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<p>Manhattan Beach is a laid-back South Bay community popular with families and outdoor enthusiasts. The Strand bike path winds along the oceanfront between modern mansions and wide stretches of sand lined with volleyball courts. Low-key Manhattan Beach Pier features a quaint aquarium and views of surfers. There are several parks, and a small downtown area with boutiques, brunch cafes, pubs & creative, upscale eateries.</p>

Manhattan Beach

<p>Redondo Beach is one of the three Beach Cities located in South Bay region of the greater Los Angeles area, California, United States. The population was 66,748 at the 2010 census, up from 63,261 at the 2000 census.</p>

Redondo Beach

<p>Hermosa Beach is a beachfront city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Its population was 19,506 at the 2010 U.S. Census. The city is located in the South Bay region of the Greater Los Angeles area; it is one of the three Beach Cities.</p>

Hermosa Beach

<p>San Pedro has a history in real estate that is well over a century old. The San Pedro area has always been a great place to invest in real estate. San Pedro&rsquo;s climate and location on the Pacific Ocean have made San Pedro an excellent place to live. The tree lined streets, gentle hills, and parks make San Pedro a great place to raise a family. It is at the end of the Harbor Freeway granting easy access to all of Southern California San Pedro is still a hidden gem in the Southern California real estate market. Homes and condos are avaiable at prices that are lower than any other city located beside the Pacific Ocean in the region.</p>

San Pedro

<div>El Segundo is a hidden beachside gem that&rsquo;s quickly earning a reputation as a unique corner of Southern California. With our friendly, small-town charm and an ever-growing community of diverse businesses, El Segundo is a thriving coastal community and 5.5 square mile economic powerhouse.</div>
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<div>El Segundo offers beautiful residential neighborhoods, a vibrant downtown, unequaled connectivity to greater LA, major freeways, three Metro stops and we are just minutes from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).</div>
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<div>Our downtown and up-and-coming Smoky Hollow districts offer chef-driven restaurants and world renowned breweries with local shopping and museums, not to mention lifestyle offerings at The Point and Plaza El Segundo, right along Pacific Coast Highway.</div>
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<div>As the home of the Los Angeles Lakers and LA Kings, the city is at the epicenter of Southern California sports culture. And with the new nearby multi-billion-dollar stadium that is close to completion, home to the 2022 Super Bowl and 2028 Olympics, the city is ready to welcome sports enthusiasts from around the world.&nbsp;</div>
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<div>The City has seen tremendous growth and evolution over the past several years.&nbsp; El Segundo is home to the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Air Force Base and dozens of Fortune 500 companies. Recognized as the aerospace capital of the world, our vibrant economy includes leaders in aerospace and defense, bioscience, information technology, energy, real estate and creative media.</div>
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<div>If sports is your thing, El Segundo's got you covered. As the home of the Los Angeles Lakers and the LA Kings, the city is at the epicenter of Southern California sports culture. And with the new multi-billion-dollar stadium that's in the works nearby, which will be home to the 2022 Super Bowl and 2028 Olympics, you'll have easy access to every big game.</div>

El Segundo

<p>Hawthorne is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city at the 2010 census had a population of 84,293, up from 84,112 in 2000. In 2013, the population was 86,199.</p>

Hawthorne

<p align="justify">Lomita&nbsp;is a city in&nbsp;Los Angeles County,&nbsp;California,&nbsp;United States. The population was 20,256 at the&nbsp;2010 census, up from 20,046 at the&nbsp;2000 census. The word "lomita" is Spanish for "little knoll".</p>
<p align="justify">The&nbsp;Spanish Empire&nbsp;had expanded into this area when the Viceroy of&nbsp;New Spain&nbsp;commissioned&nbsp;Juan Rodr&iacute;guez Cabrillo&nbsp;to explore the Pacific Ocean in 1542&ndash;1543. In 1767, the area became part of the&nbsp;Province of the Californias&nbsp;(Spanish:&nbsp;Provincia de las Californias). In 1784, the&nbsp;Spanish Crown&nbsp;deeded&nbsp;Rancho San Pedro, a tract of over 75,000 acres (300&nbsp;km2), to soldier Juan Jos&eacute; Dom&iacute;nguez. The rancho changed in size over the years, as Dom&iacute;nguez' descendants partitioned the land amongst family members, sold parcels to newly arriving settlers, or relinquished some when validating their legal claim with the Mexican government in 1828, and with the United States government in 1858. The Dom&iacute;nguez family name is still applied throughout the area, including the&nbsp;Dominguez Rancho Adobe&nbsp;historical landmark, in the&nbsp;unincorporated community&nbsp;of&nbsp;Rancho Dominguez, located northwest of Lomita.</p>

Lomita

<p>The northern part was originally&nbsp;wetlands, but the natural flooding was halted by the concrete channel which contains Ballona Creek.</p>
<p>In the 1870s, Playa Del Rey was the location of the first attempt at a dredged harbor in Santa Monica Bay. Under contract with the Atchison, Topeka &amp; Santa Fe Railroad, Moye Wicks' syndicate spent $300,000 to dredge "Port Ballona Harbor", for shipping to the Orient. Within three years, winter waves brought flooding, but what remained of man's early efforts became the Playa Del Rey Lagoon, now a regional public park.</p>
<p>Palisades del Rey (also, Palisades Del Rey) was the name of the original 1921 neighborhood land development by Dickinson &amp; Gillespie Co. that later came to be called Playa del Rey. The company advertised this area of sand dunes as the last stretch of coastal land in the city of Los Angeles to be developed. All of the houses in this area were custom built, many as beach homes owned by Hollywood actors and producers, including Cecil B. Demille, Charles Bickford, and others.</p>
<p>Construction in Playa del Rey surged in 1928 with the development of the Del Rey Hills neighborhood in the Eastern part of the community (to the East of Pershing Drive), and the move of Loyola University (now&nbsp;Loyola Marymount University) to the adjacent community of Westchester.</p>
<p>The southern portion of the original Playa del Rey development, which came to be known as "Surfridge," is now vacant. Between 1966 and 1975 the houses that were once there were either moved or demolished to facilitate the expansion of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and to address concerns about the noise of increasing jet plane traffic. The noise from the flights made it less desirable to live on the dunes above the ocean under the LAX flight path. The City of Los Angeles condemned the southern section of Playa del Rey under the power of eminent domain, and purchased all of the homes. Today one can see only barbed-wire fences protecting vacant land and old streets where houses once sat. Recent LAX rejuvenation plans call for the city to finally remove the old streets that still line the empty neighborhood. The condemned areas of the community are now a protected habitat of the endangered El Segundo blue butterfly.</p>
<p>Playa del Rey in the 1950s and early 1960s was known as a great Los Angeles area "surfing spot", but due to the many rock jetties that were built to prevent beach erosion, the good surf has mostly disappeared. The beach at the northernmost end of Playa del Rey is still known as "Toes Over Beach", "Toes Beach" or just "Toes" by the local surfing community, a name derived from the toes over or Hang Ten surfing maneuver. Most surfers now flock south of Dockweiler Beach, to "El Porto", the northernmost part of beach in the city of Manhattan Beach. The lifeguard and park services are uniform across the entire twenty-mile stretch of beach.</p>
<p>One danger for beachgoers is the uncontrolled water runoff from the creek, and the occasional overflow from the giant Hyperion treatment plant to the south.</p>
<p>Locals refer to the small area of housing closest to the beach, where Culver Boulevard joins Vista del Mar, as The Jungle, a nickname given to a group of closely built apartments built in 1956, bounded by Trolley Place and Trolleyway Street on its east and west respectively, and including the streets Fowling, Rees, Sunridge and Surf. The small sidewalks between homes had/have deep green overgrowth, which added to the name.</p>
<p>Today a bridge between Playa Del Rey and the jetty between Ballona Creek and the Marina is accessible to foot traffic and bicycle traffic, but not to automobiles. Bikers, skaters and joggers probably have the best chance of traversing the sidewalks of the beaches north to Santa Monica, and to the South Bay, here at this bridge. Both UCLA and LMU have crew teams that practice on the Ballona Creek channel and Marina del Rey.</p>

Playa Del Rey

<p>Culver City, soaked in moviemaking history, features a buzzing dining and nightlife scene, which includes globally inspired eateries, gastropubs and cozy cocktail bars. Occupying the MGM lot, which dates back to 1924, Sony Pictures Studios offers behind-the-scenes tours of its legendary soundstages. Other cultural highlights include spare but sophisticated art galleries, playhouses and the storied Culver Hotel.</p>

Culver City

<p>Gardena is a city located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 58,829 at the 2010 census, up from 57,746 at the 2000 census.</p>

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