The Palos Verdes Concours d'Elegance is an automotive concours held yearly at the Zamperini Field (formerly called the Torrance Airport) in Torrance, California. The show is unique in including both automobiles and vintage airplanes. The event was held at the Trump National Golf Course in Palos Verdes, California from 2007 to 2015. [1]
The 2016 show was cancelled because of the decline in attendance as the 2015 show faced parking issues at the old venue. It was decided that the show would resume in 2017. [2] On October 1, 2017, the show was resumed at a new venue, Torrance's Zamperini Field. [3]
On September 30, 2018, the show celebrated its 25th anniversary. [4]
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 nature preserves and hiking trails, school district, as well as high property values.
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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. It is often referred to simply as "Palos Verdes", and is made up of 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. It is located in the South Bay region. The peninsula borders the city of Torrance to its north, the Pacific Ocean is on the west and south, and the Port of Los Angeles is to the east. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the Palos Verdes Peninsula is 65,008.
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The Los Angeles City School District was a school district that served Los Angeles, California, and some adjoining areas between 1870 and 1961.
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Palos Verdes Golf Club is a private golf and social club on the West coast of the United States, located in Palos Verdes Estates, California, a suburb southwest of Los Angeles.
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