Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics includes 86 athletes connected to Los Angeles County.
Weekly new COVID case numbers in the last six weeks in Los Angeles County.
So far this month, 118 degrees was recorded in Santa Clarita on July 5, 115 degrees in Palmdale and Lancaster respectively on July 6 and 7, and 106 degrees in Sandberg on July 6. These all set July records for each of their locations. The Palmdale and Lancaster temperatures were all-time records for these locations.
Photo by Steve Fontanini, from the L.A. Times Photographic Collection at UCLA Library.
1980. Entertainer Bob Hope escorts “Sam the Olympic Eagle” down the steps of Los Angeles City Hall. The character was introduced as the mascot of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games held in Los Angeles. The mascot, designed by Angeleno and legendary Disney animator Bob Moore, represented two American symbols, the Bald Eagle and Uncle Sam. Moore had earlier been credited with helping to animate Dumbo, The Reluctant Dragon, and The Three Caballeros. He also designed the 1968 Walt Disney United States postage stamp. The Sam the Olympic Eagle mascot was often confused with the Disneyland character Eagle Sam, host of its “American Sings” attraction. The Sam the Olympic Eagle mascot continues to be used to promote the LA 84 Youth Days athletic event, held annually at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut by the LA 84 Foundation.
Spanish is spoken at home by 3.5 million people in Los Angeles County. Although English is America's common language, Spanish has been regularly spoken here even longer than the United States has been a nation.
