As the 20th century came to a close, 40 percent of all Buddhists in America resided in Southern California. The Los Angeles metropolitan area has become unique in the Buddhist world as the only place where representative organizations of every major school of Buddhism can be found in a single urban center [145]. The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Northern California and Hsi Lai Temple in Los Angeles, Southern California, are two of the largest Buddhist temples in the Western Hemisphere. More
(Feb. 18, 2026) Los Angeles is known for being the home of Hollywood and having some of the world's best beaches, but it also has a much darker side: a notorious hub for human sex trafficking Pimp Epstein and Madame Maxwell would envy. More: abc7.com/post/sex-plain-sight...
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