According to an article in GQ Magazine, what part of Los Angeles may be America's Next Great City?

They are the foods and beverages believed to have originated in Los Angeles (and in Pasadena).

The Los Angeles River empties into the ocean at Long Beach. That wasn't always the case.

It was the leading amusement attraction in the Los Angeles area before there was a Disneyland.

Some of Los Angeles County's colleges and universities rank among the most expensive in the nation.

Farmers Market, located at the corner of Fairfax and Third Street in Los Angeles, opened in 1934 at what was then known as the Gilmore Ranch. 18 farmers parked their trucks on the corner and began selling produce from their tailgates. The Market now features more than 100 shops visited by an estimated 3 million people each year (approximately one-third of which are tourists). Vendors at The Market speak about 23 different languages. The Farmers Market website offers other interesting facts about The Market.

Was the fortune cookie actually invented in Los Angeles?

On September 10, 1915, Los Angeles became the first major U.S. city to have a woman mayor.

The nation's oldest Holocaust museum founded by survivors takes visitors depths of Holocaust history.

An young immigrant Asian woman becomes one of America's aviation pioneers.

With 92,708 employees, it is the single largest employer in Southern California.

Angelenos know that their city is expensive to live in. How does it rank against the cities of the world?.

Before America entered World War II, the Nazis appeared to be building a fortress in Los Angeles.

Walt Disney planned to build Disneyland in Burbank. How did it end up in Anaheim?

Los Angeles County is home to the largest concentration of American Indians in the United States.

La Raza was the best known and most influential of Chicano activist publications during the late 1960s and into the 1970s.

If you have no means to hire a defense attorney if facing a criminal charge, you should thank Clara Shortridge Foltz.

If ever there is a unique example of passion and love, there is The Bunny Museum in Altadena.

Longest operating restaurant in Los Angeles County

The Time Travel Mart is a “convenience store for time travelers.”

Among the three designers of the iconic “Theme Building” at the center of Los Angeles International Airport was a rather unique architect, especially for his time.

Ten Romantic Movies Set in Los Angeles

According the last census in 2010, more people in Los Angeles County are living to age 100 and over.

Valspeak or Valley Speak is a social class dialect said to have originated among materialistic young upper-class white women in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley.

The rainiest day on record in Downtown Los Angeles was March 2, 1938, recording 5.88 inches of rain.

Angelino Heights is the oldest surviving residential suburb of Los Angeles.

A species of tree found only on Santa Catalina Island is one of the rarest trees in North America.

A Los Angeles department store was the first to use commercial advertising to promote Hanukkah gift-giving.

It was believed to be the first Christmas tree erected in Southern California.

Celebrated every December at Olvera Street, it is said to be the oldest, continuously-celebrated Christmas event in Los Angeles.

This very famous Christmas song was actually written from the viewpoint of a New Yorker who found himself in sunny Beverly Hills during Christmas.

Amelia Earhart...Where Her Love of Flying Began

The geographic label "Southern California" (or “SoCal”) has fairly recent origins.

Before the California Highway Patrol (CHP), they patrolled California roadways as the Highway Patrol Service.

This now ubiquitous nationwide chain of restaurants had its humble origins in Lakewood.

These bookstores are Southern California's oldest, California's largest, the nation's largest university bookstore and the nation's oldest children's bookstore.

Los Angeles County has the largest foreign-born population of any county in the United States.

Origin of the Name "Dodgers" for the Los Angeles Dodgers

Beverly Hills' first land owner.

"The Grapevine"

The first woman physician in Los Angeles

The longest and shortest streets in Los Angeles County (and the steepest grades).

Origins of some of our local food empires.

The most intense earthquake ever recorded in the United States occured in the Los Angeles area.

Immigration has long been a hot issue in California. What was said about it more than 170 years ago.