WELCOME TO LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

 

 

The City of Los Angeles holds many distinctions. LA is the entertainment capital of the world, a cultural mecca boasting more than 300 museums, and a paradise of good weather. From tourist attractions like the Walk of Fame’s collection of stars (numbering 2,482, and growing by one or two a month) to career opportunities like those presented in the expanding biotech industry, Los Angeles is the place to be.

It is the only city in North America to have hosted the Summer Olympics twice. Downtown LA is the largest government center outside of Washington, D.C. Los Angeles has the only remaining wooden lighthouse in the state (located in San Pedro’s Fermin Park) and the largest historical theater district on the National Register of Historic Places (located Downtown on Broadway).

Los Angeles is on the leading edge of several growth industries. LA County, with more than 87,000 jobs in the fashion industry, has surpassed New York’s fashion district workforce. The LA five-county area also has more than 700,000 people at work in health services/biomedical activities and 190,000 people in aerospace/technology. Here are some more facts and figures about Los Angeles: the city, the county and the region.

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City of Los Angeles:                                     472 square miles
County of Los Angeles:                             4,084 square miles
Los Angeles Five-County Area:               34,135 square miles
(Los Angeles, Riverside, Ventura, Orange and San Bernardino counties)

There are 88 incorporated cities in Los Angeles County ranging from Vernon (population 112) to Los Angeles city (population 3.8 million).
Source: LACity.org, LACounty.org, California State Association of Counties – counties.org



Los Angeles spans a widely diverse geographic area. Primarily a desert basin, the area is surrounded by the San Gabriel Mountain range and divided by the Santa Monica Mountains. Los Angeles County has 75 miles of coastline and altitudes ranging from 9 feet below sea level at Wilmington to 10,080 feet above sea level atop Mt. San Antonio. Area Rivers include the Los Angeles, Rio Hondo, San Gabriel, and Santa Clara rivers.


The diverse, multiethnic population of Los Angeles today distinguishes the city as the cultural hub of the Pacific Rim. In fact, Los Angeles is one of only two U.S. cities without a majority population.  People from 140 countries, speaking approximately 86 different languages, currently call Los Angeles home.

Hispanic or Latino (of any race):               48.5 percent
White, non-Hispanic:                                28.7 percent
Asian/Pacific Islander:                              11.4 percent
African-American:                                       9.6 percent
American Indian/Others:                             1.8 percent


Places to See in Los Angeles

 

  1. Drive to see the Hollywood sign
  2. Visit the beach!
  3. Go back in time and visit the La Brea Tar Pits at the Page Museum
  4. Check out the Santa Monica Pier (over 100 years old), and don’t miss the aquarium
  5. Take a day trip, and find the many things to do on Catalina Island (many ways toget there)
  6. There are a great many fun things to do with kids in LA
  7. The Getty Center is a spectacular museum filled with Van Gogh, Monet, and many other artists
  8. The Getty Villa (near Malabu) is dedicated to the arts and cultures of Greece, Rome, and Eturia
  9. Check out Grauman’s Chinese Theatre where famous movie actors leave theirfootprints in concrete
  10. Spend a day or more at Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure (easily 1 day in each)
  11. Check out Griffith Observatory, a planetarium near Mount Hollywood
  12. See a concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall (this building was featured in the movie Get Smart)
  13. The Grand Central Market is a huge international farmers market open daily
  14. Tour Universal Studios and see the backlot of the worlds largest working movie studio!
  15. Visit The Museum of Tolerance started by Simon Wiesenthal
  16. The Mijares Mexican Restaurant has been a staple of Pasadena since 1920
  17. Go shopping at The Grove (one of the most popular outdoor malls)
  18. See an event at the Hollywood Bowl
  19. Spend some evening time at Universal City Walk (an outdoor mall with lots of big television screens)
  20. The Bradbury Building is an architectural icon built in 1893 in downtown Los Angeles (listed as one of the Great Buildings)
  21. People watch at the Venice Beach Boardwalk
  22. Get some superb coffee at Intelligentsia: Venice Coffeebar, Silver Lake Coffeebar,or Pasadena Cafe
  23. The Hollywood Wax Museum has everyone from Elvis Presley to Angelina Jolie
  24. Visit the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens then take a merry-go-round ride next door
  25. Check out Marina del Rey, one of the best marina’s and great shopping atFisherman’s Village
  26. Ride the rollercoaster at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier
  27. Ride even more rollercoasters at Six Flags Magic Mountain (100 rides) orHurricane Harbor
  28. Check out the awesome Aquarium of the Pacific
  29. Go snorkeling—the Palos Verdes area is excellent
  30. Have breakfast at the Original Pantry Cafe—open 24/7 since 1924
  31. See the Levitated Mass, a giant 340-ton granite rock, at the LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
  32. Try some of the amazing food in Los Angeles
  33. Tour the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley

Metro Rail System
Six fast, easy-to-use and environmentally friendly color-coded subway, light-rail and rapid bus transit lines offer visitors an affordable way of getting from one destination to the next.

  • The Metro Blue Line (light rail) runs north and south between Long Beach and LA.
  • The Metro Green Line (light rail) runs east and west between Norwalk and Redondo Beach.
  • The Metro Red Line (subway) meets the Blue Line in LA and provides service through Downtown, the Mid-Wilshire area, Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley, where it meets the Metro Orange Line(rapid bus transit), which runs from North Hollywood to the Warner Center in Woodland Hills.
  • The Metro Purple Line (subway) runs between Union Station, Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue.
  • The Metro Gold Line (light rail) connects with the Red Line at Union Station and runs to Pasadena.
For detailed schedules, fares, interactive maps, multi-language pocket guides and more info, visit www.metro.net.
Metro Bus System
  Three types of bus service are available throughout the Greater Los Angeles area. With 200 different lines, buses travel all over the city to every major destination including state parks, area attractions and shopping districts.
  • Metro Local (painted orange) makes frequent stops along major streets throughout the city.
  • Metro Rapid (painted red) offers fewer stops and expedited travel times on the city’s major streets, with the use of special transponders that cause traffic signals to favor the bus.
  • Metro Express (painted blue) offers reduced stop service along the city’s freeway systems.
For detailed schedules, interactive maps, multi-language pocket guides and more info, visit www.metro.net.
DASH
The City of Los Angeles Transportation (LADOT) currently operates the second largest fleet in Los Angeles County. LADOT’s transit fleet serves approximately 30 million passenger boardings per year. 

DASH Downtown
Six quick bus routes through Downtown depart every five to 10 minutes between 6:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. on weekdays, and every 15 minutes between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. 
  • Route A – Little Tokyo to City West
  • Route B – Chinatown to Financial District
  • Route C – Financial District to South Park
  • Route D – Union Station to South Park
  • Route E – City West to Fashion District
  • Route F – Financial District to Exposition Park/USC

DASH also Serves:

  • Beachwood Canyon
  • Boyle Heights/East LA
  • Chesterfield Square
  • Crenshaw
  • Downtown Los Angeles
  • El Sereno/City Terrace
  • Fairfax
  • Highland Park/Eagle Rock
  • Hollywood
  • Hollywood/West Hollywood
  • Hollywood/Wilshire
  • King-East
  • Leimert/Slauson
  • Lincoln Heights/Chinatown
  • Los Feliz
  • Midtown
  • Northridge
  • Panorama City/Van Nuys
  • Pico Union/Echo Park
  • San Pedro
  • Southeast Los Angeles
  • Van Nuys/Studio City
  • Vermont/Main
  • Warner Center
  • Watts
  • Wilmington
  • Wilshire Center/Koreatown
Commuter Express
LADOT offers stress-free, reliable bus service to Downtown Los Angeles in the morning and back in the afternoon from communities reaching from the beach cities to the San Fernando Valley.

For more information, visit www.ladottransit.com/dash.


Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) is a unique system of three airports owned and operated by the City of Los Angeles. Each of the airports – Los Angeles International (LAX), LA/Ontario International (ONT) and Van Nuys (VNY) – plays an integral role in helping to meet the regional demand for passenger, cargo and general aviation service in the 21st century.

As the gateway to the West Coast and the #1 international gateway to Asia/Pacific, LAX offers direct flights from 88 domestic cities and 62 international destinations . LAX is the sixth busiest passenger airport in the world. Opened in 1984, the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX (TBIT) completed a major renovation program designed to make traveling through this international gateway safer, faster and more comfortable. The three-year project, which came in under budget at a cost of $737 million, was commemorated with a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 26, 2010.

LA/Ontario is a medium-hub, full-service airport with commercial jet service to major U.S. cities. ONT is located in the Inland Empire, approximately 38 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles in the center of Southern California. The airport is the centerpiece of one of the fastest-growing transportation regions in the United States.

 


 




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