The Los Altos City is located at the South end of the San Francisco Peninsula‚ in the San Francisco South Bay Area; its exact situation is in Santa Clara County‚ California. Overview Los Altos is an affluent commuter community; its residents live in the city‚ although they commute to their places of work. The community is upscale‚ and the residential area encompassed with beautiful greenery and large mature trees. The city follows a green space layout; it designates its commercial activities
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The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles‚ California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center‚ which they share with their local NBA rival‚ the Los Angeles Clippers‚ the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL‚ and the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA.[1] The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA‚ and have won 16 championships
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Traffic problems in Los Angeles have been a topic of discussion for many years and there are many causes for this occurring problem. Have you ever been sitting in your car in bumper to bumper traffic wondering why traffic isn’t moving? Since Los Angeles is one of the biggest cities in the nation‚ it is natural that there are many people traveling to and from daily which causes heavy amounts of traffic in the morning and evening times each day. A drive that is only a few miles can sometimes take upwards
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The government subsidized Jordan Downs Housing Projects in the Watts district of Los Angeles consist of 700 units that are home to some of the poorest residents in the entire state of California. Recently a measure was unanimously passed by the LA City Council that calls for the demolition and redevelopment of the projects‚ leaving a gravely uncertain future for the nearly 2400 low income residents that currently occupy Jordan Downs. The poor condition and high crime rate have caused nearly unanimous
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F.E Ghetto Star is a neighborhood “celebrity” known for actions such as gangbanging and dealing drugs (Shakur‚ Sanyika). For the past four decades gangs have populated the streets of Los Angeles; growing from 18 to 60 from 1972 to 1978‚ and from 155 to 270 gangs from 1982 to 1996. The bloods and crips in Los Angeles are predominately African Americans; with the exceptions of about four gangs which reside in Long Beach‚ Carson‚ Compton‚ and Inglewood and they consist of Samoan and members from
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of Looking at the Balance of Duality in Los Angeles From an architecturally prominent downtown to the surf and sand of Venice Beach‚ Los Angeles is vastly diverse and culturally rich. Life in the City of Angels is like nowhere else. Where else can you spend an afternoon seeing iconic attractions in Hollywood and then visit cultural landmarks like the Getty Museum in the evening? From a unique network of living areas to the world-famous dining venues‚ Los Angeles has always demonstrated a melting
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000‚000‚000 (37 billion dollars) D) $16‚000‚000‚000‚000 (16 trillion dollars) Answer: D Level: Easy LO: 1 2. In the years between 1990 and 2001 when global gross domestic product rose 27%‚ what was the growth in global exports? A) 25% B) 75% C) 35% D) 50% Answer: B Level: Medium LO: 1 3. What is a “foreign exchange rate?” A) the price to buy a foreign currency B) the price
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would the Defense be able to make against the Prosecution? The Rodney King beating of 1991 was the breaking point for the African Americans and minorities of South Central Los Angeles and all over the country. Because this notorious‚ yet historical beating was caught on camera‚ it paved the way for an improved reformation of the Los Angeles Police Department or the LAPD. It also showed the unfair treatment of minorities‚ not only by police‚ but by regular people. Rodney Glen King was born in Sacramento
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Smog in Los Angeles Smog has been a major problem in megacities all over the world since the creation of the automobile. There are many factors that contribute to smog over Los Angeles‚ California‚ but I will focus on the automobile emissions. The word smog is a combination of the words smoke and fog. According to dictionary.com the definition is “smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.” (dictionary.com). Through out this paper I will
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CSS 119 Film Review #2 “Los Mineros” 1.Discuss some of the labor and living condition issue in this film In the film‚ Mexican miners were living under terrible situation. They had been treated inhumanly. Their living environments were extremely unhygienic‚ there was no fresh running water or appropriate place to dispose garbage. Because of the unfair treatment between Anglo miners and Mexican miners‚ most miners and their families were suffering from starvation. Moreover‚ Mexican miners`
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