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Finally — after residents of the nation’s most populous state have endured hours of Democratic presidential debate with almost no mention of California, and the day after the House’s historic vote to impeach the president — eyes are turning toward Los Angeles.

That’s where seven Democratic candidates will meet onstage this evening at Loyola Marymount University.

If you are not an avid fan of college basketball (or even if you are), you may have only a passing familiarity with the small Catholic college, whose main campus is in L.A.’s Westchester area, just north of LAX and just east of Playa Del Rey.

Here’s what you need to know:

So I know Loyola Marymount University is a university, of course. But what is it?

L.M.U., as you’ll probably hear campus denizens call it, is actually the combination of two schools: Loyola College, descended from the oldest higher education institution in Southern California, and Marymount Junior College in Westwood, founded by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary.