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Los Angeles, often called simply L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second-largest in the United States. It is an alpha world city, has a 2005 estimated population of 3.8 million people, and spans 498 square miles. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Los Angeles metropolitan area has a total area of 4,850 square miles and is home to roughly 13 million people by 2005 estimates.

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Officials issued evacuation orders for 541 homes in the Los Angeles area. Land and mudslides kill 25 to 50 people every year in the U.S. and cause as estimated $1 billion in damge.

Officials issued evacuation orders for 541 homes in the Los Angeles area. Land and mudslides kill 25 to 50 people every year in the U.S. and cause as estimated $1 billion in damge.

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Fiancee of slain gang interventionist Ronald Barron, Andrea Taylor reacts during a news conference at the Wilshire Station of the Los Angeles Police Station on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Gang interventionist Barron, was killed Sunday after he left a bar in central Los Angeles and noticed the boy defacing a wall. Police say Barron confronted the tagger, who shot the 40-year-old multiple times. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Fiancee of slain gang interventionist Ronald Barron, Andrea Taylor reacts during a news conference at the Wilshire Station of the Los Angeles Police Station on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Gang interventionist Barron, was killed Sunday after he left a bar in central Los Angeles and noticed the boy defacing a wall. Police say Barron confronted the tagger, who shot the 40-year-old multiple times. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

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Family members of slain gang interventionist Ronald Barron, from left: fiancee Andrea Taylor, aunt Donna Edwards, mother Tonie Jacson and brother Anthony Blanks, are shown during a news conference at the Wilshire Station of the Los Angeles Police Station on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 in Los Angeles. Gang interventionist Barron, was killed Sunday after he left a bar in central Los Angeles and noticed the boy defacing a wall. Police say Barron confronted the tagger, who shot the 40-year-old multiple times. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Family members of slain gang interventionist Ronald Barron, from left: fiancee Andrea Taylor, aunt Donna Edwards, mother Tonie Jacson and brother Anthony Blanks, are shown during a news conference at the Wilshire Station of the Los Angeles Police Station on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 in Los Angeles. Gang interventionist Barron, was killed Sunday after he left a bar in central Los Angeles and noticed the boy defacing a wall. Police say Barron confronted the tagger, who shot the 40-year-old multiple times. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

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U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialist Manubu Hasegawa inspects imported roses from Colombia for pests at the port of entry in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialist Manubu Hasegawa inspects imported roses from Colombia for pests at the port of entry in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.

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Public employees walk past a home damaged by last weekend's mudslides in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. Homeowners in mud-ravaged foothill towns north of Los Angeles packed their cars and left Tuesday as evacuation orders took hold and a new winter storm arrived.

Public employees walk past a home damaged by last weekend's mudslides in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. Homeowners in mud-ravaged foothill towns north of Los Angeles packed their cars and left Tuesday as evacuation orders took hold and a new winter storm arrived.

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Mudslide damage is shown in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Homeowners in mud-ravaged foothill towns north of Los Angeles packed their cars and left Tuesday as evacuation orders took hold and a new winter storm arrived.

Mudslide damage is shown in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Homeowners in mud-ravaged foothill towns north of Los Angeles packed their cars and left Tuesday as evacuation orders took hold and a new winter storm arrived.

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Homeowner Pat Anderson looks over damage done by mudslides in her backyard  in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Tuesday, Feb 9, 2010. Homeowners in mud-ravaged foothill towns north of Los Angeles packed their cars and fled Tuesday as evacuation orders took hold and a new winter storm approached.

Homeowner Pat Anderson looks over damage done by mudslides in her backyard in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Tuesday, Feb 9, 2010. Homeowners in mud-ravaged foothill towns north of Los Angeles packed their cars and fled Tuesday as evacuation orders took hold and a new winter storm approached.

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Public employees work to clear debris from a drainage area after weekend mudslides in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Homeowners in mud-ravaged foothill towns north of Los Angeles packed their cars and fled Tuesday as evacuation orders took hold and a new winter storm approached.

Public employees work to clear debris from a drainage area after weekend mudslides in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Homeowners in mud-ravaged foothill towns north of Los Angeles packed their cars and fled Tuesday as evacuation orders took hold and a new winter storm approached.

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Worker Jose Matios works to clean up mud and debris from Pat Anderson's home in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Tuesday, Feb 9, 2010. Some homeowners in mud-ravaged foothill towns north of Los Angeles packed their cars and fled Tuesday as evacuation orders took hold and a new winter storm approached.

Worker Jose Matios works to clean up mud and debris from Pat Anderson's home in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Tuesday, Feb 9, 2010. Some homeowners in mud-ravaged foothill towns north of Los Angeles packed their cars and fled Tuesday as evacuation orders took hold and a new winter storm approached.

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Homeowner Henry Laguna looks into his mud-damaged home before being asked to leave by Sheriff's deputies in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Homeowners in mud-ravaged foothill towns north of Los Angeles packed their cars and fled Tuesday as evacuation orders took hold and a new winter storm approached.

Homeowner Henry Laguna looks into his mud-damaged home before being asked to leave by Sheriff's deputies in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Homeowners in mud-ravaged foothill towns north of Los Angeles packed their cars and fled Tuesday as evacuation orders took hold and a new winter storm approached.

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Actor and musician Jamie Foxx, left, poses alongside high school students from Renaissance Arts Academy in Los Angeles who had just received new musical instruments, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2010, at Disney Hall in Los Angeles. More than $500,000 worth of new musical instruments were donated by Fidelity FutureStage to public schools in Los Angeles, Boston, Houston and Chicago.

Actor and musician Jamie Foxx, left, poses alongside high school students from Renaissance Arts Academy in Los Angeles who had just received new musical instruments, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2010, at Disney Hall in Los Angeles. More than $500,000 worth of new musical instruments were donated by Fidelity FutureStage to public schools in Los Angeles, Boston, Houston and Chicago.

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In this photograph taken by AP Images for Fidelity Investments; Jamie Foxx helps kick off the Fidelity FutureStage 2010 Music Program from Walt Disney Concert Hall. Foxx helped Fidelity announce the donation of more than $500,000.00 of new musical instruments for public schools across the country, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 in Los Angeles.

In this photograph taken by AP Images for Fidelity Investments; Jamie Foxx helps kick off the Fidelity FutureStage 2010 Music Program from Walt Disney Concert Hall. Foxx helped Fidelity announce the donation of more than $500,000.00 of new musical instruments for public schools across the country, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 in Los Angeles.

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Actor and musician Jamie Foxx, second from left, poses with high school students from Renaissance Arts Academy in Los Angeles who had just received new musical instruments, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2010, at Disney Hall in Los Angeles. More than $500,000 worth of new musical instruments were donated by Fidelity FutureStage to public schools in Los Angeles, Boston, Houston and Chicago.

Actor and musician Jamie Foxx, second from left, poses with high school students from Renaissance Arts Academy in Los Angeles who had just received new musical instruments, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2010, at Disney Hall in Los Angeles. More than $500,000 worth of new musical instruments were donated by Fidelity FutureStage to public schools in Los Angeles, Boston, Houston and Chicago.

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In this photograph taken by AP Images for Fidelity Investments; Jamie Foxx helps kick off the Fidelity FutureStage 2010 Music Program from Walt Disney Concert Hall. Foxx helped Fidelity announce the donation of more than $500,000.00 of new musical instruments for public schools across the country, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 in Los Angeles.

In this photograph taken by AP Images for Fidelity Investments; Jamie Foxx helps kick off the Fidelity FutureStage 2010 Music Program from Walt Disney Concert Hall. Foxx helped Fidelity announce the donation of more than $500,000.00 of new musical instruments for public schools across the country, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 in Los Angeles.

AP IMAGES FOR FIDELITY INVESTMENTS 

Actor and musician Jamie Foxx talks about the importance of music education to Los Angeles high school students during the kick-off of the national Fidelity FutureStage music program for 2010 at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. More than $500,000 worth of new musical instruments were donated by Fidelity FutureStage to public schools in Los Angeles, Boston, Houston and Chicago.

Actor and musician Jamie Foxx talks about the importance of music education to Los Angeles high school students during the kick-off of the national Fidelity FutureStage music program for 2010 at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. More than $500,000 worth of new musical instruments were donated by Fidelity FutureStage to public schools in Los Angeles, Boston, Houston and Chicago.

AP 

Actor and musician Jamie Foxx talks about the importance of music education to Los Angeles high school students during the kick-off of the national Fidelity FutureStage music program for 2010 at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. More than $500,000 worth of new musical instruments were donated by Fidelity FutureStage to public schools in Los Angeles, Boston, Houston and Chicago.

Actor and musician Jamie Foxx talks about the importance of music education to Los Angeles high school students during the kick-off of the national Fidelity FutureStage music program for 2010 at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. More than $500,000 worth of new musical instruments were donated by Fidelity FutureStage to public schools in Los Angeles, Boston, Houston and Chicago.

AP 

Actor and musician Jamie Foxx talks about the importance of music education to Los Angeles high school students during the kick-off of the national Fidelity FutureStage music program for 2010 at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. More than $500,000 worth of new musical instruments were donated by Fidelity FutureStage to public schools in Los Angeles, Boston, Houston and Chicago.

Actor and musician Jamie Foxx talks about the importance of music education to Los Angeles high school students during the kick-off of the national Fidelity FutureStage music program for 2010 at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. More than $500,000 worth of new musical instruments were donated by Fidelity FutureStage to public schools in Los Angeles, Boston, Houston and Chicago.

AP 

Actor and musician Jamie Foxx talks about the importance of music education to Los Angeles high school students during the kick-off of the national Fidelity FutureStage music program for 2010 at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. More than $500,000 worth of new musical instruments were donated by Fidelity FutureStage to public schools in Los Angeles, Boston, Houston and Chicago.

Actor and musician Jamie Foxx talks about the importance of music education to Los Angeles high school students during the kick-off of the national Fidelity FutureStage music program for 2010 at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. More than $500,000 worth of new musical instruments were donated by Fidelity FutureStage to public schools in Los Angeles, Boston, Houston and Chicago.

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In this photograph taken by AP Images for Fidelity Investments; Dominic Monaghan helps kick off the Fidelity FutureStage 2010 Music Program from Walt Disney Concert Hall. Monaghan helped Fidelity announce the donation of more than $500,000.00 of new musical instruments for public schools across the country, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 in Los Angeles.

In this photograph taken by AP Images for Fidelity Investments; Dominic Monaghan helps kick off the Fidelity FutureStage 2010 Music Program from Walt Disney Concert Hall. Monaghan helped Fidelity announce the donation of more than $500,000.00 of new musical instruments for public schools across the country, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 in Los Angeles.

AP IMAGES FOR FIDELITY INVESTMENTS 

In this photograph taken by AP Images for Fidelity Investments; Dominic Monaghan helps kick off the Fidelity FutureStage 2010 Music Program from Walt Disney Concert Hall. Monaghan helped Fidelity announce the donation of more than $500,000.00 of new musical instruments for public schools across the country, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 in Los Angeles.

In this photograph taken by AP Images for Fidelity Investments; Dominic Monaghan helps kick off the Fidelity FutureStage 2010 Music Program from Walt Disney Concert Hall. Monaghan helped Fidelity announce the donation of more than $500,000.00 of new musical instruments for public schools across the country, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 in Los Angeles.

AP IMAGES FOR FIDELITY INVESTMENTS 

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Officials issued evacuation orders for 541 homes in the Los Angeles area. Land and mudslides kill 25 to 50 people every year in the U.S. and cause as estimated $1 billion in damge.

Officials issued evacuation orders for 541 homes in the Los Angeles area. Land and mudslides kill 25 to 50 people every year in the U.S. and cause as estimated $1 billion in damge.

AP 

Fiancee of slain gang interventionist Ronald Barron, Andrea Taylor reacts during a news conference at the Wilshire Station of the Los Angeles Police Station on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Gang interventionist Barron, was killed Sunday after he left a bar in central Los Angeles and noticed the boy defacing a wall. Police say Barron confronted the tagger, who shot the 40-year-old multiple times. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Fiancee of slain gang interventionist Ronald Barron, Andrea Taylor reacts during a news conference at the Wilshire Station of the Los Angeles Police Station on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Gang interventionist Barron, was killed Sunday after he left a bar in central Los Angeles and noticed the boy defacing a wall. Police say Barron confronted the tagger, who shot the 40-year-old multiple times. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

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Family members of slain gang interventionist Ronald Barron, from left: fiancee Andrea Taylor, aunt Donna Edwards, mother Tonie Jacson and brother Anthony Blanks, are shown during a news conference at the Wilshire Station of the Los Angeles Police Station on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 in Los Angeles. Gang interventionist Barron, was killed Sunday after he left a bar in central Los Angeles and noticed the boy defacing a wall. Police say Barron confronted the tagger, who shot the 40-year-old multiple times. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Family members of slain gang interventionist Ronald Barron, from left: fiancee Andrea Taylor, aunt Donna Edwards, mother Tonie Jacson and brother Anthony Blanks, are shown during a news conference at the Wilshire Station of the Los Angeles Police Station on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 in Los Angeles. Gang interventionist Barron, was killed Sunday after he left a bar in central Los Angeles and noticed the boy defacing a wall. Police say Barron confronted the tagger, who shot the 40-year-old multiple times. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

AP 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialist Manubu Hasegawa inspects imported roses from Colombia for pests at the port of entry in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialist Manubu Hasegawa inspects imported roses from Colombia for pests at the port of entry in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.

AP 

Public employees walk past a home damaged by last weekend's mudslides in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. Homeowners in mud-ravaged foothill towns north of Los Angeles packed their cars and left Tuesday as evacuation orders took hold and a new winter storm arrived.

Public employees walk past a home damaged by last weekend's mudslides in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. Homeowners in mud-ravaged foothill towns north of Los Angeles packed their cars and left Tuesday as evacuation orders took hold and a new winter storm arrived.

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