Torrance is a city in the South Bay (southwestern) region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Torrance has 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of beaches on the Pacific Ocean, which are quieter and less well known by tourists than others on the Santa Monica Bay, such as those of neighboring Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach.
Population: 145,438
Latitude: 33° 50' 9.06" N
Longitude: -118° 20' 26.27" W
Del Rey is a highly diverse neighborhood in the Westside of Los Angeles, surrounded on three sides by Culver City, California. Within it lie a police station, a middle school and six other schools. It is served by a neighborhood council and a reside…
Alondra Park, also known as El Camino Village, is a census designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is the unincorporated area north of Alondra Park and El Camino College. It is east of Lawndale, south of Hawthorne…
Tommy Trojan, officially known as the Trojan Shrine, is one of the most recognizable figures of school pride at the University of Southern California. The life-size bronze statue of a Trojan warrior sits in the center of campus and serves as a popul…
One California Plaza is a 176 m (577 ft) skyscraper located on the Bunker Hill District district of downtown Los Angeles, California. The tower is part of the California Plaza project, consists of two unique skyscrapers, One California Plaza and Two…
This is a list of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in South Los Angeles, California, USA. In total, there are over 144 Historic-Cultural Monuments (HCM) in the South Los Angeles area, which includes the historic West Adams, Exposition Park, a…
Inglewood High School is a public high school in Inglewood, California. Opened in 1905, it is part of Inglewood Unified School District. Inglewood High School is a member of the CIF Los Angeles section, and thus is eligible for Los Angeles City Cham…
The First Interstate Tower fire was a high-rise fire that occurred on May 4, 1988 at the First Interstate Tower (now Aon Center) in Los Angeles, California.
Estrada Courts is a low-income housing project in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles, California.
Bishop Montgomery High School (commonly referred to as "BMHS" or simply "Bishop" by students) is a Catholic high school serving twenty-five parishes in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. BMHS was founded in 1957, and staffed by the Siste…
The Baldwin Hills Dam disaster occurred on December 14, 1963, when the dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir suffered a catastrophic failure and flooded the residential neighborhoods surrounding it. It began with signs of lining failure, follow…
West Angeles Church of God in Christ is a Pentecostal Christian church and a member of the Church of God in Christ denomination.
The Coca-Cola Building is a Coca-Cola bottling plant modeled as a Streamline Moderne building designed by architect Robert V.
The Bicycle Casino is a poker cardroom.
Artesia High School is a public high school in Lakewood, California, with a student population of around 1,950. It is one of the five high schools in the ABC Unified School District.
West Athens is a census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 8,729 at the 2010 census, down from 9,101 at the 2000 census. It is an Unincorporated community within the 2nd Supervisorial District…
South Park is a 1.41-square-mile. low-income neighborhood in South Los Angeles, California. It is notable for its dense concentration of residents, their youthful age range, their high ratio of single parents, their low rate of marriage and their lo…
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 933 was a controlled flight into terrain into Santa Monica Bay at 19:21 on January 13, 1969, approximately 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in California, United States. The…
The Gersten Pavilion is a 4,156 seat multi-purpose arena in Los Angeles, California. It is the home of the Loyola Marymount University Lions. It was built in 1981. It is also the part-time practice home for the Los Angeles Lakers. It was the site fo…