Join in the birthday fun - from special offers to Web activities - as LA INC. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau celebrates LA’s 225th anniversary through September 2007. LA INC.’s Web site features 225 special offers and discounts to restaurants, retailers, activities and services throughout the region. In addition, find lots of information about LA’s 225 years, including movie locations you’ll recognize from the big screen and tunes you can sing while cruising our scenic streets. There’s something fun for all ages, including historical facts like this one: In 1781, a group of 11 families comprising 44 Mexicans settled in Los Angeles. Felipe de Neve, Governor of Spanish California, named the settlement El Pueblo Sobre el Rio de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciúncula. The name was shortened rather quickly.

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