Los Angeles

In the “Santa Ana” by Joan Didion, she describes the Los Angeles wind and the effect it has on people. Didion describes the Santa Ana winds as a very unpleasant time that people have to go through. She says, “Los Angeles weather is the weather of catastrophe…” (Didion 47). Her description of the Santa Ana winds is extreme and shocking. Didion says the winds make people depressed and sometimes the winds make people go crazy. The way the Santa Ana winds are described makes me not want to be…

every person in Los Angeles, the majority of the population knows little about it. The simplest way to explain smog is that it forms in a photochemical reaction which means car-exhaust emissions like nitrogen oxide combine with sunlight to create a pollutant. In a city of millions-like Los Angeles where nearly every person drives a car, smog builds up quickly. In addition to the car-emissions, smog also forms in Los Angeles as a result of the industrial factories. Although Los Angeles now…

Los Angeles “The Town of The Queen of Angels” was the name of Los Angeles in the late 1700’s. The city of Los Angeles is very big and has lots of pretty places and lots of things. Los Angeles has many landscapes, mountains, sports and places to go. Most people move to Los Angeles if they become successful in sports, music, writing, or singing because Los Angeles is an entertaining place with lots to do. Los Angeles was not always called “The City of Angels”(Hively). Los Angeles was called “El…

the Los Angeles Lakers organization has focused on the use of social media to learn more about potential and current customers. The Lakers have over 33 million followers combined with Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Through these social media outlets, the Lakers organization is able to learn who their customers are, their ages and nationalities, what they want in terms of game experiences, who their favorite players are, what they can improve upon in regards to fan experience, etc. The Los…

Recognized as being one of the richest sedimentary basins in petroleum and gas for its comparatively small size, the Los Angeles Basin is a Neogene age sedimentary basin whose complex formation history makes it a unique marvel of the western continental margin (Ward, 1994). In order to understand the importance that the discovery of oil has had in the Los Angeles Basin, we look to the events that have taken place in the basin itself that created the conditions necessary for the formation of oil.…

Homeless people are everywhere in Los Angeles now a days. The definition of a homeless person is the condition of people without a permanent dwelling, such as a house or apartment. People who are homeless are most often unable to acquire and maintain regular, safe, secure and adequate housing. Homeless people are also known for tent cities that have appeared all. Los Angeles. You can find many homeless people under bridges, aqua ducks\basins, parks, laundry mats, and alley ways in tents and…

Today, the name Los Angeles has become synonymous with the film industry. However, the city, which goes by the initials LA, has a history going back long before the movies. It is known for a variety of culture and business operations. As a result, it is the most populated city in the state of California. LA has the second highest population in the entire United States, second only to New York City. Spanish and Mexican Roots Spanish governor Felipe de Neve founded Los Angeles in the early 1780s…

school material . I grew up in East Los Angeles . Were the neighborhoods are more disadvantage . I was raised in an environment where I saw a lot of violence .Where many kids don’t have the resource to get an education ,a place were school are less funded and kids eventually end up in gangs. It wasn’t unit I was eight when many parent decided to move home and start a new life . My father wanted to escape poverty and the disadvantages in education we had in Los…

London August 2011 London riot that caused by the police shooting of a young man of a mixed race named Mark Duggin (Kalleberg, 2015). In the United States, there were several such as the Ferguson, Missouri riot, but the 1991 Rodney King beating and Los Angeles riots said to changed America since the 1960s (Stewart, 2012). As a rational behavior, some would convince others or instigate them in joining to fight for change fueling a riot. Just…

Growing up outside of the United States, I always envisioned Los Angeles as the epitome of glamor, fame, and wealth. I believed that once one stepped foot in Beverly Hills, one would immediately attain those three aforementioned virtues. I think so many movies I watched about the city solidified that idea I had about Los Angeles before I moved here. Clueless was one of those movies. The film revolves around a rich girl named Cher, after the iconic singer, from Beverly Hills. Although the film…