>To this day, the city remains California’s third largest by land area.

This is largely beside the point of this, but the lack of clarity in words such as "largest" and "biggest" in this space bugs me. LA is so much bigger than NYC (size), NYC is so much larger than LA (population). You'll get various guides saying just one is for size, but I've seen both given.

It's a minor issue, but it's annoying in language.