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The Greater Los Angeles Portal Greater Los Angeles is the most populousmetropolitan area in theU.S. state ofCalifornia, encompassing fivecounties inSouthern California extending fromVentura County in the west toSan Bernardino County andRiverside County in the east, with thecity of Los Angeles andLos Angeles County at its center, andOrange County to the southeast. The Los Angeles–Long Beachcombined statistical area (CSA) covers 33,954 square miles (87,940 km2), making it the largest metropolitan region in the United States by land area. The contiguous urban area is 2,281 square miles (5,910 km2), whereas the remainder mostly consists of mountain and desert areas. With an estimated population of over 18.3 million (U.S. Census Bureau, 2023), it is the second-largest metropolitan area in the country, behindNew York, as well as one of thelargest megacities in the world. In addition to being the nexus of the global entertainment industry, including films, television, and recorded music, Greater Los Angeles is also an important center of international trade, education, media, business, tourism, technology, and sports. It is thethird-largest metropolitan area bynominal GDP in the world with an economy exceeding $1 trillion in output, behindNew York City andTokyo. There are three contiguous component urban areas in Greater Los Angeles: theInland Empire, which can be broadly defined as Riverside and San Bernardino counties; the Ventura/Oxnard metropolitan area (Ventura County); and theLos Angeles metropolitan area (also known asMetropolitan Los Angeles orMetro LA) consisting of Los Angeles and Orange counties only. The Census Bureau designates the latter as the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheimmetropolitan statistical area (MSA), thefourth largest metropolitan area in the Western Hemisphere and the second-largestmetropolitan area in the United States, by population of 13 million as of the2020 U.S. census. It has a total area of 4,850 square miles (12,561 km2). AlthoughSan Diego–Tijuana borders the Greater Los Angeles area atSan Clemente andTemecula, it is not part of it as the two urban areas are not geographically contiguous due to the presence ofCamp Pendleton. However, both form part of the Southern Californiamegalopolis which extends intoTijuana, Baja California, Mexico. (Full article...) Selected article -show another Theassassination ofRobert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy, aUnited States Senator and brother ofassassinatedPresidentJohn Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy, took place shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, inLos Angeles,California, during the campaign season for theUnited States Presidential election, 1968. After winning the California and South Dakotaprimary elections for theDemocratic nomination forPresident of the United States, Kennedy was shot as he walked through the kitchen of theAmbassador Hotel and died in theGood Samaritan Hospital twenty-six hours later.Sirhan Sirhan, a 24-year-oldPalestinian/Jordanianimmigrant, was convicted of Kennedy's murder and is serving a life sentence for the crime. Sirhan's lawyers have released statements claiming evidence that he was framed. The shooting was recorded on audio tape by a freelance newspaper reporter, and the aftermath was captured on film.more... Did You Know -show different entries 
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Related PortalsSelected biography -show another Hanna in 1977 William Denby Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator, voice actor, and musician. Hanna andJoseph Barbera co-createdTom and Jerry and founded the animation studio and production companyHanna-Barbera, with Hanna providing the vocal effects forTom and Jerry's title characters. Hanna joined theHarman and Ising animation studio in 1930 and steadily gained skill and prominence while working on cartoons such asCaptain and the Kids. In 1937, while working atMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Hanna met Barbera and formed a working relationship. In 1957, they co-founded Hanna-Barbera, which became the most successful television animation studio in the business, creating or producing programs such asThe Flintstones,The Huckleberry Hound Show,The Jetsons,Scooby-Doo,The Smurfs, andYogi Bear. In 1967, Hanna-Barbera was sold toTaft Broadcasting for $12 million (equivalent to about $113 million today) but Hanna and Barbera remained heads of the company until 1991. At that time, the studio was sold toTurner Broadcasting System, which in turn was merged withTime Warner in 1996; Hanna and Barbera stayed on as advisors. (Full article...) Regions, major cities and districtsRegions Cities Cities by countyTopicsCategories Select [►] to view subcategories Greater Los Angeles Los Angeles County, California Orange County, California Ventura County, California WikimediaThe followingWikimedia Foundation sister projects provide more on this subject:
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