located 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Downtown Los Angeles . [ 7 ] It is part of the Gateway Cities region of southeastern Los Angeles County.
The South Bay is a region of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, located in the southwest corner of Los Angeles County. The name stems from its geographic location stretching along the southern shore of Santa Monica Bay. The South Bay contains sixteen cities plus portions of the City of Los Angeles and unincorporated portions of the county. The ...
Chinatown is a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles, California, that became a commercial center for Chinese and other Asian businesses in Central Los Angeles in 1938. The area includes restaurants, shops, and art galleries, but also has a residential neighborhood with a low-income, aging population of about 7,800 residents.
The Chinatown East Gate (also known as the Gate of Maternal Virtues) is located in Los Angeles' Chinatown neighborhood, in the U.S. state of California. The structure was installed in 1939, one year after the dedication of Central Plaza and the installation of the Chinatown West Gate. It was commissioned by Y.C. Hong to commemorate his mother.
However, the collection outgrew the site, which has since been renamed the Getty Villa, and management sought a location more accessible to Los Angeles. The purchase of the land upon which the center is located, a campus of 24 acres (9.7 ha) on a 110-acre (45 ha) site in the Santa Monica Mountains above Interstate 405 , surrounded by 600 acres ...
In 1960, the Hacienda Heights Branch of the Los Angeles County Public Library opened. [8] The following year, in 1961, the area was renamed Hacienda Heights. [6] In 1964, the local newspaper, the Hacienda Heights Highlander, was established. [8] The hills surrounding Hacienda Heights have a history of brush fires, especially in 1978, 1989, and ...
The Los Angeles Arboretum Foundation is a non-profit organization governed by a board of trustees with a CEO. The current CEO and President of the board of trustees are: CEO: Michael Desplaines. [12] [13] President: Annette Castro Ramirez. The current Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation leaders at the Arboretum are: [12]