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Seized by the United States FBI on April 6, 2018; 6 years ago. ( 2018-04-06) Backpage.com was a classified advertising website founded in 2004 by the alternative newspaper chain New Times Inc./. New Times Media (later known as Village Voice Media or VVM) as a rival to Craigslist. [1]
Los Angeles, [a] often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California. With roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits as of 2020, [7] Los Angeles is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of ...
South Bay. / 33.83694°N 118.31806°W / 33.83694; -118.31806. The South Bay is a region of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, located in the southwest corner of Los Angeles County. The name stems from its geographic location stretching along the southern shore of Santa Monica Bay. The South Bay contains sixteen cities plus portions of ...
Skyline (2010) (destroyed by an alien invasion) Battle: Los Angeles (2011) (destroyed by an alien invasion) Disaster Wars: Earthquake vs. Tsunami (2013) (destroyed by a tsunami) This Is the End (2013) (destroyed by the Rapture) 10.0 Earthquake (2014) (destroyed by a massive earthquake)
The tallest building in Los Angeles, California is the Wilshire Grand Center, which is 1,100 feet (335.3 m) tall and became the city's tallest building in 2017. It is also the tallest building in the state, the tallest building in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River, as well as the 15th-tallest building in the U.S. overall.
On January 22, 2016, three inmates of the Orange County Men's Central Jail in Santa Ana, California, escaped from the jail's maximum-security unit by climbing through the plumbing pipes and ascending to the roof. They stole a utility van and a taxi in Los Angeles, taking the taxi driver hostage, and drove to San Jose.