It has been estimated that as many as one million immigrant residents in Los Angeles County have no legal status in the United States.
Photo from L.A. Times Photographic Collection at UCLA Library.
1961. Ruth Handler, executive of Mattel Toy Company, poses with Barbie Dolls. Since 1959, Handler's Barbie, originating at Mattel Toy Company in El Segundo, became one of the most iconic toys in the world.
Los Angeles Police Officer Alice Stebbins Wells was the first woman in America to serve fully as a police officer.
