June 19 Ranchos in 1839 Rancho Boca de Santa Monica was deeded. The 6,656-acre Mexican land grant in present day Los Angeles County included what is now Santa Monica Canyon, Pacific Palisades and parts of Topanga Canyon.  Newspapers in 1855 El Clamor Publico began publishing in Los Angeles. It was founded by 19-year-old Francisco Ramirez, the former […]