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Palos Verdes Drive
Palos Verdes Drive is a major street that runs for , circling the Palos Verdes Hills and Palos Verdes Peninsula, Peninsula in the South Bay (Los Angeles County), South Bay in Los Angeles County. Name Palos Verdes Drive was named after Rancho de los Palos Verdes (), an 1800s Mexican land grant. Route Palos Verdes Drive circles the Palos Verdes Hills and Palos Verdes Peninsula, Peninsula and is divided into four parts: Palos Verdes Drive North, West, South, and East. Palos Verdes Drive North travels east-west inland on the peninsula, Palos Verdes Drive West travels north-south along the coast, Palos Verdes Drive South travels east-west along the coast, and Palos Verdes Drive East travels north-south inland. Palos Verdes Drive North and East cross each other, creating a circular route that is not a true circle. From the east, Palos Verdes Drive begins at a five-point intersection with Vermont Avenue, Anaheim Street, and Gaffey Street in Harbor City, then travels west through Lomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rancho De Los Palos Verdes
''Rancho de los Palos Verdes'' was a Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California given in 1846 by Governor Pío Pico to José Loreto 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, Torrance, Redondo Beach, Compton, Gardena, Lomita, Harbor City, Carson, Dominguez Hills, Wilmington, Los Angeles History The grant was originally a part of Manuel Dominguez's Rancho San Pedro Spanish land grant. Around 1810 Manuel Guttierez, executor of Dominguez's will and de facto owner of his rancho, granted permission to then 17-year-old Jose Dolores Sepulveda to herd livestock in the southwestern reaches of the Rancho San Pedro. This eventually became the basis for the Sepulveda family's contested claim to the Rancho de los Palos Verdes. Dolores had trouble getting his land title cleared, so he took a trip to Monterey to get the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority
The Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority is the primary provider of mass transportation in the Los Angeles suburbs of Rancho Palos Verdes, Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, and Rolling Hills Estates, California. Six color routes provide local service, while Routes 225 and 226 both allow for connections in Torrance and Route 226 also continues into the Los Angeles district of San Pedro. Routes Fixed-Route ''Services operate weekdays only. '' Bus fleet Active fleet References Bus transportation in California Transit Authority A transit district or transit authority is a government agency or a public-benefit corporation created for the purpose of providing public transportation within a specific region. A transit district may operate bus, rail or other types of t ... Public transportation in Los Angeles County, California Transit agencies in California Transportation in Los Angeles County, California {{California-transport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the California State Normal School which later evolved into San José State University. The branch was transferred to the University of California to become the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919, making it the second-oldest of the ten-campus University of California system after the University of California, Berkeley. UCLA offers 337 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a range of disciplines, enrolling about 31,600 undergraduate and 14,300 graduate and professional students annually. It received 174,914 undergraduate applications for Fall 2022, including transfers, the most of any university in the United States. The university is organized into the College of Letters and Science and twelve professional schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvation Army
The Salvation Army (TSA) is a Protestantism, Protestant Christian church and an international charitable organisation headquartered in London, England. It is aligned with the Wesleyan-Holiness movement. The organisation reports a worldwide membership of over 1.7million, consisting of soldiers, officers, and adherents who are collectively known as salvationists. Its founders sought to bring Salvation in Christianity, salvation to the poor, destitute, and hungry by meeting both their "physical and spiritual needs". It is present in 133 countries, running charity shops, operating homeless shelter, shelters for the homelessness, homeless, and disaster relief and humanitarian aid to developing countries. The Wesleyan theology, theology of the Salvation Army derives from Methodism, although it differs in institution and practice; an example is that the Salvation Army does not observe sacraments. As with other denominations in the Holiness Methodist tradition, the Salvation Army lay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marineland Of The Pacific
Marineland of the Pacific was a public oceanarium and tourist attraction located on the Palos Verdes Peninsula coast in Los Angeles County, California. Architect William Pereira designed the main structure. It was also known as Hanna-Barbera's Marineland during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Marineland operated from 1954 until 1987, when it was purchased by the owners of SeaWorld San Diego. The new owners moved the popular killer whales and other animals to their San Diego facility and abruptly closed Marineland. History Marineland When it opened in 1954, one year before Disneyland, Marineland of the Pacific was the world's largest oceanarium. The park was designed by William Pereira, whose work, which included the Transamerica Pyramid, the Los Angeles International Airport, and Geisel Library helped define the architectural look of mid-20th century California. Marineland was best known for its performing orcas. One tourist guide in 1974 stated, “Entertainment is the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayfarers Chapel
Wayfarers Chapel, or "The Glass Church" is a disassembled chapel designed by Lloyd Wright and originally located in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The chapel had unique organic architecture sited on a bluff above the Pacific Ocean. Affiliated with the Swedenborgian Church of North America, it served as a memorial to the 18th-century scientist and theosopher Emanuel Swedenborg. Built in 1949, the chapel was dismantled in 2024 and carefully stored after extreme earth movement had damaged the structure. History The 100-seat church was designed by Lloyd Wright (son of Frank Lloyd Wright) in the late 1940s and was built between 1949 and 1951, at a cost of $25,000. Additions were built in later years, including a tower and a visitor center, the latter of which had been lost in a landslide during the 1960s. Because of its scenic location, the church is popular for weddings. In 1999, the chapel hosted 800 weddings. Closure and disassembly In February 2024, the chapel's leadership an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trump National Golf Club, Los Angeles
Trump National Golf Club, Los Angeles is a public golf club in Rancho Palos Verdes, California with a course originally designed by Pete Dye, and redesigned by Donald J. Trump and Tom Fazio. It is owned by The Trump Organization. Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles was formerly known as Ocean Trails Golf Club, an 18-hole course designed by Dye, which was about to open when a landslide occurred in June 1999, and the 18th hole slid toward the Pacific Ocean. The Ocean Trails Golf Club subsequently went into bankruptcy, and on November 26, 2002, Trump bought the property for $27 million, intending to repair, redesign the course and build homes on adjacent lots. It includes a clubhouse. It is ranked among the ''Top 100 Courses You Can Play'' by ''Golf Magazine''. The club is known for its views of the Pacific Ocean and Catalina Island. The course featured three artificial waterfalls until they were removed during the 2011–2017 California drought. The Michael Douglas Pro- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Bend
The Portuguese Bend region is the largest area of natural vegetation remaining on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, in Los Angeles County, California. Though once slated for development including the projected route of Crenshaw Boulevard, the area is geologically unstable and is unsuitable for building. History of inhabitants Native Americans The peninsula was the homeland of the Tongva people, Tongva-Gabrieliño Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native Americans. In other areas of the Los Angeles Basin archeological sites date back 8,000 years. Their first contact with Europeans was in 1542 with João Cabrilho (Juan Cabrillo), the explorer who also was the first to write of them. Chowigna and Suangna were two Tongva settlements of many in the peninsula area, which was also a departure point for their rancherias on the Channel Islands (California), Channel Islands. Spanish and Mexican era In 1846 Francisco Xavier Sepulveda#Jose Dolores Sepulveda, Jose Dolores Sepulveda and José ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
