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El Segundo ( , ; ) is a city in
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, United States. Located on
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, it was incorporated on January 18, 1917, and is part of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments. The population was 16,731 as of the 2020 census, a 0.5% increase from 16,654 in the 2010 census.


History

The El Segundo and Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by the
Tongva The Tongva ( ) are an Indigenous people of California from the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands, an area covering approximately . Some descendants of the people prefer Kizh as an endonym that, they argue, is more historically ...
(or Gabrieleños) Native American tribes thousands of years ago. The area was once a part of ''
Rancho Sausal Redondo Rancho Sausal Redondo (Round Willow-grove Ranch) was a Mexican land grant in present day Los Angeles County, California given in 1837 to Antonio Ygnacio Ávila by Juan Alvarado Governor of Alta California. ''Rancho Sausal Redondo'' covered ...
'' ("Round Willow Patch Ranch"). Rancho Sausal Redondo extended from Playa Del Rey in the north to Redondo Beach in the south. Originally a Mexican land grant owned by Antonio Ygnacio Avila, the rancho was later purchased by a Scottish baronet named Sir Robert Burnett. After his return to Scotland, the property was purchased by then-manager of the rancho,
Daniel Freeman Daniel Freeman (April 26, 1826 – December 30, 1908) was an American homesteader and Civil War veteran. He was recognized as the first person to file a claim under the Homestead Act of 1862. Freeman was also the plaintiff in a landmark sepa ...
. Daniel Freeman sold portions of the rancho to several persons.
George H. Peck George Huntington Peck, Jr. (October 15, 1856 – January 9, 1940) was an American real estate broker, developer and millionaire. Born in San Francisco, California, he began his career as a railroad conductor and is credited with driving t ...
owned the of land where the
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Refinery now sits. Peck also developed land in neighboring El Porto, where a street still bears his name. The city earned its name ("the second" in Spanish), as it was the site of the second
Standard Oil Standard Oil Company, Inc., was an American oil production, transportation, refining, and marketing company that operated from 1870 to 1911. At its height, Standard Oil was the largest petroleum company in the world, and its success made its co- ...
refinery on the West Coast (the first was at
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in Northern California), when Standard Oil of California purchased the farm land in 1911. The city was incorporated in 1917. The Standard Oil Company was renamed
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in 1984. The El Segundo refinery entered its second century of operation in 2011. The
Douglas Aircraft Company The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace manufacturer based in Southern California. It was founded in 1921 by Donald Wills Douglas Sr. and later merged with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas; it then operated a ...
plant in El Segundo was one of the major aircraft manufacturing facilities in California during
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. It was one of the major producers of SBD Dauntless dive bombers, which achieved fame in the
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. The facility, now operated by
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, is still an aircraft plant. File:StandardOil1920.jpg, El Segundo and Standard Oil Refinery, File:Douglas Aircraft Factory - El Segundo.PNG, SBD Dauntless dive bombers being built by Douglas Aircraft Factory in El Segundo during World War II


Geography

The northern and southern boundaries of the town are
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and Manhattan Beach, with the
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as the western boundary. Its eastern boundary is roughly marked by Aviation Blvd. According to the
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, the city has a total area of , over 99% of which is land. ''
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'' has listed El Segundo as having the most roads with a hill or grade.


Demographics


2010

The
2010 United States Census The United States census of 2010 was the twenty-third United States national census. National Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2010. The census was taken via mail-in citizen self-reporting, with enumerators serving ...
reported that El Segundo had a population of 16,654. The population density was . The racial makeup of El Segundo was 12,997 (78.0%) White (69.1% non-Hispanic White), 337 (2.0%) African American, 68 (0.4%) Native American, 1,458 (8.8%) Asian, 38 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 799 (4.8%) from other races, and 957 (5.7%) from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 2,609 persons (15.7%). The Census reported that 16,578 people (99.5% of the population) lived in households, 66 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 10 (0.1%) were institutionalized. Of the 7,085 households, 2,183 (30.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 3,050 (43.0%) were married couples living together, 729 (10.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 326 (4.6%) had a male householder with no wife present; and 369 (5.2%) were unmarried opposite-sex partnerships. About 31.8% were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34. The city had 4,105 families (57.9% of all households); the average family size was 3.02. 22.3% of the population was under the age of 18, 6.7% was 18 to 24, 31.1% was 25 to 44, 29.8% was 45 to 64, and 10.1%o was 65 or older. The median age was 39.2. For every 100 females, there were 99.4 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 98.8 males. The 7,410 housing units had an average density of , of which 3,034 (42.8%) were owner-occupied and 4,051 (57.2%) occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.1%. About 49.1% of the population lived in owner-occupied housing units and 50.4% in rental housing units. According to the 2010 United States Census, El Segundo had a median household income of $84,341, with 4.8% of the population living below the federal poverty line.


2000

As of the 2000 Census, the
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was 2,894.6 inhabitants per square mile (1,117.4/km2). There were 7,261 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 83.61% White, 1.17% African American, 0.47% Native American, 6.41% Asian, 0.29% Pacific Islander, 3.51% from other races, and 4.55% from two or more races.
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s or Latinos of any race were 11.01% of the population. Of the 7,060 households, 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.6% were not families. Of all households, 34.3% were made up of individuals, and 7.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 3.00. 22.7% of the population was under age 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 38.7% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% 65 or older. The median age was 36. For every 100 females, there were 98.7 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 96.0 males. The median income for a household in the city was $61,341, and for a family was $74,007. Males had a median income of $52,486 versus $41,682 for females. The
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for the city was $33,996. About 3.1% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the
poverty line The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for ...
, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.


Economy

El Segundo has many aviation-related and petroleum-related industries and operations. The name was adopted in 1911 when
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built its second refinery, El Segundo, which is Spanish for "the Second".Greenberg, David
Aerospace woes take a toll, but LAX neighbor has bright spots.
'' Los Angeles Business Journal''. August 11, 2003. Retrieved on April 13, 2009.
This refinery is controversial for receiving some of their crude oil from the Amazon region of South America - more than 5,000 barrels per day. In 1928 William Mines, an immigrant from Canada, leased land for a flying field. In 1930, Los Angeles Municipal Airport, later
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, opened north of El Segundo; its presence led to the concentration of aerospace and aviation-related firms in the El Segundo area. Many large
aerospace Aerospace is a term used to collectively refer to the atmosphere and outer space. Aerospace activity is very diverse, with a multitude of commercial, industrial and military applications. Aerospace engineering consists of aeronautics and ast ...
companies have facilities in El Segundo, including
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, Raytheon,
Lockheed Martin The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American aerospace, arms, defense, information security, and technology corporation with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It ...
,
Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation is an American multinational aerospace and defense technology company. With 90,000 employees and an annual revenue in excess of $30 billion, it is one of the world's largest weapons manufacturers and military tech ...
, Wyle Laboratories, the Aerospace Corporation, and Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings. The last two are headquartered there. It is also home to the Los Angeles Air Force Base and the Space and Missile Systems Center, which is responsible for space-related acquisition for the military. In addition to the
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oil refinery An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into useful products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, liq ...
, El Segundo is located next to the Hyperion sewage treatment plant and the El Segundo
power plant A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid. Many ...
. The El Segundo power plant is operated by the American energy company NRG. In an effort to combine sustainable and environmentally friendly techniques with fossil power generation, NRG was to create a new
combined cycle A combined cycle power plant is an assembly of heat engines that work in tandem from the same source of heat, converting it into mechanical energy. On land, when used to make electricity the most common type is called a combined cycle gas tur ...
power island, providing power for 240,000 households. The new power plant, slated to go online in 2013, was to use two generators: a Siemens gas turbine and an additional steam turbine. Natural gas drives the gas turbine, while the hot exhaust gases generate steam for the steam turbine. The efficiency of the power plant will be increased up to 58%. A huge environmental advantage of this type of power plant is that in combustion, natural gas generates relatively little carbon dioxide compared to other fossil fuels. The current Boeing factory, the
Boeing Satellite Development Center The Boeing Satellite Development Center is a major business unit of Boeing Defense, Space & Security. It brought together Boeing satellite operations with that of GM Hughes Electronics' Space and Communications division in El Segundo, Califo ...
, was originally built by
Nash Motors Nash Motors Company was an American automobile manufacturer based in Kenosha, Wisconsin from 1916 to 1937. From 1937 to 1954, Nash Motors was the automotive division of the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation. Nash production continued from 1954 to 1 ...
in 1946 and opened in 1948. In 1955, Hughes Aircraft Company purchased the building; it was converted to build missiles and also served as a test facility. Toy manufacturer
Mattel Mattel, Inc. ( ) is an American multinational toy manufacturing and entertainment company founded in January 1945 and headquartered in El Segundo, California. The company has presence in 35 countries and territories and sells products in mor ...
, AT&T Entertainment Hub (formerly
DirecTV DirecTV (trademarked as DIRECTV) is an American multichannel video programming distributor based in El Segundo, California. Originally launched on June 17, 1994, its primary service is a digital satellite service serving the United States. I ...
) direct technology marketing company PCM, Inc., and A-Mark Precious Metals are headquartered there, as well as sporting goods retailer
Big 5 Sporting Goods Big 5 Sporting Goods is a sporting goods retailer headquartered in El Segundo, California with 434 stores in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Steven G. Miller is the chair ...
and
Stamps.com Stamps.com is an American company that provides Internet-based mailing and shipping services. Until its acquisition by Thoma Bravo Stamps.com was a public company traded on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol STMP. The company's main offices ...
. Database company
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has a
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facility in El Segundo, as well. The North American headquarters of the Japanese video game company Square Enix are also in the city. Prior to its dissolution, Unocal was headquartered in El Segundo. At one time, MGM Grand Air had its headquarters in El Segundo. From 1982 until 1996, the headquarters of the Los Angeles Raiders of the
National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the majo ...
was located in El Segundo. The Los Angeles Kings Hockey Club is also located in El Segundo. In 2024, the Los Angeles Chargers will move their headquarters to El Segundo from Costa Mesa. Film production companies are located in El Segundo, including Rhythm and Hues Studios and Lightstorm Entertainment. The ''
Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the ...
'' announced that its newsroom would move from downtown Los Angeles to a campus in El Segundo in the summer of 2018.


Top employers

According to the city's 2020–21 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:


Subsidiaries of companies

Nexon America, the North American branch of Korean online game publisher
Nexon Co. Ltd. Nexon Co., Ltd. is a global video game publisher, listed in Japan, that specializes in online Virtual World games for PCs, consoles and mobile. Nexon is one of the world’s ten largest interactive game companies based on market capitalization ...
has its offices in El Segundo. The North American branch of the Japanese video game publisher and developer Square Enix has its headquarters in El Segundo. Due to its proximity to Los Angeles International Airport, El Segundo became the host of several offices of airlines. In 1979, the
United Airlines United Airlines, Inc. (commonly referred to as United), is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.
Reservation Center, a two-story, $4.5 million, facility in the International Center, was scheduled to begin construction. Austin Co., a firm in Irvine, was to build the facility, which was scheduled for opening in May of that year. Japan Airlines operates its United States headquarters, which was moved from
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to El Segundo in around 2003. at Suite 620 of 300 Continental Boulevard; Cathay Pacific has an office in El Segundo. The airline moved its North America headquarters to Greater Los Angeles in 1990, and the headquarters were situated in El Segundo until 2005. Air China operates its North American headquarters in the 2131 East Maple Avenue building, south of LAX, in El Segundo. Its current North American headquarters opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony and other festivities on Friday March 26, 2010. The call center reservations, marketing, and sales employees all moved into the building. The building includes a call center with space for 50 employees; when the building opened, half of the spaces had been filled. Air New Zealand operates its United States headquarters in El Segundo. Other airlines with offices in El Segundo include Turkish Airlines, Thai Airways, Air Tahiti Nui, Aeroméxico, China Airlines
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,
EVA Air EVA Airways Corporation (pronounced as three letters: ; ) (), of which "EVA" stands for Evergreen Airways, is a Taiwanese international airline based at Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei, Taiwan, operating passenger and dedicated ca ...
, and
Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines ( abbreviation: SIA) is the flag carrier airline of the Republic of Singapore with its hub located at Singapore Changi Airport. The airline is notable for highlighting the Singapore Girl as its central figure in corporat ...
.
Infineon Technologies Infineon Technologies AG is a German semiconductor manufacturer founded in 1999, when the semiconductor operations of the former parent company Siemens AG were spun off. Infineon has about 50,280 employees and is one of the ten largest semico ...
acquired El Segundo-based company
International Rectifier International Rectifier was an American power management technology company manufacturing analog and mixed-signal ICs, advanced circuit devices, integrated power systems, and high-performance integrated components for computing. On 13 January 20 ...
in 2015.


Parks and recreation

El Segundo has its own beach, as well as three public pools, two of which are outdoor pools open only during the summer months. The El Segundo Parks and Recreation staff are the basis for the hit NBC program '' Parks and Recreation''. El Segundo has two full-sized turf fields named
Campus El Segundo Athletic Fields Campus El Segundo Athletic Fields is an outdoor athletic field in El Segundo, California. The park was opened in 2007, by English International footballer David Beckham and French International footballer Zinedine Zidane. The facility can be ea ...
, which are open to the public.


Government


Local government

According to the city's most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, its various funds had $99.0 million in revenues, $91.0 million in expenditures, $206.5 million in total assets, $33.6 million in total liabilities, and $50.4 million in cash and investments. In the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, El Segundo is in the Second District, represented by Holly Mitchell.


State and federal representation

In the
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, El Segundo is in , and in . In the
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, El Segundo is in .


Education

The El Segundo Unified School District serves the residential district of El Segundo, west of Pacific Coast Highway. It operates El Segundo High School. Eastern El Segundo is part of the tax base for the
Wiseburn Unified School District The Wiseburn Unified School District is a school district in Los Angeles County, California operating elementary and middle schools. Its headquarters are on the grounds of the Da Vinci charter schools facility in El Segundo. Previously they wer ...
, and formerly for the Centinela Valley Union High School District (CVUHSD). There are no residential areas in the eastern part of the city.Kuznia, Rob.
Wiseburn district eyes wow factor in creating new comprehensive high school
" '' Daily Breeze''. March 28, 2013. Retrieved on April 19, 2014.
This portion of the city includes corporate operations providing significant tax revenue to the districts.Kuznia, Rob.
Aerospace business corridor in El Segundo a cash cow for Centinela Valley school district
" '' Daily Breeze''. February 19, 2014. Retrieved on April 19, 2014.
Vistamar School is a private school in El Segundo. Originally all of the city was located in the Wiseburn School District,History and Profile

Archive
. Centinela Valley Union High School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2014.
which opened in 1896.About


. Wiseburn School District. Retrieved on April 4, 2014.
When the
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Union High School District, now known as the CVUHSD, opened in 1905, its territory included the Wiseburn district. In 1912 the El Segundo School District opened, taking territory from the Wiseburn School District. The territory of the El Segundo district continued to be in the Inglewood Union District. On November 22, 1925, the El Segundo High School District was formed and El Segundo withdrew from the Inglewood Union district.


Media

The ''El Segundo Herald'' is the community newspaper for El Segundo. It was established in 1911, six years before the city was incorporated. It had its centennial anniversary of service to the community in 2011. A monthly arts and culture publication, ''The El Segundo Scene'', began printing in May 2018. Created and run by two El Segundo residents, the magazine serves El Segundo and its neighbors in the South Bay.


Infrastructure


Transportation

State Route 1 passes through the city as Pacific Coast Highway, while Interstate 105 begins its journey at Sepulveda Boulevard (the continuation of State Route 1 north of El Segundo city limits) just outside the northern city limits of El Segundo and heads east to Norwalk. Amtrak's El Segundo Bus Stop (ESG) is located at the Los Angeles County Metro Green Line Douglas Station and is serviced by Thruway Motorcoach. The stop is on Amtrak's 1c bus route that runs four times a day between Amtrak's Torrance Bus Stop (Alpine Village) and the Bakersfield Amtrak Station where passengers transfer to and from trains on Amtrak's San Joaquin route; passengers can also connect with Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner route at the Van Nuys Amtrak Station.
Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles International Airport , commonly referred to as LAX (with each letter pronounced individually), is the primary international airport serving Los Angeles, California and its surrounding metropolitan area. LAX is located in the ...
(LAX) is located immediately to the north of El Segundo. In 2014, an air quality study found harmful ultrafine particles from the takeoffs and landings at LAX to be of a much greater magnitude than previously thought.


Notable people

* Roseanne Barr, comedian, owns Full Moon and High Tides Productions *
George Brett George Howard Brett (born May 15, 1953) is an American former professional baseball player who played all of his 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a third baseman for the Kansas City Royals. Brett's 3,154 career hits are second- ...
, baseball player, Hall of Fame *
Ken Brett Kenneth Alven Brett (September 18, 1948 – November 18, 2003) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and the second of four Brett brothers who played professional baseball, the most notable being the youngest, George Brett. Ken played for ...
, baseball player *
Joe Caravello Joseph John Caravello (born June 6, 1963) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and the San Diego Chargers The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team ...
, NFL football player * Dick Dale, guitarist, pioneer of Surf music * Rusty Frank, author, choreographer, producer, dance historian * Mike Gordon, Assemblymember and mayor of El Segundo * Dave LaRoche, baseball pitcher * Vladimir Matyushenko, UFC fighter *
Christopher McCandless Christopher Johnson McCandless (; February 12, 1968 – August 1992), also known by his pseudonym "Alexander Supertramp", was an American adventurer who sought an increasingly nomadic lifestyle as he grew up. McCandless is the subject of '' In ...
, adventurer who inspired the book '' Into the Wild'' and the 2007 film '' The Call of the Wild'' * Dave McCoy, skier and businessman, founder of Mammoth Mountain, was born in El Segundo * Scott McGregor, baseball player *
Lars Nootbaar Lars Taylor-Tatsuji Nootbaar ( ja, 榎田 達治, ''Enokida Tatsuji'', born September 8, 1997) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). On the international level, he represents ...
, MLB baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals * Bob Samuelson, volleyball player * John Van Hamersveld, artist and surfer * Paul Westphal, basketball player and coach * Dave Williamson, stand-up comedian


In popular culture

* A Tribe Called Quest's single " I Left My Wallet In El Segundo" revolves around a stop through the town on the way back to
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. * El Segundo is frequently referenced by Fred G. Sanford in the TV series ''
Sanford and Son ''Sanford and Son'' is an American sitcom television series that ran on the NBC television network from January 14, 1972, to March 25, 1977. It was based on the British sitcom '' Steptoe and Son'', which initially aired on BBC One in the Unit ...
''. * Although filmed in
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, the music video for the song "
First Date A first date is the initial meeting during the dating process of two individuals, in which an effort is made to ask about each other, plan a potential relationship, and/or organize some sort of romantic activity. Aims vary between finding a ...
", by pop-punk band Blink-182, takes place in El Segundo in 1974. * The fictitious ''
Silicon Valley Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that serves as a global center for high technology and innovation. Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical areas San Mateo Cou ...
'' company Pied Piper tapped the real-life, El Segundo-headquartered company Wpromote to develop its ill-fated mascot, Pipey. El Segundo High School has a presence in the movie industry. Many films and television broadcasts were shot at the high school. Major examples, in reverse chronological order, include: * ''All American'' (2018) * ''The Baby Sitter'' (2017) * ''Role Models'' (2008) * ''
Superbad ''Superbad'' is a 2007 American coming-of-age teen buddy comedy film directed by Greg Mottola and produced by Judd Apatow. The film stars Jonah Hill and Michael Cera as Seth and Evan, two teenagers about to graduate from high school. Before grad ...
'' (2007) * ''The O.C.'' (2003–2007) * ''The Hot Chick'' (2002) * ''Beverly Hills 90210'' (1990–2000) * '' WarGames'' (1983) * ''Rock 'n' Roll High School'' (1979) * ''Blackboard Jungle'' (1955)


See also

*
Automobile Driving Museum The Automobile Driving Museum is an automotive museum located at 610 Lairport Street, El Segundo, California, USA. The museum is nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, founded in by car collectors Stanley Zimmerman and architect Earl Rubenstein. I ...
- a museum in El Segundo.


References


External links

*
El Segundo Chamber of Commerce
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