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The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles,California,and some of its neighboring cities and certain unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. Its headquarters are in Downtown Los Angeles. Over the past seventy-seven years,LACCD has served as educator to more than three million students. In addition to typical college aged students,the LACCD also serves adults of all ages:over half of all LACCD students are older than 25 years of age,and more than a quarter are 35 or older. LACCD educates almost three times as many Latino students and nearly four times as many African-American students as all of the University of California campuses combined. Eighty percent of LACCD students are from underserved populations. The Los Angeles Community College District is the largest community college district in the United States and is one of the largest in the world. The nine colleges within the district offer educational opportunities to students in Los Angeles. It serves students located in the Alhambra,Beverly Hills,Burbank,Culver City,Garvey,Las Virgenes,Los Angeles,Montebello,Palos Verdes and San Gabriel school districts. The district covers the Los Angeles city limits,San Fernando,Calabasas,Agoura Hills,Hidden Hills,Burbank,West Hollywood,Beverly Hills,Culver City,Alhambra,Monterey Park,San Gabriel,Rosemead,Montebello,Commerce,Vernon,Huntington Park,Bell,Cudahy,Bell Gardens,South Gate,Gardena,Carson,Lomita,Palos Verdes Estates,Rolling Hills,Rancho Palos Verdes,and numerous unincorporated communities,including East Los Angeles,Florence-Firestone,Athens,and Walnut Park. The LACCD consists of nine colleges and covers an area of more than 882 square miles (2,280 km2).
The South Bay is a region of the Los Angeles metropolitan area,located in the southwest corner of Los Angeles County. The name stems from its geographic location stretching along the southern shore of Santa Monica Bay. The South Bay contains sixteen cities plus portions of the City of Los Angeles and unincorporated portions of the county. The area is bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the south and west and generally by the City of Los Angeles on the north and east.
Palos Verdes Estates is a coastal city in Los Angeles County,California,United States,situated on the Palos Verdes Peninsula and neighboring Rancho Palos Verdes and Rolling Hills Estates. The city was master-planned by the noted American landscape architect and planner Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. The city is located along the Southern California coastline of the Pacific Ocean.
Rancho Palos Verdes is a coastal city located in south Los Angeles County,California. Incorporated on September 7,1973,the city has a population of 42,287 as reported in the 2020 United States Census. Rancho Palos Verdes sits atop the bluffs of the Palos Verdes Peninsula,neighboring three other cities in the Palos Verdes Hills,namely Palos Verdes Estates,Rolling Hills,and Rolling Hills Estates. It is known for its extensive hiking trails,school district,and high property values.
Torrance is a coastal city in the Los Angeles metropolitan area,located in southwest Los Angeles County,California,United States. The city is part of what is known as the South Bay region of the metropolitan area. A small section of the city,1.5 miles (2.4 km),abuts the Pacific Ocean. Torrance has a moderate year-round climate with average rainfall of 12 inches (300 mm) per year. Torrance was incorporated in 1921,and at the 2020 census had a population of 147,067 residents. Torrance has a beachfront and has 30 parks located around the city. It is also the birthplace of the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO).
Rolling Hills Estates is a city in Los Angeles County,California,United States. On the northern side of the Palos Verdes Peninsula,facing Torrance,Rolling Hills Estates is mostly residential. Incorporated in 1957,Rolling Hills Estates has many horse paths. The population was 8,067 at the 2010 census,up from 7,676 at the 2000 census. In 2018,the population rose to 8,141,and the 2020 census counted 8,280 residents.
The Palos Verdes Peninsula is a peninsula and sub-region of the Los Angeles metropolitan area,located within southwestern Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California. Located in the South Bay region,the peninsula contains a group of cities in the Palos Verdes Hills,including Palos Verdes Estates,Rancho Palos Verdes,Rolling Hills and Rolling Hills Estates,as well as the unincorporated community of Westfield/Academy Hill. The South Bay city of Torrance borders the peninsula on the north,the Pacific Ocean is on the west and south,and the Port of Los Angeles is east. As of the 2010 Census,the population of the Palos Verdes Peninsula is 65,008.
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District (PVPUSD) is a school district headquartered in Palos Verdes Estates,California with facilities in all four cities of the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
The Palos Verdes Library District (PVLD) is an independent special library district serving the residents of the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Southern California. PVLD is governed by a publicly elected Board of Trustees that consists of five members who voluntarily serve without monetary compensation. PVLD's three libraries - Peninsula Center Library,Malaga Cove Library, and Miraleste Library - serve the cities of Palos Verdes Estates,Rancho Palos Verdes,Rolling Hills Estates,and Rolling Hills,California.
California's 36th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in California. The 36th district is located primarily in the South Bay and Westside regions of Los Angeles. It takes in the cities of Beverly Hills,Santa Monica,the west side of Culver City,Hermosa Beach,Rancho Palos Verdes,Redondo Beach,Palos Verdes Estates,Rolling Hills Estates,El Segundo,Lomita,Manhattan Beach,and the west side of Torrance,as well as the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Venice,Playa del Rey,Palms,Cheviot Hills,Westwood Village,West Los Angeles,Mar Vista,Westchester,Marina Peninsula,and west side Harbor City.
Rancho de los Palos Verdes was a 31,629-acre (128.00 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County,California given in 1846 by Governor Pío Pico to JoséLoreto and Juan Capistrano Sepulveda. The name means "ranch of the green trees". The grant encompassed the present-day cities of the Palos Verdes Peninsula,as well as portions of San Pedro and Torrance.
Don Manuel Domínguez e Ybáñez (1803–1882) was a Californio ranchero,politician,and a signer of the California Constitution in 1849. He served as two terms as Alcalde of Los Angeles (mayor). He was one of the largest landowners in Southern California,having inherited Rancho San Pedro in 1825,one of the largest ranchos in California. He was one of the founders of the cities of Carson and Compton and of the fishing village of San Pedro. Today,California State University,Dominguez Hills and the communities of Rancho Dominguez,East Rancho Dominguez,and West Rancho Dominguez bear his family's name.
Rancho San Pedro was one of the first California land grants and the first to win a patent from the United States. The Spanish Crown granted the 75,000 acres (300 km2) of land to soldier Juan JoséDomínguez in 1784,with his descendants validating their legal claim with the Mexican government at 48,000 acres (190 km2) in 1828,and later maintaining their legal claim through a United States patent validating 43,119 acres (174.50 km2) in 1858. The original Spanish land grant included what today consists of the Pacific coast cities of Los Angeles harbor,San Pedro,the Palos Verdes peninsula,Torrance,Redondo Beach,Hermosa Beach,and Manhattan Beach,and east to the Los Angeles River,including the cities of Lomita,Gardena,Harbor City,Wilmington,Carson,Compton,and western portions of Long Beach and Paramount.
The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) of six of the ten counties in Southern California,serving Imperial County,Los Angeles County,Orange County,Riverside County,San Bernardino County,and Ventura County. San Diego County's MPO is the San Diego Association of Governments,which is an unrelated agency.
There are 9 routes assigned to the "N" zone of the California Route Marker Program,which designates county routes in California. The "N" zone includes county highways lying in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
Pacific Unitarian Church is a Unitarian Universalist congregation located in Rancho Palos Verdes,California. It is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations,within the Pacific Southwest District. PUC was recognized as one of four "Breakthrough Congregations" in 2008,reflected in a $75,000 donation to Community Church UU of New Orleans. Membership as of 2019 is around 180 with weekly attendance averaging over 90 adults and children.
Jose Dolores Sepulveda Adobe is an adobe home built in 1818. It is located at the Rancho de los Palos Verdes in Torrance,California. The Jose Dolores Sepulveda Adobe was designated a California Historic Landmark on Jan. 03,1944. The Jose Dolores Sepulveda Adobe was built by JoséDolores Sepúlveda de Redondo,his son was Mayor of Los Angeles from 1837 to 1848. JoséDolores Sepúlveda's father was JoséLoreto Sepúlveda (1764–1808). The location is now a private residence in Torrance. The original Adobe is gone,but the current homeowner renovated the house to reflect the Rancho history. Rancho de los Palos Verdes means "range of green trees". The Rancho is now the present-day cities of the Palos Verdes Peninsula,as well as portions of San Pedro and Torrance.
The Sepúlveda family is a prominent Californio family of Southern California. Members of the family held extensive rancho grants and numerous important positions,including Alcalde de Los Ángeles,California State Assemblymen,and Los Angeles County Supervisor.
Fred Chasan was an American medical doctor from Los Angeles,California and veteran of World War II.
The 2024 Los Angeles County elections will be held on November 5,2024,in Los Angeles County,California,with nonpartisan blanket primary elections for certain offices being held on March 5. Three of the five seats of the Board of Supervisors are up for election,as well as one of the countywide elected officials,the District Attorney.
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