Los Angeles: A city of southern California on the Pacific Ocean in a widespread metropolitan area. Founded by the Spanish in 1781, it served several times as a colonial capital before incorporation in 1850. Its real growth began after the coming of the railroads in the 1870s and 1880s and the discovery of oil in the 1890s. Today it is a major shipping, manufacturing, communications, financial, and distribution center noted for its entertainment industry. It's also the motion picture capital of the world; most populous city of California and second largest in the United States. Population: 3,485,398.

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California: A state of the western United States on the Pacific Ocean. It was admitted as the 31st state in 1850. The area was colonized by the Spanish and formally ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848). California is often called the Golden State because of its sunny climate and the discovery of gold during its pioneering days. Sacramento is the capital and Los Angeles the largest city. Population: 29,839,250.

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  • Air Quality Information - Current SMOG conditions in Los Angeles, Orange, and eastern San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.
  • Atlas of Metropolitan Los Angeles and Vicinity - Includes maps showing population, citizenship, income, poverty, and education.
  • Highway System Area Maps - Showing current road conditions for highways in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
  • Historical View of Los Angeles Area, 1871 - A color bird's-eye view showing the area, along with text, a border showing major events in area history, and an index to points of interest.
  • Los Angeles Metro Area - From the 1970 edition of the U.S. National Atlas. (326K)
  • Recent Earthquakes - Map and detailed information about recent seismic activity from the U. S. Geological Survey.
  • Road Map with Points of Interest - Shows major highways, primary roads, communities, and points of interest in Los Angeles and Orange County. Provided by California Division of Tourism. [PDF]
  • Road Maps - A basic highway map of the Metro Area, along with more detailed road maps of Long Beach, Los Angeles, Anaheim, Beverly Hills, LAX, Santa Ana, and Santa Monica. Plus satellite photo of the area.
  • Views of Street Life - Web cam mounted on the dashboard of a van captures scenes of daily life on the streets of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Orange Counties.
  • Virtual Reality Panoramas: Los Angeles and Vicinity - Panoramas of scenic landscapes, including ones in Malibu, Los Angeles, the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys, and coastal Orange County.

  • CERES - An index to environmental information for the county. Extensive reference includes road, weather, and flood conditions, demographics, historical resources, maps.
  • Highway System Area Maps - Showing current road conditions for highways in the county.
  • Points of Interest Map - Shows major highways, communities, and points of interest in the county. Provided by California Division of Tourism. [PDF]

  • Earthquake Maps - Maps showing faults, recent and historical earthquakes, and seismic hazards, provided by the Southern California Earthquake Data Center.
  • Road Maps - A basic highway map of Southern California, along with more detailed maps of the coastal area and the metropolitan areas within it.
  • Shaded Relief Map - A brightly colored map of the southern half of California made by color-coding elevations and applying shadows. (692K)
  • Southern California - Original scale 1:2,500,000 U.S.G.S. 1972, limited update 1990. In Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection. (468K)
 

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