Downey is a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, 21 km (13 mi) southeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is considered part of the Gateway Cities. The city is the birthplace of the Apollo space program, and is the hometown of Richard and Karen Carpenter. It is also the home of the oldest still operational McDonald's restaurant in the world.
Population: 111,772
Latitude: 33° 56' 24.04" N
Longitude: -118° 07' 57.25" W
Pershing Square is a public park in downtown Los Angeles. The park is exactly one square block in size, bounded by 5th Street to the north, 6th Street to the south, Hill Street to the east, and Olive Street to the west. It sits on top of a large und…
East Los Angeles College (ELAC) is a community college of the Los Angeles Community College District in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park. Fourteen communities comprise its primary service area. With an enrollment of 34,697 students, ELAC is t…
The Disneyland Hotel is a resort hotel located at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, owned by the Walt Disney Company and operated through its Parks and Resorts division. Opened on October 5, 1955 as a motor inn owned and operated by Jack…
The Arts District,occupies the eastern side of Downtown Los Angeles, USA, east of Little Tokyo and west of the LA River. The area of formerly abandoned industrial buildings has become a thriving mecca for young professionals in creative industries, …
RKO Forty Acres was a film studio backlot owned by RKO Pictures and later Desilu Productions, located in Culver City, California. Best known as Forty Acres, or "the back forty", it had other names such as "Desilu Culver", the "RKO backlot" and "Path…
This is a list of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The list includes Hollywood, as well as Griffith Park and the communities of Los Feliz and Little Armenia. There are more than 145 Historic-Cultura…
Polytechnic School, often referred to as simply Poly, is a college preparatory private school in Pasadena, California.
Xcelerator is a steel launched roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California.
Wilmington is a neighborhood in the South Los Angeles area of Los Angeles, California, covering 9.14 square miles.
Little Armenia is a community that is part of the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. It falls within the area referred to as East Hollywood.
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments (LAHCMs) in Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California are designated by the City's Cultural Heritage Commission.
Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple (Chinese: 佛光山西來寺; pinyin: Fóguāngshān Xīlái Sì) is a traditional Chinese Buddhist mountain monastery, in the U.S. state of California.
Hollywood and Vine, the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, a district of Los Angeles, became famous in the 1920s for its concentration of radio and movie-related businesses.
Edelbrock, LLC is a specialty performance automotive and motorcycle aftermarket parts manufacturer based in Torrance, California. The company has five locations, including four in Torrance: its headquarters, a distribution center and museum, the Rus…
The Aquarium of the Pacific (formerly the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific) is a public aquarium on a 5-acre (20,000 m2) site on Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach, California, United States.
Mickey's Fun Wheel is a 160-foot (48.8 m) tall eccentric wheel at Disney California Adventure, at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
Hawaiian Gardens is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
The Twin Towers Correctional Facility, also referred to in the media as Twin Towers Jail, is a complex erected in Los Angeles, California. The facility is located at 450 Bauchet Street, in Los Angeles, California and is operated by the Los Angeles C…