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  2. Union Rescue Mission - Wikipedia

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    The Union Rescue Mission, commonly abbreviated as the URM, is a Christian homeless shelter in the Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is the oldest in the city [1] and the largest private homeless shelter in the United States. [2] The organization behind the URM is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit that was established in 1891.

  3. California State University, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Homecoming in the 1940's at Cal State LA. The university is located on the site of one of California's 36 original adobes, built in 1776 by Franciscan missionaries and destroyed by fire in 1908. When the Spanish Franciscans founded the San Gabriel Mission in 1771, they dubbed the small river El Rio Rosa de Castillo.

  4. Peniel Mission - Wikipedia

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    Peniel Mission. The Peniel Mission was an interdenominational holiness rescue mission that was started in Los Angeles, California, on 11 November 1886 by Theodore Pollock Ferguson (1853–1920) and Manie Payne Ferguson (born 1850; died 8 June 1932). It was dissolved in 1949.

  5. Southern California Earthquake Center - Wikipedia

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    The Statewide California Earthquake Center (SCEC) is a collaboration of more than 1,000 scientists across 100 research institutions with a mission to: conduct research on earthquakes in Southern California and elsewhere by gathering data, conducting theoretical studies, and performing computer simulations; integrate information into a comprehensive, physics-based understanding of earthquake ...

  6. California State Prison, Los Angeles County - Wikipedia

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    Opened. February 1993. Managed by. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Warden. Raybon C. Johnson Jr. California State Prison, Los Angeles County (LAC) is a male-only state prison located in the city of Lancaster, in Los Angeles County, California. The only state prison located in the county, it is also referenced as Los ...

  7. California State University, Long Beach - Wikipedia

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    California State University, Long Beach is amongst the most applied to campuses in the California State University system, receiving over 70,000 applicants with an average acceptance rate of 45%. In the Fall 2023 cohort, California State University, Long Beach saw over 79,000 applications from first-time freshmen, while more than 37,000 were ...

  8. University of Southern California - Wikipedia

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    Robert Maclay Widney, founder of the university, photographed in 1885. The Widney Alumni House, the campus's first building. Founding and early history. The University of Southern California was founded following the efforts of Judge Robert Maclay Widney, who helped secure donations from several key figures in early Los Angeles history: a Protestant nurseryman, Ozro Childs; an Irish Catholic ...

  9. List of oldest schools in California - Wikipedia

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    The Southern Branch of the California State Normal School opens in Los Angeles. This became the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919 and moved to its present site on the west side of Los Angeles in 1929. Pacific Union College is founded as Healdsburg Academy in Healdsburg, California and moved to Angwin, California in 1909 ...