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Los Angeles has had five Latino mayors post-incorporation: Antonio F. Coronel, Manuel Requena, Cristobal Aguilar, Antonio Villaraigosa, and Eric Garcetti. [5] The city has also had two African-American mayors, Tom Bradley and Karen Bass. Two French-Canadian politicians, Damien Marchesseault and Prudent Beaudry, have served as Mayors. [6]
1848. February 2: Los Angeles becomes part of U.S. territory per Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. 1849 – Lieutenant Edward Ord surveyed Los Angeles to confirm and extend the streets of the city. His survey put the city into the real-estate business, creating its first real-estate boom and filling its treasury. [9]
Open Bank is an American community bank based in California that focuses on the Korean American community. The bank offers commercial banking services. As of 2022, it had nine branches located in California, one branch in Texas, one branch in Nevada, four loan production offices - two located in Washington, one in Colorado, one in Georgia, and ...
Bill Silva Entertainment is a concert promotion, artist management, touring, and publishing company based in Los Angeles and established in 1979. [1] [2] [3] BSE has represented artists such as Jason Mraz , blink-182 , Unwritten Law , James Morrison , and Christina Perri , and has produced more than 10,000 shows. [2]
Bill Kelly (first baseman) William Henry Kelly (December 28, 1898 – April 8, 1990) was an American first baseman and scout in Major League Baseball, and a star power-hitter, umpire and manager in minor league baseball. The native of Syracuse, New York, threw and batted right-handed, stood 6' (183 cm) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg) as a ...
Shooting of Eula Love. Eulia Mae Love (commonly referred to as Eula Love) was a 39-year-old African-American mother and widow who was shot and killed on January 3, 1979, by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department. [1] Although Love's death sparked outcry in South Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County District Attorney exonerated both of the ...
William Leasure. William Ernest Leasure (born 1946) is an American murderer and former police officer. While an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), he was involved in two contract killings .
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles ( Latin: Archidiœcesis Angelorum in California, Spanish: Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. The archdiocese's cathedra is in Los Angeles, the archdiocese comprises the ...