Spice Girls Victoria and Mel B both live in Los Angeles. Victoria and her family moved here in 2007 when husband David signed to play for American soccer team LA Galaxy.

Los Angeles was originally named El Pueblo la Nuestra Senora de Reina de los Angeles de la Porciuncula! Phew, what a mouthful.

On the Spiceworld Tour in 1997, the girls' Los Angeles concert was staged at The Forum in Inglewood. This time, the Spice Girls are playing the vast Staples Center in the City of Los Angeles.

Famous Los Angelinos include Shia LaBeouf, Gwyneth Paltrow, Val Kilmer, Jennifer Aniston, Tyra Banks, Drew Barrymore, Kate Hudson and Tori Spelling.

You can glimpse millions of years of geological history in Los Angeles. At the La Brea Tar Pits you can see residue from the days when dinosaurs walked the Earth... and the tar is still oozing.
GIRL POWER! Athlete Joan Benoit Samuelson made history at the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1984 when she led the first Olympic marathon for women.