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  2. Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 2 - Wikipedia

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    A woman is rescued alive from rubble by the CA-TF2 several days after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 2 or CA-TF2 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Los Angeles County, California. CA-TF2 is sponsored by the Los Angeles County Fire Department. [1]

  3. USS Los Angeles (CA-135) - Wikipedia

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    3 May 1978. Reference no. 188. The third USS Los Angeles (CA-135) was a Baltimore -class heavy cruiser, laid down by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, on 28 July 1943 and launched on 20 August 1944. She was sponsored by Mrs. Fletcher Bowron and commissioned on 22 July 1945, with Captain John A. Snackenberg in command.

  4. Mission Hills, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    747 and 818. Mission Hills is a neighborhood in the City of Los Angeles, California, located in the San Fernando Valley . It is near the northern junction of the Golden State Freeway ( I-5) and the San Diego Freeway ( I-405 ). The Ronald Reagan Freeway ( SR-118) bisects the community. Mission Hills is at the northern end of the long Sepulveda ...

  5. Westchester, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 33°57′35″N 118°23′59″W  / . 33.95972°N 118.39972°W. / 33.95972; -118.39972. Country. United States. Westchester is a neighborhood in the City of Los Angeles and the South Bay Region of Los Angeles County, California . It is home to Los Angeles International Airport, Loyola Marymount University, Otis College of Art ...

  6. Casa de Rosas - Wikipedia

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    Added to NRHP. July 14, 2004. Designated LAHCM. April 9, 1981 [2] Casa de Rosas, also known as the Froebel Institute and the Sunshine Mission, is a historic building in the West Adams district of Los Angeles. It is the oldest women's shelter in Los Angeles. [3] Front entrance of Casa de Rosas.

  7. List of diplomatic missions in Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of diplomatic missions in Los Angeles. Many foreign governments have established diplomatic and trade representation in the city of Los Angeles, California. Most of them are at the Consulate-General level; many of these are located along Wilshire Boulevard or on the Westside of Los Angeles. In addition, Los Angeles has a number ...

  8. History of Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    California portal. v. t. e. The history of Los Angeles began in 1781 when 44 settlers from central New Spain (modern Mexico) established a permanent settlement in what is now Downtown Los Angeles, as instructed by Spanish Governor of Las Californias, Felipe de Neve, and authorized by Viceroy Antonio María de Bucareli.

  9. Mission San Fernando Rey de España - Wikipedia

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    Mission San Fernando Rey de España. / 34.2731; -118.4612. Mission San Fernando Rey de España is a Spanish mission in the Mission Hills community of Los Angeles, California. The mission was founded on 8 September 1797 at the site of Achooykomenga, and was the seventeenth of the twenty-one Spanish missions established in Alta California.