Essentially, and as-noted by @kevin-b:
// find('#id')
angular.element(document.querySelector('#id'))
//find('.classname'), assumes you already have the starting elem to search from
angular.element(elem.querySelector('.classname'))
Note: If you’re looking to do this from your controllers you may want to have a look at the “Using Controllers Correctly” section in the developers guide and refactor your presentation logic into appropriate directives (such as <a2b …>).