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(Encyclopedia) Chandler, family of American real estate developers and publishers. Harry Chandler, 1864–1944, b. Landaff, N.H., moved to Los Angeles and during the early 20th cent. was very largely responsible for...
(Encyclopedia) La Puente lä pwĕnˈtē [key], city (1990 pop. 36,955), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles; laid out 1841, inc. 1956. Primarily residential, the city manufactures hardware, electronic...
(Encyclopedia) Palmdale, city (1990 pop. 68,842), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the irrigated Antelope Valley; a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles near Little Rock Creek where it forms Lake Palmdale Reservoi...
(Encyclopedia) Villaraigosa, Antonio vēˌyärīgōˈsä [key], 1953–, American politician, b. Los Angeles as Antonio Villar; he changed his name in 1987 when he married Corina Raigosa. A liberal Democrat and labo...
(Encyclopedia) Ueberroth, Peter Victor, 1937–, American business and sports executive, b. Evanston, Ill. As president of the organizing committee for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Ueberroth created a financially ...
(Encyclopedia) Alhambra
ălhămˈbrə
[key], city (2020 pop. 82,868), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb E of Los Angeles; inc.
1903. It has iron and aluminum foundries and manufactures...
(Encyclopedia) Compton, city (2021pop. 95,740), Los
Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb between Los Angeles and Long Beach; inc.
1888. It has aircraft, electronic, and ste...
(Encyclopedia) Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby ...
(Encyclopedia) Hawthorne.
1 City (2020 pop. 88,083), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb
of Los Angeles; inc. 1922. Located in an oil- and gas-producing area,
...
(Encyclopedia) Broad, Eli, 1933-2021, American
financier and philanthropist, Bronx, N.Y., Michigan State College (BA,
1954). Broad was the son of poor Lithuania-Jewis...