> Interesting article, though. I never realized there was a pronunciation crisis
> in southern California; I've always assumed the Spanish pronunciations were in
> force for the most part.

It's not really a crisis; we're all more or less adherents to Postel's Law. Just the number of variations on Los Angeles -- from the full español Los Ángeles to whereever Arlo was going with a couple of keys -- we wouldn't get anything done if we tried to debate that. Other than the outliers, Van Nuys (sounds like "guys") and Sepulveda (originally Sepúlveda), most pronunciations are acceptable.

The only time I've been really surprised was when visiting the coastal redwoods up in "Del Nort" County at the northwest corner of California.