Echo Park

San Andreas is a fictional location in the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) series, which is a level based on the city of San Francisco, California in Grand Theft Auto, and an entire West Coast state in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. San Andreas Grand Theft Auto - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas rendition. In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, San Andreas is based on the real American states of California and Nevada. San Andreas appears to be an island as it is surrounded by ocean. ...

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• San Andreas Grand Theft Auto - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas rendition
• San Andreas Grand Theft Auto - Cities
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Aimee Semple McPherson (October 9, 1890 – September 27, 1944), also known as "Sister Aimee" or simply "Sister," was an evangelist and media sensation in the 1920s and 1930s, founder of the Foursquare Church. Aimee Semple McPherson - Early life. Born Aimee Elizabeth Kennedy in Salford, Ontario, Canada she was the daughter of James Morgan Kennedy, a widower and devout Methodist, and Mildred Ona Pearce, 36 years his junior, who had been hired to nurse his wife during her terminal illness. (The ...

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• Aimee Semple McPherson - Kidnapping
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Angelus Temple is the central house of worship of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. It was constructed under the leadership of the Reverend Aimee Semple McPherson and dedicated on the First of January, 1923. The temple, located opposite Echo Park, in the heart of Los Angeles, California, has a seating capacity of 5,300. The lighted cross, atop the temple's dome, is a longstanding landmark. Adjacent to Angelus Temple is L. I. F. E. Bible College. It is currently the home and base of operations for the Dre ...

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Les Anderson, played by Corey Haim, has dozed off during a driver’s educational class at high school, dreaming about fast cars and hot girls. When class finishes, the teacher puts him on detention, making him write sentences on the blackboard regarding road safety. As he misses his bus due to detention, his best friend Dean pulls up on a bicycle, the pair gaze at fellow student Mercedes Lane, played by Heather Graham, whom Les was dreaming about in class, her older boyfriend pulls up in a Ferrari to pick her up; Les is left behind wonderin ...

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License to Drive, License to Drive - Production, License to Drive - Script, License to Drive - Casting, License to Drive - Filming locations, License to Drive - Plot Summary, License to Drive - Reception, License to Drive - Box office, License to Drive - Awards, License to Drive - Other, License to Drive - Music, License to Drive - DVD release

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Elliott Smith was born Steven Paul Smith on August 6, 1969 in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents divorced about a year later, and Smith went to live near Dallas, Texas, with his mother and stepfather. Smith learned to play both the piano and guitar as a child and wrote his first song when he was 13. At 14, Smith moved from Texas to Portland, Oregon, to live with his father, Gary. He graduated from Lincoln High School on June 3rd, 1987. He began calling himself Elliott, since he thought Steve sounded too much like a jock name. [1] No one is quite s ...

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Elliott Smith, Elliott Smith - Biography, Elliott Smith - Death, Elliott Smith - Trivia, Elliott Smith - Cultural references, Elliott Smith - Discography, Elliott Smith - Full-length albums, Elliott Smith - Singles, Elliott Smith - Filmography, Elliott Smith - Movies that include music by Elliott Smith

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After the birth of her son, McPherson suffered from postpartum depression and several serious health issues. After what she described as a near-death experience in 1913, she embarked upon a preaching career in Canada and the U.S. By June 1915 she had left home and was on the road preaching full-time. In 1916 she made a tour through the southern U.S. in her "Gospel Car," a 1912 Packard touring car with religious slogans painted on the side; standing in the back seat of the convertible, she would give sermons through a bullhorn. On the ...

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Aimee Semple McPherson, Aimee Semple McPherson - Early life, Aimee Semple McPherson - Evangelism and Foursquare Gospel, Aimee Semple McPherson - Kidnapping, Aimee Semple McPherson - Later career

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Westlake is now the most densely populated neighborhood in the United States outside of New York City, with a population density of 36,095 persons/mile²[1]. (Given that the Westlake Community Plan Area also includes Pico-Union, which is considerably less dense, it is likely that Westlake's population density exceeds 45,000 persons/mile².) As a surprisingly large number of these residents own cars, the district has severe traffic congestion that was only partially relieved by the late-'90s addition of the Red Line. Much of its school-age po ...

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Westlake Los Angeles California, Westlake Los Angeles California - Geography and transportation, Westlake Los Angeles California - History, Westlake Los Angeles California - The Neighborhood Today, Westlake Los Angeles California - Attractions

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DiCaprio was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of George DiCaprio, a half Italian-half German distributor of comic books, and Irmelin Idenbirkin, a former legal secretary who was born in Germany. His name allegedly came about because his pregnant mother was standing in front of a Leonardo da Vinci painting at a museum in Italy when he kicked, which made her decide to name him after the famous artist. His parents divorce ...

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Leonardo DiCaprio, Leonardo DiCaprio - Early Career, Leonardo DiCaprio - Superstardom & 'Leo Mania', Leonardo DiCaprio - Critically Acclaimed Acting, Leonardo DiCaprio - Filmography, Leonardo DiCaprio - TV, Leonardo DiCaprio - Awards, Leonardo DiCaprio - Trivia

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One of the oldest settled areas of Los Angeles, Highland Park is also one of the most scenic due to its architecture and geographic location between the Mt. Washington hills, the San Rafael hills and the Monterey Hills. There are large sprawling parks in the area, including the Arroyo Seco Park and the Ernest E. Debs Regional Park. The Southwest Museum (a collection of Native American artifacts) is located in adjacent Mt. Washington. The light rail Metro Gold Line from Union Station to Pasadena (traversing all of Highland Park) is one of the ...

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Highland Park Los Angeles California, Highland Park Los Angeles California - Geography and Transportation, Highland Park Los Angeles California - The Neighborhood, Highland Park Los Angeles California - Notable residents

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Route 2 historically begins at the junction of Routes 1 and 10 in Santa Monica. After heading a few blocks north on Lincoln Boulevard, the route turns east on Santa Monica Boulevard, just several blocks from the Pacific Ocean. The route continues on Santa Monica Boulevard as it goes through Santa Monica to Centinela Avenue, where Route 2 currently begins. From there, Route 2 heads east through the wealthy areas of West Los Angeles, Westwood, Century City, and Beverly Hills bef ...

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California State Route 2, California State Route 2 - Route Description, California State Route 2 - History, California State Route 2 - State Law

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Interstate 710 - South Pasadena. Currently, Caltrans is researching the possibility of using advanced tunneling technologies to build the Long Beach Freeway under South Pasadena without disturbing the residential neighborhoods on the surface; such technologies have been used to build freeways through similarly sensitive cities like Versailles in France. South Pasadena's government has grudgingly conceded that it may assent to such a project. However, it is unclear whether this option would be financially f ...

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Interstate 710, Interstate 710 - The Route, Interstate 710 - Future Developments, Interstate 710 - South Pasadena, Interstate 710 - Reconstruction, Interstate 710 - State Law, Interstate 710 - Intersecting Freeways

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While attending a Cocaine Anonymous meeting in 1985, Trejo met a young man in the movie business. His newfound friend invited him to the set of Runaway Train, where Trejo was offered a job as an extra. Edward Bunker, himself a former convict and well-respected crime author who was writing the screenplay for the film (it was based on his novel 'No Beast So Fierce), recognized Trejo: they had done time together at San Quentin. Remembering Trejo's boxing skills, he offered Trejo $350 per day to train Eric Roberts, one of the movie's stars, for a boxing scene. Director Andrei Konchalovsky liked Trejo's work and decide ...

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Danny Trejo, Danny Trejo - Movie career, Danny Trejo - Trivia

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Route 2 from Route 101 to Route 210. [State Highway Commission (8/17/1955)] Source: 2004 Named Freeways, Highways, Structures and Other Appurtenances in California (PDF) ...

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Glendale Freeway, Glendale Freeway - Trivia, Glendale Freeway - Legal definition, Glendale Freeway - Communities served, Glendale Freeway - Major intersections

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Los Angeles once had the world's largest rail transit system, the Pacific Electric Railway's "Red Car," with 1,100 miles (1,770 km) of track and 2,800 scheduled trains each day. Rail lines and streetcars (trolleys) ran up and down most major streets in Los Angeles and its suburbs. In addition to the Pacific Electric, most of the streetcars in the central city and surrounding neighboods were operated by Henry Huntington's Los Angeles Railway, later Los Angeles Transit Lines, who ran the "Yellow Cars." The "Red Cars" were mostly interuban trai ...

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Los Angeles County Metro Rail, Los Angeles County Metro Rail - History, Los Angeles County Metro Rail - Hours of operation, Los Angeles County Metro Rail - Current projects, Los Angeles County Metro Rail - Expansion Proposals, Los Angeles County Metro Rail - Official, Los Angeles County Metro Rail - Citizens

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Original airdate: September 30, 2001 Directed by: J.J. Abrams Written by: J.J. Abrams Sydney Bristow is a young university student living an uneventful life in Los Angeles. She is recruited to work for SD-6, allegedly a secret branch of CIA. After some time she falls in love with Daniel Hecht, a promising pediatric cardiologist, and makes the fatal mistake of telling him about her secret identity. When the SD-6 finds out ...

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Alias episodes Season 1, Alias episodes Season 1 - Truth Be Told, Alias episodes Season 1 - Note, Alias episodes Season 1 - So It Begins, Alias episodes Season 1 - Parity, Alias episodes Season 1 - Note, Alias episodes Season 1 - A Broken Heart, Alias episodes Season 1 - Note, Alias episodes Season 1 - Doppelgänger, Alias episodes Season 1 - Reckoning, Alias episodes Season 1 - Color Blind, Alias episodes Season 1 - Time Will Tell, Alias episodes Season 1 - Mea Culpa, Alias episodes Season 1 - Spirit, Alias episodes Season 1 - The Confession, Alias episodes Season 1 - The Box Part 1, Alias episodes Season 1 - Note, Alias episodes Season 1 - The Box Part 2, Alias episodes Season 1 - Note, Alias episodes Season 1 - The Coup, Alias episodes Season 1 - Page 47, Alias episodes Season 1 - The Prophecy, Alias episodes Season 1 - Note, Alias episodes Season 1 - Q&A, Alias episodes Season 1 - Masquerade, Alias episodes Season 1 - Snowman, Alias episodes Season 1 - The Solution, Alias episodes Season 1 - Rendezvous, Alias episodes Season 1 - Almost 30 Years, Alias episodes Season 1 - Notes

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As the Strip lies west of the Los Angeles city limits and was an unincorporated area under the jurisdiction of the County of Los Angeles, the area was under the less vigilant jurisdiction of the Sheriff's Department rather than the heavy hand of the LAPD. It was illegal to gamble in the city but legal in the county. This fostered the building of a rather wilder center of nightlife than Los Angeles would tolerate and in the 1920s a lot of nightclubs and casinos went in along the Strip, which attracted movie people to this less restricted area, with alcohol ...

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Sunset Strip, Sunset Strip - History, Sunset Strip - Celebrities

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Taka began playing bass at the age of 14 in high school and played in several jazz and metal bands during his school years. After leaving school, he moved to Tokyo and worked for guitar manufacturing specialists ESP as well as working nights in a downtown bar. In 1992 Taka planned to move to London to work as a graphic designer, but was unable to come up with the money for the flight by himself, and earned it by playing for Tokyo mafia bosses in exchange for money. After moving to London, Taka planned to continue his musical activitie ...

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Taka Hirose, Taka Hirose - Biography, Taka Hirose - Trivia

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Hoover Street marks the western edge of the original city lands of the pueblo of Los Angeles, as granted by the Spanish crown in 1781. Before the 20th century, the area to the west was predominantly farmland and pasture, with significant petroleum extraction beginning in the 1890s. Even as the areas within the old land grant became a booming metropolis, the areas west of Hoover remained virtually unpopulated: the streetcar lines that connected downtown Los Angeles with Palms, Venice, and the city of Santa Monica ran through a l ...

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Mid-Wilshire, Mid-Wilshire - History, Mid-Wilshire - Transportation, Mid-Wilshire - Education, Mid-Wilshire - Districts and neighborhoods in Mid-Wilshire

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DiCaprio was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of George DiCaprio, a half Italian-half German distributor of comic books, and Irmelin Idenbirkin, a former legal secretary who was born in Germany. His name allegedly came about because his pregnant mother was standing in front of a Leonardo da Vinci painting at a museum in Italy when he kicked, which made her decide to name him after the famous artist. His parents divorced w ...

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Leonardo DiCaprio, Leonardo DiCaprio - Biography, Leonardo DiCaprio - Filmography, Leonardo DiCaprio - TV, Leonardo DiCaprio - Awards, Leonardo DiCaprio - Trivia, Leonardo DiCaprio - Quotes

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The show's plots often revolved around the characters' failed attempts to get off the deserted island where they have been shipwrecked. Often, the failure of that week's attempt was due to some bumbling error committed by Gilligan. Another popular element were the numerous dream sequences the castaways experience in the later episodes which provided variety to the series' limited premise. For instance, Gilligan dreams on separate occasions that he is Lord Admiral Gilligan fighting off pirates, Secret Agent 014, a goofy vampire who is hunted by Inspector Sherlock (played by the Professor) or Dr. Jekyll who turns in ...

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Gilligan's Island, Gilligan's Island - Lyrics, Gilligan's Island - Cast, Gilligan's Island - Typical plots, Gilligan's Island - Visitors to the uncharted island, Gilligan's Island - Dream sequences, Gilligan's Island - Pilot vs. first broadcast episode, Gilligan's Island - Gilligan's first name, Gilligan's Island - Suggested alternatives, Gilligan's Island - Spin-offs, Gilligan's Island - Trivia, Gilligan's Island - Goof

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