Los Angeles

Downtown LA

Los Angeles (abbreviated L.A.) is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the second-largest in the United States.

Location

Los Angeles is located on the West (Pacific) Coast of the United States of America in California. It is in the Los Angeles County. Los Angeles is close to Mexico.

Los Angeles uses the Pacific Standard Time (PST) which is UST-8.

Los Angeles has a domestic branch of CTU.

Terrorism

Los Angeles has proven itself to be a prime target for terrorism many times. Most of which have not been made public knowledge, however several terrorist incidents have been successful and caused much damage and panic in the city.

The Los Angeles branch of the Counter Terrorist Unit is one of the most active government agencies in the nation.

Day 1

During Day 1, Senator David Palmer was almost killed on several occasions, with the assassins only being stopped by CTU. Senator Palmer was visiting LA on the day of the California Presidential Primary and was a target for assassination by a terrorist group who managed to smuggle a bomb inside the Senator's hotel and a gun into a breakfast where the Senator was supposed to speak.

Day 2

A nuclear weapon was almost detonated in Los Angeles during Day Two. The bomb was disposed of in the Mojave Desert not far from the city. If the bomb had exploded in Los Angeles, the devastation would have been incomprehensible, not only monetarily, but also politically. Lives lost would have been in the millions.

Day 3

The events of Day 3 involved several vials of a deadly virus being released in the city. The remaining vials were found, however hundreds of people were killed when the virus was released in the Chandler Plaza Hotel.

Day 4

The events of Day 4 were some of the worst in US history with the derailing of a train, the kidnapping of the Secretary of Defense inside the city, the meltdown of a nuclear power plant, the detonation of an EMP device in the city and the destruction of Air Force One.

Day 5

The events of Day 5 have included the assassination of former President David Palmer, the hostage takeover of Ontario Airport, the theft of Sentox nerve gas and its subsequent release in a shopping mall, the threatened release in an area hospital, the successful release of the gas in CTU headquarters, resulting in the deaths of 40% of CTU personnel, the detonation of many of the remaining canisters in a gas plant, and the final canister of gas being released aboard the Russian submarine Natalia.

Day 6

During Day 6, a suicide bomber destroyed a bus in downtown LA, killing himself and as many as 23 others. Another suicide bomber attempted to detonate a bomb in a vest on a subway, only to be stopped and shoved out of the train by Jack Bauer, when the vest exploded, killing only the bomber. More tragically, a nuclear detonation occured outside of LA in Valencia at approximately 9:58am PST, killing at least 12,000 people within minutes.

CTU

Los Angeles is home of arguably one of the most active branches of the Counter Terrorist Unit. This branch has responded to many terrorist threats over the years and has prevented terrible destruction in the city.