Los Angeles

Los Angeles
Aliases:	L.A.; City of Angels
Category:	City
Continent:	North America
Country:	United States of America
State:	California
County:	Los Angeles County
Points of interest:	Bel Air; Brentwood; Century City; Encino; Hollywood; Mar Vista; Silver Lake; Tarzana; Woodland Hills; Van Nuys; Venice Beach; Watts; Westwood

Los Angeles is a metropolitan city located in the U.S. State of California. It is the largest city in California and the second largest in the U.S after New York. It is the county seat of Los Angeles County. It is commonly referred to by the abbreviated, L.A., and has also been nicknamed the City of Angels. The central region of Los Angeles is where the district of Hollywood is located, which is where many of the country's major feature films are made. Notable landmarks in this area include the infamous Hollywood sign, Grauman's Chinese Theater and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Notable sports teams from Los Angeles include the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Angels (Major League Baseball) and the L.A. Raiders (who have migrated between Oakland to L.A. and back to Oakland over the years).

Being such an important port city, L.A. is teeming with lively, frenetic and bizarre events as it relates to film and other media. For example, back in the 1980s, an alien came to Earth, took on human form and began killing people, electrocuting them and stealing their blood in the hopes of finding a way to save his home world.

Points of Interest

1119 Westchester Place

1119 Westchester Place is a classic Victorian-style mansion located in Los Angeles, California. It was built in 1922 by Charles Montgomery - a pioneer in reconstructive surgery who became known as the "Surgeon to the Stars". Charles built the house for his wife, Nora Montgomery. Almost from the beginning, the mansion began to cultivate an atmosphere of despair and grotesqueness. Charles set up the basement of his home as a laboratory wherein he would perform abortions. One of the husbands of one of Charles' patients flew into a rage after discovering his child had been aborted. Exacting revenge, he kidnapped Charles and Nora's infant son, Thaddeus Montgomery, and dismembered him - sending the remains back to the family. Charles used his scientific know-how to piece the remains together and restore it to a mocking semblance of life. This creature became known as the Infantata and remained in the basement of the house long after Charles and Nora had passed on. The house knew several residents in the intervening years including the Langdon family, the Harvey family, and later a homosexual couple named Chad Warwick and his lover Patrick. Following the deaths of Chad and Patrick, the house was sold to the Harmon family, and then the Miguel family.

172 Broadway

172 Broadway was a street address featured in the 1972 film Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. The exact location of the address is unconfirmed, but is believed to have existed in either Los Angeles or San Francisco. It was the location of a book store/library that was part of a strip mall shopping center in the then near-future reality of 1991. The manager of the store had a female orangutan work for her as an assistant. A chimpanzee courier named Lisa often delivered books and returned borrowed books to the store on behalf of her her owner.

Brentwood

Brentwood is a suburban neighborhood in the Westside region of Los Angeles. Modern development began after the establishment of the six-hundred acre Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Soldiers and Sailors in the 1880s. A small community sprang up outside that facility's west gate, taking on the name Westgate. Annexed by the City of Los Angeles on June 14th, 1916, Westgate's 49 square miles included large parts of what is now the Pacific Palisades and a small portion of today's Bel-Air. Westgate Avenue is one of the last reminders of that namesake.

Bug-Bee-Gone

Bug-Bee-Gone is a pest control service, whose parent office is located in Los Angeles, California. The owner and CEO of Bug-Bee-Gone was Nils Peterson. Nils hired his stepson, Henry James, to work there as an exterminator. Other members of the Bug-Bee-Gone crew include A.J. and Stretch.

Century City

Century City is neighborhood and business district in Los Angeles, California. Located on the Westside to the south of Santa Monica Boulevard around 10 miles west of Downtown Los Angeles, Century City is one of the most prominent employment centers in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and its skyscrapers form a distinctive skyline on the Westside. The district was developed on the former backlot of film studio 20th Century Studios, and its first building was opened in 1963. Important to the economy are the Westfield Century City shopping center, business towers, and Fox Studios.

Copper Hill

Copper Hill was a hill that was located near the Gardner residence in the Willowcrest neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The surface of the surrounding area was composed of loose sand, but underground it contained large mineral deposits of copper. In 1986, a Martian invasion force secretly came to Earth and used its ship to begin tunneling beneath the hill in order to obtain the copper stores, which the Martians required for an as yet undetermined reason. Using their ships' resources, they established mineshaft like structures throughout the tunnel which all terminated from the base of the ship. This region earned the attention of NASA, the United States Marine Corps and even SETI. The USMC maintained a base not far from Copper Hill, which was administrated by General Climet Wilson.

Griffith Observatory

The Griffith Observatory is a facility in Los Angeles, California, sitting on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in Los Angeles' Griffith Park. It commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin, including Downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. The observatory is a popular tourist attraction with an excellent view of the Hollywood Sign and an extensive array of space and science-related displays. Admission has been free since the observatory's opening in 1935, in accordance with the will of Griffith J. Griffith, the benefactor after whom the observatory is named.

Hotel Cortez

The Hotel Cortez is located in Los Angeles, California. It is known for its dark history, its bizarre clientele and its even more macabre staff. The cost to stay in an average room at the Cortez was once $30, but the price went up to $150 a night after it underwent extensive remodeling. The Hotel Cortez was built by self-made millionaire James March in 1925. March designed the hotel with various hidden passageways, and other oddities such as inexplicable sliding chutes and corridors with no exits. When the construction foreman questioned March about these unorthodox design ideas, March told him that he was looking at old plans. He then took him into his office, where he stabbed the man to death with a sword, and then disposed of the body.

Hyperion Hotel

The Hyperion Hotel was located in West Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. It was here that Mister "vampire with a soul" Angel decides to establish his permanent residence during the early 2000s. It was also the headquarters for Angel Investigations, which included accommodations for his staff consisting of, Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, Cordelia Chase, Charles Gunn and Winifred Burkle. Angel's son, Connor, was born in the Hyperion Hotel.

Mar Vista

Mar Vista is a neighborhood on the Westside of Los Angeles, California. In 1927, Mar Vista became the 70th community to be annexed to Los Angeles. It was designated as an official city neighborhood in 2006. Notable locations in Mar Vista include Stanford High School and the Devereaux residence at 3664 Mountain View Avenue. In May, 1981, this home was the site of a mass murder committed by escaped psychopath Russ Thorn. Russ killed 11 people one evening, including a basketball coach, a lineperson, a pizza boy, a neighbor, and 7 high school students.

Ocran Industries

It began as a government defense contractor and was responsible for the development of a specific bomb detonator used extensively during the Vietnam War. In recent years, Ocran Industries developed the controversial chemical compound known as Draxx. Though commercially used as a pest killer, Draxx was initially developed for the purposes of biological warfare.

Park Plaza Mall

The Park Plaza Mall was notable for its state-of-the-art security system, which included security shutters across all exits, and three high-tech security robots, programmed to disable and apprehend would-be thieves through the use of tranquilizer guns and tasers. Following the "science gone wrong" trope, the robots naturally go out of control and begin slaughtering a group of employees who decided to hold an after-hours sex party after the mall had closed.

Parker Center

Parker Center was the headquarters for the Los Angeles Police Department from 1954 until October 2009 and is located in downtown LA at 150 N. Los Angeles St. Often called "The Glass House", the building was named for former LAPD chief William H. Parker. Originally called the Police Administration Building groundbreaking for the center began on December 30th, 1952, and construction was completed in 1955. The architect was Welton Becket. The building combined police facilities that had been located throughout the Civic Center area. The location was previously home to the Olympic Hotel. On July 16th, 1966, Chief Parker had a fatal heart attack. Soon afterward, the Los Angeles City Council renamed the building "Parker Center". The building was one of the sites of unrest during the 1992 Los Angeles riots following a not guilty verdict for the four police officers in the Rodney King matter.

Plummer Park

Plummer Park is a public park located in West Hollywood. On the TV series Angel, Charles Gunn and Fred Burkle were staking out an area of the park while investigating an alleged philanderer named Jerry. They used the time to their advantage and began making out. They had to stop however, when their target went missing, only to learn that he had been abducted by a life-leeching tree demon. (Angel: Couplet)

Port of Los Angeles

The Port of Los Angeles is a harbor complex located in Los Angeles County. It is an office of the City of Los Angeles and is an adjunct of the Los Angeles Harbor Department. It is located in San Pedro Bay, south of downtown. In the FOX Network television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, the Port of Los Angeles was used as the staging ground for a team of mercenaries to hijack a shipment of Coltan. Coltan was a metallic alloys used in the manufacturing of endoskeletal structures used in the production of T-888 Terminator units. Sarah Connor, John Connor and Cameron Phillips went to the Port of Los Angles to investigate and found that the normal warehouse workers had been rendered unconscious. They incapacitated a security guard, but made a strategic retreat once they realized that the merc group was being led by a Terminator. Despite their plans to withdrawal, John Connor sneaked back inside and hid within one of the trucks containing the Coltan. The truck took off and left the port bound for Depot 37 at the McGuire Gunnery Range. (Terminator: Heavy Metal)

Security Trust of Los Angeles

The Security Trust of Los Angeles was a bank that was founded in the city of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California in 1963. On the day the first stone was laid, time travelers from the early 21st century came back in time and constructed mechanical components that could be combined to form weaponry as well as time-travel devices. These components were eventually secured inside of safe deposit boxes and remained there for more than thirty years. In September of 1999, a Terminator from the year 2027 designated Cameron Phillips brought Sarah Connor and her son John Connor here so they could mount a defense against a pursuing T-888 Terminator designated Cromartie. Cameron went through the motions of a staging a bank robbery, forcing the teller to bring the three of them to the vault and to lock them all inside. While the Cromartie Terminator tried to cut through the heavy steel door, Cameron assembled the isotope weapon from the components left behind in 1963 and then cobbled together a time travel device. She handed the weapon to Sarah Connor who then used it to incapacitate Cromartie as he made his way through the door. Cameron activated the time circuit and the three disappeared from the room, re-emerging on a highway in 2007. This insinuates that at some point between 1999 and 2007, the Security Trust of Los Angeles was torn down to make way for an interstate.

Sherman Oaks

Sherman Oaks is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. It is located in the southern region of the district and is known for its affluent neighborhoods. Sherman Oaks appeared in select episodes of the TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The street address 8223 Paper Street was located in Sherman Oaks. This was the residence of Charley Dixon and his wife, Michelle. In 2007, John Connor sneaked into Charley's house to reconnect with this fond memory of his past, even though the world believed him dead at this time. Charley surprised him by returning home, and John panicked and ran away.

Silver Lake

Silver Lake is a commercial and residential neighborhood in Los Angeles, located in the northeastern and central regions of the city. Its name is derived from an engineer who constructed the city reservoir, which some have taken to referring to as a lake. Silver Lake was referenced in the FX Network television series American Horror Story. It is part of the season five storyline, "Hotel", and was referenced in the season premiere, "Checking In". This was the home of Martin Gamboa, who was the victim of a brutal serial murderer.

Stanford High School

Stanford High School was a public high school located in Los Angeles, California. The only known staff member at the school was Rachel Jana, who was a basketball coach. After the final practice of the season, she had her girls hit the showers where they interreacted with each other and made plans for the weekend. Most members of a particular friend group seemed to have issue with a new student named Valerie Bates, though Trish Devereaux extended the hand of friendship to her and invited her to come over to her house for a slumber party.

Valley Morgue

Valley Morgue was a county morgue located in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County. A voodoo practitioner known as Xula broke into the morgue to avail herself of the fresh cadavers available. Two police officers named Boyde and Robles responded to the tripped alarm and went into the morgue without waiting for back-up. They found Xula, who was attended by a large hulking zombie. She then resurrected the other cadavers in the room and had them attack the cops. Boyde and Robles opened fire, but it did little good, as the zombies descended upon them, tearing them to pieces.

Venice Beach

Venice Beach is a neighborhood located in Venice in Los Angeles, California. As its name suggests, it is located on the beach line of the Pacific Ocean. In Marvel Comics continuity, Venice Beach was the home of the Russell family, which included Philip Russell, and his stepchildren, Jack and Lissa. Jack's friend, Buck Cowen, also lived in Venice Beach. A crime boss named Sally sent two assassins named Molokai and Reno to Venice Beach to execute a hit on two people. Unfortunately, they targeted the wrong family and inadvertently caused the deaths of Doctor and Mrs. Lee - the parents of Jubilation Lee. After finally learning the truth about these men, Jubilee spent years seeking revenge against them.

W.C. Menzies Elementary School

W.C. Menzies Elementary School is a public elementary school located in the Willowcrest School District in Los Angeles, California. One of its teachers was a middle-aged woman named Mrs. McKeltch. The school nurse was Linda Magnusson. Two students of note were David Gardner and a girl named Heather. While David Gardner was in biology class one day, one of the students decided to play a prank by hurling one of the biology frogs at him. David responded by throwing the thing back at him, but while doing so, sliced his finger slightly on a scalpel. This enraged teacher Mrs. McKeltch, who blamed David for the incident. She sent David down to the nurse's office. Martian drones invaded the school and infected Mrs. McKeltch with a brain implant, that forced her to follow their commands. David caught wind of this and warned Linda Magnusson, who helped him escape from the school.

Watts

Watts is a neighborhood in southern Los Angeles, California. It is located within the South Los Angeles region, bordering the cities of Lynwood and South Gate to the east and southeast, respectively, and the unincorporated community of Willowbrook to the south.

Westfield High School

Westfield High School, often shortened to just Westfield High, was a public high school located in Los Angeles, California. It became rather infamous following the 1994 fatal shooting of fifteen students at the hands of the mentally disturbed Tate Langdon, who was killed by police officers shortly thereafter. In 2011, Violet Harmon began attending school there, shortly after moving to L.A. from Boston, Massachusetts with her family. Violet had a lot of trouble making friends, and immediately became the target of an angry female student named Leah, who took exception to seeing Violet smoking on school grounds.

Westwood

Westwood is a neighborhood located in the city of Los Angeles, in the U.S. state of California. The University of California is located here. Westwood played a somewhat important role in the Angel: After the Fall comic book series. When the entirety of L.A. was dragged into Hell, an uneasy alliance was formed between various demon packs, human survival groups, as well as vampires. Despite this however, it was mostly a city-wide sea of carnage. A demon named Kr'ph became the ruler of Westwood. He used captured humans and forced them to participate in gladiatorial combat for his own amusement.

Willowcrest

Willowcrest is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. It includes the Willowcrest School District, which is where the W.C. Menzies Elementary School is located. Mrs. McKeltch taught here as a teacher. Students included David Gardner and a girl named Heather. Linda Magnusson worked there as a school nurse.

Films that take place in Los Angeles

13 Ghosts Alien from L.A. Alien Nation Alien Nation: Millennium Attack of the 50 Foot Camgirl B.O.R.N. Battle: Los Angeles Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers Beware! The Blob Blade Runner Blade Runner 2049 Chopping Mall Conquest of the Planet of the Apes Core, The (partially) Count Yorga, Vampire Curse of La Llorona, The Demolition Man Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (beginning only) Escape from L.A. Escape from the Planet of the Apes Evil Spawn Giantess Attack Green Hornet, The Headless Horseman (2022) Hellraiser: Revelations Howling, The Incredible Hulk Returns, The Invaders from Mars (1986) Island, The Little Shop of Horrors, The Looker Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus Not of This Earth (1988) One, The Return of the Living Dead III Return to House on Haunted Hill Scanner Cop 2 Seed of Chucky Serpent's Lair Sharknado Slumber Party Massacre, The Snow Creature, The Sorority House Massacre Sorority House Massacre II Terminator, The Terminator 2: Judgment Day Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Terminator: Genisys Them! Thing With Two Heads, The Trancers Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth War of the Colossal Beast War of the Worlds, The Welcome to Planet Earth (1997) Witchboard Wizard of Speed and Time, The

TV shows that take place in Los Angeles

ALF Alien Nation: The Series Almost Human American Horror Story Angel Blood Drive Buffy the Vampire Slayer Dollhouse Fear the Walking Dead FlashForward Future Cop Greatest American Hero, The Lucifer Mann & Machine My Favorite Martian Runaways

Comics that take place in Los Angeles

30 Days of Night Vol 2 Adventure Into Fear 20 All-New Ghost Rider Vol 1 Angel: After the Fall Vol 1 Astria Vol 1 Cavewoman: The Movie 1 Dark Days Exterminators 1 Razor 0 Runaways Vol 1 Werewolf by Night 9 Werewolf by Night 10 Zombie Tramp 1 Zombie Tramp 2 Zombie Tramp 3

Film Shorts that take place in Los Angeles

• Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (Partially)

Books that take place in Los Angeles

• Dark Angel: Before the Dawn

Characters from Los Angeles

A.J. Adelaide Langdon Adelle DeWitt Al Gough Alex Wilder Alice Hayes Alicia Clark Alonna Gunn Amir Stanley Andy Goode Armando Bonilla Arthur Bailey Astria Sommers Auldridge Bethany Exner Bianca Forest Bill Foster Bill Maxwell Billie Dean Howard Boyd Sherman Brudah Buck Cowan Buffy Summers Carl Blake Carrie Reynolds Catherine Wilder Chad Warwick Charles Gunn Chloe Decker Chloe Stapleton Chris Manawa Cinnamon II Coco St. Pierre Vanderbilt Courtney Whitmore Crayton Cyler Johnson Damon Matthews Dan Espinosa David Lyman Derek Reese Destiny Gonzalez Ellen Patrick Emma Craven Evie Gallant Erica Landers Gabe Reyes Gene Hayes Geoffrey Wilder Gertrude Yorkes Greg Nakashima Hank Summers Harlan Krueger Heather Douglas Henry James Holland Manners Jacklyn Mitchell Jake Powell James Ellison Janelle Voight Janice Parkman Jesse Flores Joan Appleby Jocko John Connor Jordan Two Delta Joyce Summers Justin Tuck Justine Cooper Kacy Corbin Karen White Karolina Dean Kate Bradley Kate Brewster Kate Lockley Kate Spencer Kathy Dare Lachlan Weaver Larry Harvey Les Carlisle Lilah Morgan Lincoln Six Echo Linwood Murrow Liza Ortiz Madison Clark Makko Mallory Marisol Samuels Marla Bloom Martin Gamboa Maxwell Grant Matt Murch McKeltch Michael Langdon Michael Thompson Mike Dugan Mike Enslin Mister Gallant Molly Hayes Molokai Nico Bradley Nick Clark Nicole Mitchell Nils Peterson Nina Ash Paco Rodriguez Pam Davidson Paul Hall Peter Bradley Peter Silberman Phil Hichok R. Franklin Ralph Hinkley Raymond Coker Reno Rhonda Blake Robbie Reyes Ron Erickson Ross Craven Russell Winters Sally McKenna Saloth Sar Sarah Connor Sarah Jordan Savannah Weaver Scott Mason Steven Craven Stretch Tarissa Dyson Thaddeus Montgomery Thomas Halloway Tom Lincoln Tony DeHerrera Tony Villicana Travis Manawa Trevor Lockley Vick Chamberlain Victor Northrup Victor Stein Victor Strand Winston Redditch Xavier Plympton Yorga vampire bride

People who were born in Los Angeles

Adam Davidson Annette Cardona Arthur P. Jacobs Beau Bridges Brad Garrett Brad Kern Burt Ward C. Thomas Howell Cameron Litvack Chris Pine Christopher Judge Cirroc Lofton Danny Bilson David Newman Denise Crosby Dick Tufeld Edward James Olmos Eli Richbourg Fred Toye Gary Kasper Gary Kurtz Galyn Görg George Takei

Gregg Peters Gwyneth Paltrow Hunter Carson Jack Gleason James Brolin James Burrows James Horner Jeff Bridges Jenette Goldstein Jerry London Jerry Warren Johnny Lewis Joseph Gordon-Levitt Katie Cassidy Krisinda Cain Laraine Newman Linda Gary Mark Christopher Lawrence Marnette Patterson Maurissa Tancharoen Megan Ward Melissa Gilbert Michael Bay Michael Murphy Natasha Gregson Wagner

Nimród Antal Nora Kay Foster Norman Rockett Pat Michenaud Peter Duryea Robert Butler Robert Gordon Rockne S. O'Bannon Roxann Dawson Scott Shaw Ted Butcher Tony Randel Tracy Tormé Victor Fresco Vivian Kubrick

People who died in Los Angeles

Abraham Sofaer Adam West Albert Glasser Andreas Katsulas Anton Leader Arnold Laven Art Cruickshank Arthur P. Jacobs Barry Trivers Bea Arthur Beach Dickerson Bela Lugosi Ben Brady Bernard L. Kowalski Billy Drago Brenda Benet Bob Kane Bruce Cabot Cecil Redick Clegg Hoyt Dan O'Bannon Dan Terranova Don Taylor Don Watters Dorothy Fontana Edward Mulhare Elizabeth Mitchell Fritz Lang Gary Brockette Gene L. Coon George Reeves Gerd Oswald Gordon Carroll Harry Essex Harry Hickox Irvin Kershner

Jack Gleason Jack Gwillim Jeffrey Hunter Jerry Siegel Joe L. Cramer Joe Shuster John Newland Julie Parrish Kim Manners Kirk Douglas L.B. Abbott Lata Ryan Leonard Nimoy Linda Gary Lionel Newman Luke Perry Maury Gertsman Majel Barrett-Roddenberry Mel Tormé Michael Clarke Duncan Michael Crichton Michael Piller Mischa Bakaleinikoff Morgan Jones Nelsan Ellis Nelson Olmsted Nick Cravat Norman Rockett Oliver Crawford Peter Packer Phil Brown Ray Bradbury Ricardo Montalban

Richard Compton Richard Fleischer Richard P. McDonagh Robert C. Dennis Robert H. Justman Robert Wise Ron Randell Royal Dano Saul Bass Shimon Wincelberg Steven Geray Stuart Paton Susan Oliver Terry Nation Vic Perrin Walter M. Scott William Hudson, Jr. William P. D'Angelo

Notes

• Los Angeles is also the title to the story from Cinnamon: El Ciclo #5 by DC Comics, published in February, 2004.

See also

• Los Angeles Police Department

Related categories

• Los Angeles births
• Los Angeles deaths
• Los Angeles residents
• Los Angeles appearances

External Links

• Los Angeles at Wikipedia
• Los Angeles at Memory Alpha
• Los Angeles at the TV Database
• Los Angeles at Headhunter's Horror House

References