San Pedro, Los Angeles, California

The word pleasant has never been used to describe Charles Bukowski, with his traumatic upbringing being the primary cause. His father was a tyrant, physically beating him for even the smallest offenses, and he was the victim of constant bullying throughout his school years. These events shaped Bukowski into the cold and desensitized writer the public has come to know and appreciate for his blatant honesty. Though violent imagery and vulgar diction are typically what characterize Bukowski, his work

It's history,The harbor in San Pedro was used as a trading post by Spanish missionary monks from Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. The monks met ships at the water's edge with provisions from Spain. The first American trading ship to call at San Pedro was the Lelia Bryd, in 1805. At that time, it was illegal to conduct business with any other country but Spain. Because of the distance and loose regulations, however, trade with other countries thrived. In 1822 an independent Mexican government lifted

The founding of Los Angeles positively influenced the United States economically and politically, is based on immigrants in Early America. The founding of Los Angeles began with Spanish colonial Governor, Felipe de Neve. Felipe, along with 44 other settlers from Mexico, created a Pueblo nearby river Porcuncula. They called the Pueblo, El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porcuncula (Our Lady the Queen of the angels of Porcincula). Furthermore, the motive for establishing the Pueblo

Los Angeles; A Diverse Metropolis People always wonder why the City of Angels is different from other cities. This paper will answer this question and explain the uniqueness that makes L.A., “L.A.” Los Angeles, since its birth as an embryonic city, has become one of the most diverse metropolises, offering to the public what no other city can. This paper will emphasize the relationship between the federal government and the western United States. It will also illustrate how capitalism has

sweat with the soil. The east-most land, California, was reached at last and fortunes were made. Interestingly, Los Angeles, located in southern California, the last step of the Frontier Dream, became one of the most prosperous city in the United States by the modern time. Through close examination of three perspectives – nature, social organization, and cultural ideas – we can unravel how Los Angeles came to be the one we see today. The nature of Los Angeles can be divided into two categories – site

Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the United States and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257. In addition, Long Beach is the second largest city in the Greater Los Angeles Area and a principal city of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Port of Long Beach is the United States' second busiest container port and

The start of the "Los Angeles County Federation of Labor" Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Abstract The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor is a regional labor organization in the state of Los Angeles that has evolved representation of the interests of workers to include political involvement. Its formation was a function of political influence in labor and the relevance of merging labor movements to have better representations and high compulsion among leaders (Dean et al

Joe Buscaino, a councilman of Los Angeles, said, “A community of faith has come together to stand for peace and justice, and here we are. Hundreds of Wilmington Residents coming together to stand together as a community to say, ‘enough is enough, basta!’”. Buscaino said this because Wilmington was in a time of despair. The gang members murdered two teenagers and the Wilmington Residents have had enough with the act of violence. In the past, Wilmington has gone through multiple killings a day until

affected states will be California. Based on the research that were provided by the USC (University of South Carolina) Dornsife’s Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration and the Center for American Progress, the data shows that more than 800,000 young immigrants were given the deportation relief and work permits during the Obama-era program are being phased out by the Trump administration. On the October 18th, the House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi stopped by at Los Angeles with the accompany of

In 1520s the Spanish began to explore California. They wanted to map the coastline of California and find a safe harbor for Spain. It was not until 1776 that a safe harbor was claimed for the Spanish empire. The beginning theory was the California was an island, but through Spanish expeditions that theory was proven wrong. In the beginning of the explorations a group of explores landed on Bahia de la Paz, which is near the tip of the Baja Peninsula. When the Spanish landed, the Indians killed