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  2. South Coast Air Quality Management District - Wikipedia

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    The South Coast AQMD includes all of Orange County; and the non-desert regions of Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County, and Riverside County including the Coachella Valley. The South Coast Air Basin area encompassed by the South Coast AQMD amounts to about 10,750 square miles (27,850 square kilometres) and is the second most populated area ...

  3. La Brea Tar Pits - Wikipedia

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    Designated. 1964. Small tar pit. The La Brea Tar Pits is an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Hancock Park was formed around a group of tar pits where natural asphalt (also called asphaltum, bitumen, or pitch; brea in Spanish) has seeped up from the ground for tens of thousands of years.

  4. Environment California - Wikipedia

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    Location. Los Angeles, California, U.S. Fields. Environmentalism. Website. www .environmentcalifornia .org. Environment California is a nonprofit political organization that lobbies for environmental legislation in the U.S. state of California. [1] It is affiliated with Environment America and the Fund for the Public Interest ("the Fund").

  5. The Matrix Theatre Company - Wikipedia

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    The Matrix Theatre Company is a theatre company located in Los Angeles, California. The Matrix was opened in 1977 by producer Joseph Stern. In 2018 it hosted The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals by Starkid Productions. Awards and nominations

  6. Exide lead contamination - Wikipedia

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    It is believed to be the largest environmental cleanup effort of its kind in California history, encompassing seven (7) Los Angeles County neighborhoods. California state regulators estimate that Exide's operations may have threatened the health of an estimated 100,000 people and 10,000 residential properties.

  7. Los Angeles Aqueduct - Wikipedia

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    The Los Angeles Aqueduct system, comprising the Los Angeles Aqueduct ( Owens Valley aqueduct) and the Second Los Angeles Aqueduct, is a water conveyance system, built and operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. [6] The Owens Valley aqueduct was designed and built by the city's water department, at the time named The Bureau of ...

  8. The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film) - Wikipedia

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    Plot In 1928, a solitary mountaineer exploring the Karakoram mountains in India encounters a glowing sphere. He loses consciousness and when he wakes, the sphere is gone and there is a scar on his hand. In the present day, a rapidly moving object is detected beyond Jupiter's orbit and forecast to impact and destroy all life on Earth. The U.S. government hastily assembles a group of scientists ...

  9. Bradbury Building - Wikipedia

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    The Bradbury Building is an architectural landmark in downtown Los Angeles, California, United States. Built in 1893, [1] the five-story office building is best known for its extraordinary skylit atrium of access walkways, stairs and elevators, and their ornate ironwork. The building was commissioned by Los Angeles gold-mining millionaire Lewis ...