Los Angeles

Los Angeles is a major city in Southern California and the seat of Los Angeles County. It is a global center of entertainment, trade, immigration, and political activism.

Los Angeles Basin: A coastal plain in Southern California bounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. The basin’s enclosed terrain shapes the city’s settlement, transport, and air pollution.
Tongva: An Indigenous people whose ancestral territory includes the Los Angeles Basin and nearby islands. Tongva communities lived in the region long before Spanish colonization.
Hollywood: A Los Angeles neighborhood internationally associated with the American film and television industries. Hollywood concentrates the production institutions behind the city’s screen culture.
New York City: The largest city in the United States, located in the state of New York. Its dense, transit-centered form contrasts with Los Angeles’s extensive low-rise sprawl.
Zoot Suit Riots: A series of 1943 attacks in Los Angeles in which servicemen targeted Mexican American youths and others wearing zoot suits. The violence exposed racial discrimination and unequal policing in the city.
San Fernando Valley: An urbanized valley in the northern part of Los Angeles County. Its neighborhoods and communities form a large, distinct part of the city.
Pueblo de Los Ángeles: The Spanish colonial settlement founded in 1781 that became the city of Los Angeles. The original pueblo established the city’s colonial-era civic center.
Hollywood film industry: The system of studios, workers, and businesses that produces and distributes films in Hollywood and the wider Los Angeles area. Its studios and labor networks anchor the city’s global role in cinema.
San Francisco: A major city in Northern California on the San Francisco Peninsula. The two cities anchor different regional identities and economies within California.
Watts riots: A six-day uprising in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles in August 1965. The uprising brought national attention to segregation, poverty, and police-community tensions.

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