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Los Angeles has 20 Sister Cities, more than any other municipality in California. Notable sister cities include Athens, Jakarta, Berlin, Mumbai, Vancouver, Mexico City and St. Petersburg.

See also: List of mayors of Los Angeles, California

Economy

Main article: Economy of Los Angeles

The most important industries in Los Angeles are entertainment and media production, aerospace, telecommunications, law, tourism, health and medicine, science, manufacturing and transportation. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are vital to North American trade with the Pacific Rim countries

Companies headquartered near Los Angeles

Few major companies are headquartered within the boundaries of the City of Los Angeles for a variety of reasons, such as the city's high taxes. For example, Los Angeles charges a gross receipts tax based on a percentage of business revenue, while most neighboring cities charge only small flat fees.

• Burbank, California
• Walt Disney Company -
• Warner Brothers
• Culver City, California
• National Public Radio West
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (parent of Columbia Pictures).
• Irvine, California
• Taco Bell

 

Culture

Main article: Arts and culture of Los Angeles

Los Angeles is famous as the world capital of motion picture production. It also has important music, art, and architecture scenes.

Despite its young age, Los Angeles has earned fame and inspired critics. A frequent stereotype is that Los Angeles is a cultureless wasteland. For more criticism, see Arts and culture of Los Angeles: Criticism.

Colleges and universities

• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
• University of Southern California (USC)
• California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA)
• California State University, Northridge (CSUN)
• Loyola Marymount University (LMU)
• Los Angeles City College (LACC)
• Occidental College (Oxy)
• Southwestern University School of Law
• Pepperdine University School of Law

Note: for more colleges and universities in the L.A. area, such as Caltech, see Los Angeles County, California#Colleges and Universities

 

 

Sites of interest

• Angelus Temple *
• Chinatown
• Disney Hall
• Exposition Park
• Farmers Market
• J. Paul Getty Center
• Grauman's Chinese Theater
• Griffith Observatory
• Griffith Park
• Hollywood Bowl
• Hollywood Walk of Fame
• La Brea Tar Pits
• SS Lane Victory (A WWII Victory ship) *
• Leimert Park
• Little Tokyo *
• Los Angeles City Hall
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles Zoo
• Museum of Tolerance
• Olvera Street
• Peterson Automotive Museum
• Ralph J. Scott (fireboat) *
• Southwest Museum
• Union Station
• Universal Studios
• U.S. Bank Tower
• Watts Towers *

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FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO BORN IN �L.A.:

Actors and actress :

       �Willie Aames, Anne Archer, Desi Arnaz Jr., Mackenzie Astin, Baby LeRoy, Fay Bainter, Ed Begley Jr., John Beradino, Candice Bergen, Barbara Billingsley, Thora Birch, Richard Boone, Nicholas Brendon, Eileen Brennan, Jeff Bridges, James Brolin, Josh Brolin, Jake Busey,, Scott Caan, Leo Carrillo, Patrick Cassidy, Shaun Cassidy, Richard Chamberlain, Marge Champion, Charles Chaplin Jr., Sydney Chaplin, Mindy Cohn, �Jackie Coogan, Jackie Cooper, Nikki Cox, Johnny Crawford, Richard Crenna, Tandy Cronyn, Gary Crosby, Ice Cube, �Laura Dern, Zooey Deschanel, �Micky Dolenz, Clea DuVall, Jenna Elfman, Mia Farrow, David Faustino, Carrie Fisher, Jodie Foster, Stan Freberg, John Gavin, Balthazar Getty, Melissa Gilbert, Sharon Gless, Tony Goldwyn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, �Alan Hale Jr., Jack Haley Jr., Mariska Hargitay, Dustin Hoffman, Tim Holt, Kate Hudson, D.L. Hughley, Helen Hunt, �Jack Jones, Chris Kattan, Julie Kavner, Diane Keaton, Val Kilmer, Shia LaBeouf, Matthew Laborteaux, Patrick Labyorteaux, Juliet Landau, Michele Lee, Jason Scott Lee, Chris Lemmon, Tone Loc, �Cheech Marin, Leo McCarey, Kent McCord, Maureen McCormick, Kristy McNichol, Penelope Ann Miller, Liza Minnelli, Christopher Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Megan Mullally, Laraine Newman, Julie Newmar, Jeanette Nolan, Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Haley Joel Osment, Tyrone Power Jr., Freddie Prinze Jr., Rain Pryor, Giovanni Ribisi, Charles Ruggles, Susan Saint James, William Schallert, Jason Schwartzman, Melody Thomas Scott, Harry Shearer, James Sikking, Jonathan Silverman, John Singleton, Duke Snider, Randy Spelling, Tori Spelling, Jill St. John, Madeleine Stowe, Jeff Stryker, pornographic film actor , Cree Summer, George Takei, Russ Tamblyn, Gwen Verdon, Burt Ward, Lindsay Wagner, Doodles Weaver, Esther Williams, Rita Wilson, Paul Winfield, Anna May Wong,

Directors, producers:

       Busby Berkeley, Stephen J. Cannell, Roy Edward Disney, Jack Haley Jr., Alan Ladd Jr., Leo McCarey, Christian Nyby, Rockne S. O'Bannon, Edward James Olmos, Jay Sandrich, John Singleton, George Stevens Jr., Jo Swerling Jr., Anna May Wong, Richard D. Zanuck,

������� Show industry:

       Alton Brown, chef, television host, Morton Downey Jr., talk show host , Ron Reagan, television host, ballet dancer, Sylvester Weaver, television executive, �Tyra Banks, fashion model, �Riley Kehoe, fashion model, �Lee Meriwether, actress, Miss America, Ray Harryhausen, special effects director

 

��� musician, composer:

 

       Herb Alpert, John Cage, Ry Cooder, David Crosby, Andraé Crouch, Milton DeLugg, Dr. Dre,

������������ ����Dave Koz, Robby Krieger and John Densmore (Doors), �Tone Loc, �Ron and Russell Mael

����������� �����(Sparks), Laraine Newman, Chynna Phillips, Mike Post, Harry Shearer, Dean Torrence,

�������� ��������Ritchie �Valens, Andrew W. K.,

� Writers and novelists:

��������������� Leigh Brackett, Bret Easton Ellis, Henry Kuttner, Walter Mosley

�Sport:

       Ben Davidson, American football player, �Pancho Gonzales, tennis star, �Keyshawn Johnson, American football player , Florence Griffith Joyner, track and field runner , Jerry Jones, American football executive, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, �Jack Kemp, American football player, politician, �Warren Moon, American football player , Duke Snider, baseball player, �Esther Williams, actress, swimmer

 

 

Politician:

 

�� Chastity Bono, gay rights activist, Jack Chick, evangelist, �Melissa Gilbert, actress, labor union��

       �president , H. R. Haldeman, Watergate scandal figure, White House Chief of Staff , Adlai Stevenson, Earl Warren, Governor of California, Chief Justice of the United States

 

 

Also:����� Angelyne, "celebrity" , Michael Bay, director , James Cromwell, director, �Sally Ride, astronaut,

       Herb Ritts, director , Leslie Van Houten, Charles Manson acolyte