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107-578: Interstate 405 ( I-405 , locally referred to as The 405 ) is a major north–south auxiliary Interstate Highway in Southern California . The entire route is known as the northern segment of the San Diego Freeway . I-405 is a bypass auxiliary route of I-5 , running along the southern and western parts of the Greater Los Angeles urban area from Irvine in the south to Sylmar in

214-554: A distance of only 29 miles (47 km), for $ 4.00, a group of cyclists did the same journey in one and a half hours, compared to two and a half hours by plane (including a drive to the airport from West Hollywood 90 minutes in advance of the flight and travel time to the end destination). There was also some debate about whether the Los Angeles area could benefit from car-free weekends regularly. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority then had full closure of

321-433: A high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane and associated changes to freeway entrances, exits, and underpasses along a 10-mile (16 km) stretch through Sepulveda Pass between I-10 and US 101/Ventura Boulevard. The project was completed as a design–build in contrast to the traditional design–bid–build used typically in infrastructure improvement. This section of I-405 was closed for a weekend in mid-July 2011 to demolish

428-688: A 10-mile (16 km) stretch of I-405 on the weekend of September 29–30, 2012, while construction crews worked to demolish a portion of the Mulholland Bridge. Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles , used the closure of I-405 to study particulate matter air pollution. The researchers took air samples before, during, and after the closure. The researchers found an 83-percent reduction in ultrafine particles , 55-percent reduction in fine particle matter, and 62-percent less black carbon . The $ 1-billion Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project added

535-479: A blue shield with a gold border, the LA Galaxy team name, and a quasar at the top of the crest. The quasar, featured prominently on the LA Galaxy's shield, was originally featured on the 1957 Seal of Los Angeles County, as well as the modified Seal of Los Angeles County, California . The name "Galaxy" was created by Nike at the conception of the league; the apparel company was also the original uniform supplier for

642-521: A designated player. Not since the days of Jorge Campos , Carlos Hermosillo and Luis Hernández in the late 1990s and early 2000s had the Galaxy had a notable Mexican player, let alone one in the prime of his career. Dos Santos made an impactful impression on the Galaxy early on, scoring on his club debut against Central FC in the CONCACAF Champions League and then in his league debut against

749-610: A greater determiner of this accent than the authenticity of the individual's Southern heritage. For example, this correlates with less educated rural men of northern California documented as raising /ɛ/ in a style similar to the Southern drawl . Overall, among those who orient toward a more town lifestyle, features of the California Vowel Shift are more prominent, but not to the same extent as in urban coastal communities such as San Jose . By contrast, among those who orient toward

856-665: A league record. At the end of the season, longtime LA Galaxy and United States national team player Landon Donovan retired. On January 7, 2015, the LA Galaxy announced the signing of long time Liverpool player Steven Gerrard to an 18-month Designated Player contract, reportedly worth $ 9 million. He joined the team in July 2015 following the end of the 2014–15 Premier League season, and made his debut in an International Champions Cup against Club América on July 11. The club again made headlines by acquiring Mexican star and Barcelona academy product Giovani dos Santos in July as

963-597: A more country lifestyle, the Southern features are more prominent, but some aspects of the California Vowel Shift remain present as well. The Mission brogue is a disappearing accent spoken within San Francisco , mostly during the 20th century in the Mission District . It sounds distinctly like New York and possibly Boston accents , due to a large number of Irish Americans migrating from those two East Coast cities to

1070-747: A start date for this work. The HOVs lane that were constructed as part of the Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project are proposed to be upgraded to express lanes by 2028. California English#Freeways A distinctive chain shift of vowel sounds, the California Vowel Shift , was first noted by linguists in the 1980s in southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area of northern California . This helped to define an accent emerging primarily among youthful, white, urban, coastal speakers, and popularly associated with

1177-481: A third round draft pick to the Galaxy as compensation to hire Yallop as their new head coach. Yallop was replaced at LA by Ruud Gullit , who signed a three-year contract with the club, making him the highest paid coach in MLS history. Cobi Jones returned as assistant coach. LA went on a promotional tour of Australia and New Zealand, setting attendance records in both countries. 80,295 people showed up at Stadium Australia for

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1284-582: A tied aggregate and a sudden-death game. Los Angeles won the CONCACAF Champions' Cup that same year, one of three American clubs to win the tournament. 2001 was another successful year for Los Angeles, winning the Open Cup and scoring 1,000 all-time points, and with Cobi Jones scoring the 300th goal, but again they fell short by being defeated by Landon Donovan and the San Jose Earthquakes . Again

1391-474: A unified boycott, refusing to attend any home games until Klein was removed from his position. The Galaxy began 2023 with their worst start to a season in club history, winless in their first seven games while twice ending up at the bottom of the league's overall standings. After a loss to Charlotte FC in May, Galaxy supporters were seen involved in a shouting match with manager Greg Vanney, who had assumed control of

1498-544: A year, to be the club's primary shirt sponsor. Four months later, the club signed David Beckham from Real Madrid . His debut was made at Home Depot Center before a record crowd of nearly 35,000, including many celebrities, coming on in the 78th minute in a 1–0 loss to Chelsea in a match during the World Series of Football tournament. The match brought unprecedented TV coverage from ESPN , who used 19 cameras to cover it, including one trained only on Beckham, even when he

1605-477: Is hella good". The word can be casually used multiple times in multiple ways within a single sentence. Pop culture references to "hella" are common, as in the song " Hella Good " by the band No Doubt , which hails from southern California, and "Hella" by the band Skull Stomp, who come from northern California. California, like other Southwestern states, has borrowed many words from Spanish , especially for place names , food, and other cultural items, reflecting

1712-427: Is blue. The colors were adopted to coincide with David Beckham 's arrival with the team in 2007 as part of an overall re-branding exercise spearheaded by then GM Alexi Lalas. Before 2007, the Galaxy played in various color combinations, usually comprising gold, teal green and white with black accents, and often highlighting an iconic sash design from the left shoulder and across the chest. Their original jersey, used in

1819-766: Is located in Carson between the Avalon Boulevard and Main Street exits. The freeway then intersects with I-110 as it briefly reenters the city of Los Angeles by passing through the Harbor Gateway , a strip of land connecting San Pedro to the rest of the city. I-405 then continues to roughly parallel the contour of the coastline as it passes through the South Bay communities of Torrance , Lawndale , Redondo Beach , Hawthorne , and El Segundo . The freeway then encounters I-105 on

1926-511: Is moving beyond [əʊ] . /ʊ/ is moving towards [ ʌ ] (so that, for example, book and could in the California dialect start to sound, to a GA speaker, more like buck and cud ), /ʌ/ is moving through [ ɜ ] , sometimes approaching [ ɛ ] ( duck, crust, what, etc. are sounding like how U.S. Southerners pronounce them, or like how other Americans might pronounce deck, crest, wet, etc.). New vowel characteristics of

2033-852: Is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System and is part of the National Highway System , a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration . The entire freeway is known as the San Diego Freeway, and parts of it are less commonly known as the Sepulveda Freeway (after Sepulveda Boulevard ). High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes along I-405 between SR 73 in Costa Mesa and

2140-416: Is pulled towards [ ä ] , and /ɑ/ and /ɔ/ merge ( cot and stock are sounding more like caught and stalk ): the cot-caught merger . Other vowel changes, whose relation with the shift is uncertain, are also emerging: except before /l/ , /u/ is moving through [ ʉ ] towards [ y ] ( rude and true are almost approaching reed and tree , but with rounded lips), and /oʊ/

2247-476: Is the all-time leading scorer for the club. In 2019, Forbes estimated the club is the second most valuable in the league, worth about $ 480 million. LA Galaxy is one of the 10 founding clubs in Major League Soccer. The name "Galaxy" was derived from Los Angeles being home to the "stars" of Hollywood . The team began competing in the first season of the then-new league, which took place in 1996. In

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2354-417: Is the busiest freeway in California. The freeway's congestion problems have led to jokes that the road was numbered 405 because traffic moves at "four or five" miles per hour (6.4 or 8.0 km/h), or because drivers had spent "four or five" hours to travel anywhere. Indeed, average speeds as low as 5 mph (8.0 km/h) are routinely recorded during morning and afternoon commutes, and its interchanges with

2461-478: Is the official cheerleaders of the club. They often attend events hosted by the Galaxy, such as autograph sessions, and can be often seen around the stadium during game time giving away scarves and supporting the team. The Angel City Brigade was created in 2007 to help establish a festive and vibrant atmosphere in Dignity Health Sports Park for the Galaxy. They were originally located in section 121 in

2568-578: Is the subject of annual gridlock photos and videos taken during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, most often from an aerial view. Another parallel freeway was proposed to connect the valley and basin (the Laurel Canyon Freeway or La Cienega Freeway ) but has faced upper-class and NIMBY homeowner opposition. Despite four years of construction disruptions and billions of dollars of public money, Los Angeles Times commentary claims traffic with

2675-469: The GOOSE and GOAT vowels. Certain varieties of Chicano English are also native to California, sometimes even being spoken by non-Latino Californians. One example is East Los Angeles Chicano English, which has been influenced by both Californian and African American Vernacular English . The coastal urban accent of California traces many of its features back to Valleyspeak : a social dialect arising in

2782-459: The 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round. After the 2009 success, both Donovan and Beckham again went out on second loan spells. Donovan went to Everton while Beckham returned to Milan, where he ruptured his Achilles tendon and therefore missed his chance at playing in the World Cup for England and subsequently missing most of the Galaxy's 2010 season. In 2010, the Galaxy stayed at

2889-682: The Bay Area . One dialect of English, mostly reported in California's rural interior, inland from the major coastal cities, has been popularly described as a "country," "hillbilly," or "twang" variety. This California English variety is reminiscent of and presumably related to Southern or South Midland U.S. accents , mostly correlated with white, outdoors-oriented speakers of the Central Valley . It has been studied even as far north as Trinity County but could possibly extend farther, and as far south as Kern County (metropolitan Bakersfield). Similar to

2996-677: The El Toro Y interchange in southeastern Irvine in Orange County , splitting from its parent I-5 and inheriting that route's San Diego Freeway title; I-5 continues north as the Santa Ana Freeway . The freeway passes immediately south of the Irvine Spectrum Center mall before intersecting with State Route 133 (SR 133). It then continues through Irvine, passing north of the University of California, Irvine , and then along

3103-645: The LA Galaxy , are an American professional soccer club based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference . The Galaxy began play in 1996 as one of the league's 10 charter members. The Galaxy were founded in 1994 and are owned by Anschutz Entertainment Group (also owners of the Los Angeles Kings , as well as an interest in

3210-727: The Los Angeles Lakers ). In their early years, the club played home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California . Since 2003, they have played at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California . The team holds a rivalry with the San Jose Earthquakes in the California Clásico and used to play the SuperClasico against city rivals Chivas USA before that team folded in 2014. Following

3317-496: The MLS Goal of the Year award. Los Angeles throughout the season dealt with defensive struggles, and in their last match of the regular season, against Houston Dynamo , the Galaxy were defeated and once again missed the postseason. After the 2018 season, the Galaxy ended Ibrahimović's original deal and signed him to a new and higher salaried designated player contract. On March 1, 2019,

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3424-536: The Mulholland Drive Bridge , and a 10-mile (16 km) section was closed for the last weekend of September 2012. Jamzilla was the name for the I-405 closure on Presidents' Day weekend 2014. There were lane closures and complete closures on I-405 starting February 14 at 10:00 pm until February 18 at 6:00 am to pave and restripe the northbound lanes. On May 23, 2014, the 10-mile (16 km) HOV lane

3531-635: The Orange – Los Angeles county line opened on December 1, 2023. This was part of the I-405 Improvement Project that started construction in March 2018. The project included converting the existing high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes , with them closing in November to test the tolling equipment. In addition, two lanes in each direction were added in each direction, one toll lane and one general purpose lane, making

3638-464: The United States national team , bringing most of the Galaxy's coaching staff with him, including associate head coach Dave Sarachan. Arena was replaced as general manager by former Galaxy player Peter Vagenas , and as head coach by his LA Galaxy II counterpart, Curt Onalfo . The front office constructed the team to rely on players from the academy and Galaxy II system. Multiple injuries exposed

3745-600: The Ventura Freeway ( US 101 ) and with the Santa Monica Freeway ( I-10 ) each consistently rank among the five most congested freeway interchanges in the US. As a result of these congestion problems, delays passing through the entirety of Greater Los Angeles using this bypass route instead of merely using the primary route I-5 through Downtown Los Angeles may be present. I-405 is the only major north–south freeway in

3852-525: The nonstandard accents of the South Midland and Southern United States, speakers of such towns as Redding and Merced have been found to use the word anymore in a positive sense and the verb was in place of the standard English plural verb were . Related other features of note include the pin–pen merger , fill–feel merger , and full–fool merger . The Great Depression 's westward Dust Bowl migrations of settlers into California from

3959-407: The valley girl and surfer dude youth subcultures . The possibility that this is, in fact, an age-specific variety of English is one hypothesis; however, certain features of this accent are intensifying and spreading geographically. Other documented California English includes a "country" accent associated with rural and inland white Californians, which is also (to a lesser extent) affected by

4066-534: The 1940s and early 1950s, local common usage was primarily the freeway name preceded by the definite article, such as " the Hollywood Freeway ". It took several decades for Southern California locals to start to commonly refer to the freeways with the numerical designations, but usage of the definite article persisted. For example, it evolved to "the 605 Freeway" and then shortened to "the 605". LA Galaxy The Los Angeles Galaxy , more commonly known as

4173-683: The 1980s among a particular white youthful demographic in the San Fernando Valley , including Los Angeles . Boontling is a jargon or argot spoken in Boonville, California , with only about 100 speakers today. The popular image of a typical southern California speaker often conjures up images of the so-called Valley girls popularized by the 1982 hit song by Frank and Moon Zappa , or " surfer-dude " speech made famous by movies such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High . While many phrases found in these extreme versions of California English from

4280-560: The 1980s may now be considered passé, certain words such as awesome , totally , for sure , harsh , gnarly , and dude have remained popular in California and have spread to a national, even international, level. A common example of a northern Californian colloquialism is hella (from "(a) hell of a (lot of)", and the euphemistic alternative hecka ) to mean "many", "much", "so" or "very". It can be used with both count and mass nouns. For example: "I haven't seen you in hella long"; "There were hella people there"; or "This guacamole

4387-593: The 2009 season top of the Western Conference and runners-up in the MLS Supporters' Shield , qualifying for the 2009 MLS Cup . They reached the final by beating Chivas USA 3–2 on aggregate in the quarter-final, and Houston Dynamo 2–0, after extra time, in the semi-final. In the final they drew 1–1 with Real Salt Lake at Qwest Field in Seattle , but lost 5–4 on penalties. By reaching the final, they qualified for

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4494-547: The California Vowel Shift; an older accent once spoken by Irish Americans in San Francisco ; and distinctly Californian varieties of Chicano English mainly associated with Mexican Americans . Research has shown that Californians themselves perceive a linguistic boundary between northern and southern California, particularly regarding the northern use of hella and southern (but now nationally widespread) use of dude , bro , and like . Varieties of English most popularly associated with California largely correlate with

4601-499: The California shift are increasingly found among younger speakers. For example, while some characteristics such as the close central rounded vowel [ʉ] or close front rounded vowel [y] for /u/ are widespread in Californian speech, the same high degree of fronting for /oʊ/ is found predominantly among young speakers. The effects of the California vowel shift have been noted in varieties of Californian Spanish , particularly in

4708-707: The Dallas Burn, 9–3 on aggregate. They lost in the semi-final to the Chicago Fire , 5–1 on aggregate. The Galaxy again finished first in the Western Conference in 1999, with a final record of 20–12, with a win in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup , but lost to D.C. United again 2–0. The 2000 season had the Galaxy in second in the Western Division, at 14–10–8. Despite this, they lost to the Kansas City Wizards after

4815-454: The Galaxy shared the stadium with their now-defunct league rivals Chivas USA , with whom they competed in the SuperClasico . Cozmo is the Galaxy's mascot. He has dark blue skin with yellow eyebrows and white eyes matching the Galaxy's home uniform colors. He replaced the Galaxy's original mascot, "Twizzle", who also looked like it was from outer space but was more humanoid in form, wearing a space-man's helmet and cape. The Galaxy Star Squad

4922-515: The General Admission area of the stadium. The LA Riot Squad formed after a loss in the 2001 MLS Cup, when then-Galaxy keeper Kevin Hartman challenged a group of Galaxy fans to form a supporter group of 100 people by opening day of 2002. The reward if they were able to do this was a keg of beer. They are located in sections 137 and 138 in the General Admission area of the stadium. Galaxians are

5029-501: The HOT lanes is required to carry a FasTrak Flex transponder, with its switch set to indicate the number of the vehicle's occupants (1, 2, or 3 or more). Solo drivers may also use the FasTrak standard tag without the switch. Drivers without any FasTrak tag will be assessed a toll violation regardless of whether they qualified for free. The freeway is one of the busiest freeways in the nation and

5136-591: The Marina Freeway. It serves the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Mar Vista and West Los Angeles while passing a few miles east of Santa Monica , intersecting with I-10 in the process. The freeway continues into Westwood , passing just to the west of University of California, Los Angeles . It then passes the Getty Center as it ascends Sepulveda Pass through the Santa Monica Mountains . After cresting

5243-490: The Mission District in the late 19th century. It is today spoken only by some of the oldest Irish American and possibly Jewish residents of the city. From before the 1870s to the 1890s, Irish Americans were the largest share of migrants coming to San Francisco, the majority arriving by way of Northeastern U.S. cities like New York and Boston , thus bringing those cities' ways of speaking with them. In San Francisco,

5350-448: The Mission District quickly became a predominantly Irish Catholic neighborhood, and its local dialect became associated with all of San Francisco as a way to contrast it with the rest of California. Sounding like a "real San Franciscan" therefore once meant sounding "like a New Yorker", the speakers said to "talk like Brooklynites". Other names included the "south of the Slot" (referring to

5457-490: The Sounders. In his first five club matches, he had a goal, an assist or both to total with four goals and five assists in that span. Before the start of the 2016 season , it was announced that long-time servicing center-back Omar Gonzalez would leave the Galaxy after nine years to C.F. Pachuca . On November 22, 2016, long-time general manager and head coach Bruce Arena left the club to begin his second stint as head coach of

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5564-498: The Southern California, freeways are often referred to either by name or by route number but with the addition of the definite article "the", such as " the 405 North", " the 99 " or " the 605 (Freeway) ". This usage has been parodied in the recurring Saturday Night Live sketch " The Californians ". In contrast, typical Northern California usage omits the definite article. When Southern California freeways were built in

5671-555: The Southern United States, namely from Oklahoma , Texas , Missouri , and Arkansas , is the presumable cause of this rural white accent's presence in California's Central Valley . Rural northern California was also settled by Oklahomans and Arkansans, though perhaps more recently in the 1970s and 1980s, due to the region's timber industry boom . However, even in a single town, any given individual's identification with working and playing outdoors versus indoors appears to be

5778-574: The U.S. Open Cup Final was held there in 2001 when the Galaxy won the tournament. In 2003, the Galaxy moved to Dignity Health Sports Park (then known as the Home Depot Center, later known as StubHub Center), on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson , approximately ten miles south of downtown Los Angeles. The stadium is a 27,000-seat soccer-specific stadium , the second of its kind in MLS, but has hosted other sports such as rugby and American football. From 2005 to 2014,

5885-553: The West (eighth overall), their highest mark since 2016, and beat Nashville SC at home in the first round of the MLS Cup playoffs before falling again to their crosstown rivals LAFC in the conference semifinals, 3−2, at the last minute. Hernández was named the team's player of the year that season. In the offseason leading up to 2023, team president Chris Klein was suspended through the primary transfer window after undisclosed payments involving

5992-472: The Western Conference, eliminating them from playoff contention for the first time since the league's inception. Midway through the season, Steve Sampson was sacked as head coach, replaced by Frank Yallop . The team managed to make a deep run to the U.S. Open Cup final, but lost 3–1 against the Chicago Fire. In March 2007, Herbalife signed a five-year deal with the Galaxy, worth between $ 4–5 million

6099-479: The adoption of the word hapa (itself originally a Hawaiian borrowing of English "half" ) to mean someone of mixed European/Islander or Asian/Islander heritage. In 1958, essayist Clifton Fadiman pointed out that northern California is the only place (besides England and the area surrounding Ontario and the Canadian Prairies ) where the word chesterfield is used as a synonym for sofa or couch . In

6206-445: The cable car track running down Market Street) or "south of Market" accent. Pronunciation features of this accent included: Overall, starting in the later half of the 20th century, San Francisco has been undergoing dialect levelling towards the broader regional Western American English , for example: younger Mission District speakers now exhibit a full cot–caught merger, show the vowel shift of urban coastal Californians, and front

6313-431: The changes identified below. These sounds might also be found in the speech of some people from areas outside of California. One topic that has begun to receive much attention from scholars in recent decades has been the emergence of a vowel-based chain shift in California. The image in this section illustrates the California vowel shift on a vowel chart . The vowel space of the image is a cross-section (as if looking at

6420-650: The club added the dubious MLS Wooden Spoon to its trophy case for finishing at the bottom of the MLS table. In 2007, the club made international headlines with the signing of English player David Beckham from Real Madrid , the most high-profile transaction with Major League Soccer to that point. The club has fielded other high-profile international players including Zlatan Ibrahimović , Steven Gerrard , Nigel de Jong , Robbie Keane , Ashley Cole , Marco Reus , Luis Hernández , Giovani dos Santos , Mauricio Cienfuegos , Carlos Ruiz , Jonathan dos Santos , Jorge Campos , Javier Hernández , and American Landon Donovan , who

6527-465: The club clinched first in the Western Conference with a 16–9–3 record, their fifth time being first. Los Angeles were to take part in FIFA's Club World Cup as Concacaf champions from the previous year, but the tournament was canceled that year. In 2002, the Galaxy won their first MLS Cup in the club's fourth appearance by defeating the New England Revolution 1–0. In 2003, the Galaxy finished fourth playing more away games due to stadium construction, with

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6634-406: The club was not allowed to sign international players in the 2023 summer transfer window. The club arranged for a transfer from La Liga club Sevilla , signing a three-year contract with Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez on January 21, 2020, and making him the highest-paid player in the league. At the end of the season, after failing to making the postseason, head coach Guillermo Barros Schelotto

6741-427: The club. Despite the new contract, Beckham confirmed in November 2012 that he would be leaving the Galaxy at the end of the 2012 MLS season. On December 1, 2012, the Galaxy won their second-straight MLS Cup victory over the Houston Dynamo, 3–1. Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez won the MLS MVP trophy, heading in the 1–1 equalizer in the 60th minute. That goal was quickly followed by a Donovan penalty kick, and Keane sealed

6848-428: The conclusion of the Rossoneri's season in June, before returning to LA in July. Donovan was not offered a contract by Bayern, and returned to the U.S. in time for the beginning of the 2009 MLS season . In the book The Beckham Experiment by Grant Wahl , Donovan openly criticized Beckham for his handling of the loan deals. Beckham and Donovan would later reconcile upon Beckham's return to LA in July. LA finished

6955-406: The defeat to Seattle Sounders FC in the final game of the season with the Supporters' Shield on the line, the team entered the 2014 MLS playoffs defeating Real Salt Lake, advancing to face Seattle once again in the Western Conference Finals, advancing to the MLS Cup by away goals. They played the New England Revolution in the 2014 MLS Cup and won 2–1 in overtime, thereby becoming five-time champions,

7062-509: The densely populated areas between West Los Angeles and Downtown Los Angeles, crossing the Santa Monica Mountains and connecting the San Fernando Valley and the Los Angeles Basin . It is also a major connection for traffic en route to either the Port of Los Angeles , the Port of Long Beach , Los Angeles International Airport , or SoFi Stadium . By 2040, this corridor is estimated to increase by 35 percent and travel times reduced by 75 percent. The freeway's West Los Angeles section

7169-413: The emergence of academy product Efraín Álvarez , the Galaxy placed fifth in the West and made the playoffs. The season was best remembered for Ibrahimović's performances against LAFC, including a hat-trick at home in July and a brace in Banc of California Stadium that August. Ibrahimović finished the season with 30 goals, the second-highest mark in the season and third-highest total in league history (with

7276-433: The first section opening in 1958; The final section of I-405, 8 miles (13 km) leading to I-5 in Irvine, was dedicated on December 6, 1968, and opened to traffic in January 1969. A section of I-405 was closed over the weekend of Friday, July 15, 2011, as part of the Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project. Before the closing, local radio DJs and television newscasts referred to it as "Carmageddon" and "Carpocalypse", parodying

7383-412: The first section, mostly north of Los Angeles International Airport , which was completed in 1961 and initially signed as SR 7. The 5.7-mile (9.2 km) section through Sepulveda Pass was dedicated on December 21, 1962, and cost $ 20 million to construct. It was designed with a maximum grade of 5.5 percent and required the relocation of Sepulveda Boulevard and the Mulholland Highway , which

7490-444: The game with another penalty kick in stoppage time. In post-match interviews both Donovan and Beckham remained coy about their future MLS plans. The Galaxy finished the 2013 season third in the Western Conference. They reached the conference semi-finals, where they lost 2–1 to Real Salt Lake. They also reached the semi-finals of the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League , but lost 3–1 on aggregate to Mexican team Monterrey . Following

7597-487: The highest annual revenue of any MLS team, the third highest revenue of any CONCACAF team, and the seventh highest revenue of any team in the Americas. From 1996 to 2002, and for an El Tráfico exhibition game in 2023, the Galaxy played their home games at the 107,000-person capacity Rose Bowl in Pasadena , but often held U.S. Open Cup games at Titan Stadium on the campus of California State University, Fullerton . The Galaxy played 10 games in total at Titan Stadium;

7704-466: The inaugural 1996 MLS season, reflected the colors of the city of Los Angeles and featured black-and-teal halves, black sleeves with gold and red accents, black shorts and black socks. The Galaxy have had two logos to date. The original brand was gold, teal and black, and featured the Galaxy wordmark superimposed over a golden swirl, with a stylized black outline. The logo was changed in 2007, again to coincide with David Beckham's arrival, and now features

7811-472: The inaugural season, the Galaxy finished first in the Western Conference and contested the first MLS Cup final, finishing as runners-up to D.C. United . In 1997, they started 1–7, but went 15–9 for the rest of the season to qualify for the playoffs. The Galaxy ended up second in their conference, losing to the Dallas Burn . In 1998, the Galaxy left off on a streak, eventually finishing 24–8. The Galaxy defeated

7918-423: The interior of a mouth from a side profile perspective); it is a rough approximation of the space in a human mouth where the tongue is located in articulating certain vowel sounds (the left is the front of the mouth closer to the teeth, the right side of the chart being the back of the mouth). As with other vowel shifts, several vowels may be seen moving in a chain shift around the mouth. As one vowel encroaches upon

8025-459: The lane expansions is actually just as bad or worse. Unlike some of the other major travel corridors in the region (such as I-5 which parallels the LOSSAN Corridor ), I-405 has no rail-based public transit which parallels it along the west side of Orange and Los Angeles counties. There is a proposal for a Sepulveda Transit Corridor which would parallel I-405 through Sepulveda Pass , one of

8132-494: The league's dissolution of Chivas USA, a new expansion team, Los Angeles FC (LAFC), was formed in 2014 and began play in 2018 . The new L.A. rivalry was dubbed " El Tráfico ". The franchise is one of Major League Soccer's most successful teams , with a record five MLS Cups and four additional appearances in the final, and won the Western Conference regular-season title eight times, four Supporters' Shields , two U.S. Open Cups , and one CONCACAF Champions' Cup title. In 2017,

8239-561: The linguistic heritage of the Californios as well as more recent immigration from Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America. High concentrations of various ethnic groups throughout the state have contributed to general familiarity with words describing (especially cultural) phenomena. For example, a high concentration of Asian Americans from various cultural backgrounds, especially in urban and suburban metropolitan areas in California, has led to

8346-613: The major bottlenecks on the route, which would ease congestion by providing an alternative to driving. I-405 was approved as a chargeable Interstate (in other words, an Interstate financed with federal funds) in 1955. The Division of Highways originally requested I-9 for the corridor, while the Santa Ana Freeway would be I-11; I-3 was later requested in April 1958 before the Division of Highways agreed to use I-405. Construction began in 1957 with

8453-594: The major urban areas along the coast. Notable is the absence of a distinct /ɔ/ phoneme (the vowel sound of caught, stalk, clawed, etc.), which has completely merged with /ɑ/ (the vowel sound of cot, stock, clod, etc.), as in most of the Western United States. A few phonological processes have been identified as being particular to urban and coastal California English. However, these vowel changes are by no means universal in Californian speech, and any single Californian's speech may only have some or none of

8560-468: The match between Sydney FC and LA Galaxy, which the home side won 5–3. They also played a tour of Asia, and competed in the inaugural Pan-Pacific Championship in Honolulu , finishing third after beating Sydney 2–1 in the third-place match. In the 2008 MLS season , LA went on a seven-game winless streak that saw them drop from first place in the Western Conference to outside playoff contention, prompting

8667-586: The mountains, I-405 descends into the San Fernando Valley , intersecting US Route 101 (US 101) in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles. The freeway then continues due north through the western part of the valley, passing east of Van Nuys Airport and California State University, Northridge . It intersects SR 118 in the Mission Hills area before ending in a merge with I-5 in Sylmar . I-405

8774-416: The naive roster construction, which included erratic performances by Jermaine Jones, and sparse production from Giovanni Dos Santos. With a 6–10–4 record, the Galaxy fired Curt Onalfo and replaced him with former head coach Sigi Schmid on July 27, 2017. Under Schmid, the club went 2–8–4 and finished the season in last place overall with a mark of 8–18–8. It was only the fourth time that the club failed to make

8881-447: The north of California State University, Long Beach , and then along the south of Long Beach Airport . The freeway then intersects with I-710 before entering Carson (and crossing through a small sliver of the city of Los Angeles before reentering Carson). It passes near California State University, Dominguez Hills , and Dignity Health Sports Park , home of Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy . A weigh station for both directions

8988-704: The north. I-405, heavily traveled by both commuters and freight haulers along its entire length, is the busiest and most congested freeway in the United States. The freeway's annual average daily traffic between exits 21 and 22 in Seal Beach reached 374,000 in 2008, making it the highest count in the nation. It has played a crucial role in the development of dozens of cities and suburbs along its route through Los Angeles and Orange counties. It also serves Los Angeles International Airport , Long Beach Airport , and Orange County's John Wayne Airport . I-405 begins at

9095-584: The northern boundary of John Wayne Airport . After passing the airport, the freeway enters Costa Mesa and has an interchange with SR 55 . It passes South Coast Plaza before a partial interchange with SR 73 , which serves as a partially-tolled bypass of I-405 between Costa Mesa and Laguna Niguel . The freeway then travels through Fountain Valley and along the edges of Westminster and Huntington Beach before entering Seal Beach , where it begins to run concurrently with SR 22 . It continues along

9202-478: The northern edge of Seal Beach, passing between Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach and Joint Forces Training Base - Los Alamitos , before SR 22 splits from I-405 and continues west while the freeway turns north. I-405 then intersects the southern end of I-605 before crossing the San Gabriel River and entering Los Angeles County . I-405 enters Los Angeles County in the city of Long Beach . It passes to

9309-556: The notion of Armageddon and the Apocalypse , since it was anticipated that the closure would severely impact traffic. In reality, traffic was lighter than normal across a wide area. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) reported that fewer vehicles used the roads than usual, and those who did travel by road arrived more quickly than on a normal weekend. The Metrolink commuter train system recorded its highest-ever weekend ridership since it began operating in 1991. Ridership

9416-508: The playoffs in all of the league's first ten seasons. They won the 2005 MLS Cup , defeating the New England Revolution in extra time, 1–0. The 2006 season began on March 16 with the sudden death of Doug Hamilton , the team's 43-year-old general manager, who suffered a heart attack on board a plane carrying the team back from Costa Rica where they had played Saprissa in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup . The team finished fifth in

9523-451: The possible existing obstacles, the team finished 9–12–9. The Galaxy bounced back by gaining second with an 11–9–10 record. They lost to the Wizards in the final, 0–2. In 2005, the Galaxy acquired Landon Donovan from San Jose. The franchise won the Open Cup again ending with a record of 13–13–6. Having qualified for the playoffs for the 2005 season, the Galaxy has been the only team to appear in

9630-399: The postseason, and the club's first wooden spoon . In March 2018, the team signed Zlatan Ibrahimović on a two-year, $ 3 million contract with targeted allocation money. The Swede made his debut in the inaugural El Tráfico match against LAFC, scoring two goals to end the game with the Galaxy coming from 0–3 down to win 4–3. One of the goals Ibrahimović scored in that game later received

9737-522: The record being broken by LAFC's Carlos Vela that year). In the playoffs , the Galaxy defeated Minnesota United FC 2–1 before falling to LAFC, 5–3. Ibrahimović left the club in November, and of the 2019 signings—most of them on loan—only Pavón returned for 2020. Three years later, in December 2022, MLS sanctioned the Galaxy for the 2019 Pavón signing, stripping the club of $ 1 million in allocation money and suspending club president Chris Klein . Moreover,

9844-629: The resignation of manager Ruud Gullit and firing of general manager Alexi Lalas . Gullit was replaced by Bruce Arena , who was unable to lead LA into a play-off spot, for the third-straight season. In the following off-season, both club captain David Beckham and vice-captain Landon Donovan were involved in loan deals with European clubs until the beginning of the new MLS season; Beckham to Milan in Italy and Donovan to German club Bayern Munich . Donovan

9951-602: The southeastern corner of Los Angeles International Airport . It passes to the east of the airport, serving it with exits at the Imperial Highway and Century Boulevard . I-405 next passes through Inglewood , coming near SoFi Stadium , home to the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League . It then passes through Westchester and Culver City where it meets SR 90 ,

10058-467: The space of another, the adjacent vowel in turn experiences a movement in order to maximize phonemic differentiation . For convenience, California English will be compared with a "typical" General American English , abbreviated "GA". /ɪ/ is pulled towards [ɛ] ( bit and miss are sounding more like how other dialects realize bet and mess ), /ɛ/ is pulled towards [ æ ] ( wreck and kettle are sounding more like rack and cattle ), /æ/

10165-445: The team announced they had exercised its one offseason Buyout of a Guaranteed Contract on Giovani dos Santos, thus releasing him from the team. In the 2019 season , the Galaxy welcomed Guillermo Barros Schelotto to the club as head coach. The Galaxy also added a number of players, notably Uruguayan Diego Polenta , Argentine World Cup veteran Cristian Pavón , fellow Argentine Favio Álvarez and Mexican Uriel Antuna . With this, and

10272-399: The team's 2019 signing of Cristian Pavon, in which MLS reported that Pavon should have been classified as a designated player. The league's sanctions on the Galaxy meant that the team could not make any international signings during the 2023 summer transfer window. Despite these punishments, Klein signed a multi-year extension with the team. In response, Galaxy supporter group leaders announced

10379-399: The team's soccer operations in the wake of Klein's suspension. In the aftermath, ESPN ranked the Galaxy 29 of 29 in their MLS power rankings, saying they were "not a serious club". On May 30, 2023, the Galaxy officially announced they had parted ways with Klein. The LA Galaxy's current team colors are navy blue, gold, and white. The team's primary uniform is white and the secondary uniform

10486-576: The team. The Galaxy first turned a profit in 2003, becoming the first MLS team to do so. After the team moved into the new Home Depot Center, the team saw increased attendance, a doubling of revenue from sponsors, and revenues from parking and concessions. A Forbes 2015 report ranked the LA Galaxy second in MLS in terms of annual revenue ($ 44 million) and in franchise value ($ 240 million). The Galaxy earn more in annual club sponsorship income ($ 14 million) and annual local TV rights ($ 5 million) than any other MLS team. The Galaxy have

10593-515: The third-straight team to win consecutive Shields while amassing the second-best points total in MLS history. They followed this up with their third MLS Cup, defeating the Houston Dynamo 1–0 in the final . The 2011 MLS Cup was the Galaxy's first MLS Cup Victory in regulation. The 2002 and the 2005 MLS Cup wins were won in overtime. In January 2012, after much speculation, Beckham signed a new two-year deal with LA to secure his short-term future at

10700-573: The top of the table and won the Supporters' Shield, the first time MLS played a balanced schedule. They then lost to FC Dallas in the Western Conference Final, one game away from making another appearance at MLS Cup. In 2011, a year in which they added the Republic of Ireland's all-time leading goalscorer Robbie Keane , they won their fourth Supporters' Shield with two games remaining, becoming

10807-742: The upgrade from five to seven lanes in each direction. As of December 2023, the HOT lanes are a 24/7 service . Solo drivers are tolled using a congestion pricing system based on the real-time levels of traffic. For two-person carpools, they would be charged the posted toll during weekday peak hours between 6:00 am and 10:00 am and between 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm and weekend peak hours between 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm; no toll would charged during off-peak hours until 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 years after their opening. Carpools with three or more occupants are not charged. All tolls are collected using an open road tolling system, and therefore there are no toll booths to receive cash. Each vehicle using

10914-618: Was 50 percent higher than the same weekend in 2010 and 10 percent higher than the previous weekend ridership record, which occurred during the U2 360° Tour in June 2011. The Los Angeles Times on Sunday, July 17, 2011, featured comments and images of people enjoying the moment next to the I-405 freeway with the free-flowing traffic. In response to JetBlue 's offer of special flights between Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank and Long Beach Airport ,

11021-519: Was fired, and replaced with Dominic Kinnear as interim manager. On January 5, the Galaxy announced Greg Vanney as the new manager. Under Vanney, the Galaxy narrowly missed the MLS playoffs in 2021, finishing eighth in the Western Conference (15th overall). In 2022, the club showed marked improvement, punctuated by the continued improvement of Hernández (who scored 18 goals) and the signings of former Barcelona youth product Riqui Puig and European veteran Gastón Brugman . The Galaxy finished fourth in

11128-413: Was moved 1.1 miles (1.8 km) to the south along a new 579-foot-long (176 m) bridge over the freeway. Additional sections west of Alameda Street were completed in 1962 and 1963, creating 41.8 miles (67.3 km) of continuous freeway. The highway was renumbered to I-405 during the 1964 state highway renumbering . The Orange County portion of the San Diego Freeway took 13 years to construct, with

11235-474: Was on the bench. In that season's SuperLiga , LA reached the final but lost to Mexican side Pachuca on penalties after extra time . LA nearly made the end-of-season play-offs, but were eliminated following a 1–0 loss to the Chicago Fire. In the off-season, Cobi Jones retired and, amidst rumors that he was going to be sacked, Yallop resigned as head coach following a friendly match at Home Depot Center. The San Jose Earthquakes bought out his contract and offered

11342-632: Was opened to traffic. Proposed changes between the Manchester and Century Boulevard interchanges in the city of Inglewood are to provide a new southbound onramp and a new northbound offramp for Arbor Vitae Street, to reconstruct and widened the Arbor Vitae Street over-bridge and replace the Century Boulevard overcrossing structure. This work would reduce congestion on the approach to Los Angeles International Airport . Caltrans has not yet issued

11449-429: Was seeking a permanent transfer to Munich, while Beckham was expected to return to LA in March, prior to the 2009 season. Beckham went on to seek a permanent transfer to Milan in a bid to sustain his England career through the 2010 World Cup , and Milan made a bid for the player that was rejected by LA. One day before his loan deal was to expire, Milan and LA reached an agreement to allow Beckham to stay in Italy until

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