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Los Angeles (US: (listen) lawss AN-jl-s; Spanish: Los Ángeles [los axeles], lit. 'The Angels'), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city after New York City. It covers about 469 square miles (1,210 km²) and is the seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estimated 9.86 million as of 2022. The city was founded on September 4, 1781, under Spanish governor Felipe de Neve, on the village of Yaanga. Los Angeles hosted the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics and will host the 2028 Summer Olympics. In 2018, the Los Angeles metropolitan area had a gross metropolitan product of over $1.0 trillion, making it the city with the third-largest GDP in the world. It also has the busiest container port in the Americas. The local English pronunciation of the name of the city has varied over time.Since the 1930s, has been most common. This was also endorsed in 1952 by a "jury" appointed by Mayor Fletcher Bowron to devise an official pronunciation. The original settlement is disputed and is known as "Los Pladores" or "The Queen of the Angels" The original name is disputed; the original settlement of El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Our Lady of the Queen of Angels is believed to have been founded in 1781.

Pronunciation of the name

Los Angeles is the primary city name, but also Baldwin Hills, Leimert Park, View Park are acceptable city names or spellings, Crenshaw on the other hand no longer accepted or obsolete and are no longer used as a designation. Since the 1930s, has been most common. In 1934, the United States Board on Geographic Names decreed that this pronunciation be used. This was also endorsed in 1952 by a "jury" appointed by Mayor Fletcher Bowron to devise an official pronunciation. In 1908, librarian Charles Fletcher Lummis, who argued for the name's pronunciation with a hard g, reported that there were at least 12 pronunciation variants. In the early 1900s, the Los Angeles Times advocated for pronouncing it Loce AHNG-hayl-ais, approximating Spanish [los axeles], by printing the respelling under its masthead for several years. This did not find favor. Since the 1880s the pronunciation lohss ANG-gl-s emerged out of a trend in California to give places Spanish, or Spanish-sounding, names and pronunciations. The pronunciation lawss AN-jl-s was established following the 1850 incorporation of the city and was most common until the 1950s, when it was adopted by the U.S. Board of Geographic Names. In 1952, a jury was appointed by the mayor to devise a pronunciation for the city's name. The jury's decision was made to use the pronunciation of lawss AN-l-s, which has been in use ever since. It is the most common pronunciation of the name of Los Angeles, followed by lawss A-s-L-S-E-S and lawss L-A-S.

History

Los Angeles was settled by the Tongva (Gabrieleño) and Chumash tribes. In 1781, a group of forty-four settlers known as "Los Pobladores" founded the pueblo (town) they called El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles, 'The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels' In 1846, during the wider Mexican-American war, marines from the Mexican militias fought the siege of Los Angeles where 150 Mexican militias which eventually surrendered. By 1900, the population had grown to more than 102,000, putting pressure on the city's water supply. By 1923, the discoveries had helped California become the country's largest oil producer, accounting for about one-quarter of the world's petroleum output. The present-day city has the largest Roman Catholic archdiocese in the United States. The original name of the settlement is disputed; the Guinness Book of World Records rendered it as "El Puebla de Nuestro Áñora de los Porciúncula"; other sources have shortened or alternate versions of the longer name. Los Angeles created the first municipal zoning ordinance in the U.S. On September 14, 1908, the Los Angeles City Council promulgated residential and industrial land use zones. In 1910, Hollywood merged into Los Angeles, and the city became a suburb of the larger city. In 1916, the city created a comprehensive comprehensive zoning ordinance.

Geography

Los Angeles is both flat and hilly. The highest point in the city proper is Mount Lukens at 5,074 ft (1,547 m) The city is subject to earthquakes because of its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire. The strike-slip San Andreas Fault system, which sits at the boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate, passes through the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The last major earthquake was the 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake. Parts of the city are vulnerable to tsunamis from waves from the Aleutian Islands in 1946, Valdivia earthquake in 1960, Alaska earthquake in 1964, Chile earthquake in 2010 and Japan earthquake in 2011. The official tree of Los Angeles is the Coral Tree (Erythrina caffra) and the official flower is the Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia reginae). Mexican Fan Palms, Canary Island Palms and Queen Palms are common in the area, although only the last is native to California, though still not native to the City of LA. The city's street patterns generally follow a uniform grid plan, with uniform block lengths and occasional cut blocks for each block. However, this is complicated by rugged terrain, which has necessitated having different grids for each neighborhood. These neighborhoods are well-defined enough that the city has nearly all signage which marks nearly all of them nearly every street. The Los Angeles River, which is largely seasonal, is the primary drainage channel. It was straightened and lined in 51 miles (82 km) of concrete by the Army Corps of Engineers to act as a flood control channel.

Demographics

The 2010 U.S. census reported Los Angeles had a population of 3,792,621. Non-Hispanic Whites were 28.7% of the population in 2010, compared to 86.3% in 1940. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 1,838,822 persons (48.5%). Los Angeles is home to people from more than 140 countries speaking 224 different identified languages. Ethnic enclaves like Chinatown, Historic Filipinotown, Koreatown, Little Armenia, Little Ethiopia, Tehrangeles, Little Tokyo, Little Bangladesh, and Thai Town provide examples of the polyglot character of Los Angeles. The largest Asian ethnic groups are Filipinos (3.2%) and Koreans (2.9%), which have their own established ethnic enclaves. Chinese people, which make up 1.8% of LA's population, reside mostly outside of the city limits and rather in the San Gabriel Valley of eastern Los Angeles County, but make a sizable presence in the city, notably in Chinatown. African Americans have been the predominant ethnic group in South Los Angeles, which has emerged as the largest African American community in the western United States since the 1960s. The city is also home to Armenians, Assyrians, Iranians and Iranians, many of whom live in enclaves in the Central Los Angeles region. The highest concentration of African Americans include Crenshaw, Baldwin Hills, Baldwin Park, Leimert Park, Manchester Square, Manchester Park, and Watts.

Economy

The economy of Los Angeles is driven by international trade, entertainment (television, motion pictures, video games, music recording, and production), aerospace, technology, petroleum, fashion, apparel, and tourism. In the 2017 Global Financial Centres Index, Los Angeles was ranked as having the 19th most competitive financial center in the world. One of the five major film studios, Paramount Pictures, is within the city limits, its location being part of the so-called "Thirty-Mile Zone" of entertainment headquarters in Southern California. Los Angeles has been classified an "alpha world city" according to a 2012 study by a group at Loughborough University. The Department of Cannabis Regulation enforces cannabis legislation after the legalization of the sale and distribution of cannabis in 2016. As of October 2019, more than 300 existing cannabis businesses (both retailers and their suppliers) have been granted approval to operate in what is considered the nation's largest market. The Los Angeles metropolitan area has a gross metropolitan product of over $1.0 trillion (as of 2018), making it the third-largest economic metropolitan area in the World after Tokyo and New York. Los LA is home to three Fortune 500 companies: AECOM, CBRE Group, and Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Other companies headquartered in Los Angeles and the surrounding metropolitan area include The Aerospace Corporation, California Pizza Kitchen, Capital Group Companies, Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, Dine Brands Global, DreamWorks Animation, Dollar Shave Club, Fandango Media, and Trader Joe's.

Arts and culture

There are 841 museums and art galleries in Los Angeles County, more museums per capita than any other city in the U.S. The city's food culture is a fusion of global cuisine brought on by the city's rich immigrant history and population. As of 2022, the Michelin Guide recognized 10 restaurants granting 2 restaurants two stars and eight restaurants one star. Los Angeles is the site of the USC School of Cinematic Arts which is the oldest film school in the United States. The Los Angeles Music Center is "one of the three largest performing arts centers in the nation", with more than 1.3 million visitors per year. The Hollywood Sign, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Capitol Records Building, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, and the Griffith Observatory are important landmarks in the city. The L.A. Public Library system operates 72 public libraries in the City. The Venice Canal Historic District and boardwalk, Theme Building, Bradbury Building, Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles City Hall, Hollywood Bowl, battleship USS Iowa, Watts Towers, Staples Center, Dodger Stadium, and Olvera Street are also important landmarks. The Santa Monica Beach Boardwalk is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country. The Griffith Observatory is the world's largest observatory, with a collection of more than 2,000 historic buildings. The Getty Center is the largest art museum in the Western United States, and is part of the J. Paul Getty Trust, the world’s wealthiest art institution.

Sports

The city of Los Angeles and its metropolitan area are the home of eleven top-level professional sports teams. Los Angeles is the second-largest city in the United States but hosted no NFL team between 1995 and 2015. The city has twice hosted the Summer Olympic Games: in 1932 and in 1984, and will host the games for a third time in 2028. The Forum, SoFi Stadium, Dignity Health Sports Park, the Rose Bowl, Angel Stadium, and the Honda Center are also in adjacent cities and cities in Los Angeles's metropolitan area. The UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) are Division I teams in the Pac-12 Conference, but will soon be moved to the Big Ten Conference. The Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL), the Los Angeles Galaxy and Los Angeles FC of Major League Soccer (MLS) are among the other teams based in the city. Los Los Angeles will be one of eleven US host cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup with matches set to be held at So Fi Stadium. The Rose Bowl also hosts an annual and highly prestigious NCAA college football game called the Rosebowl, which happens every New Year's Day. Los LA is one of six North American cities to have won championships in all five of its major leagues (MLB, NFL, NHL, MLS, and MLS), completing the feat with the Kings' 2012 Stanley Cup title. The LA Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, and LA Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) are also among the teams that play in neighboring communities but use the city's name.

Government

Los Angeles is a charter city as opposed to a general law city. The current charter was adopted on June 8, 1999, and has been amended many times. The elected government consists of the Los Angeles City Council and the mayor of Los Angeles, which operate under a mayorcouncil government. There are 15 city council districts. In the California State Assembly, Los Angeles is split between fourteen districts, and in the United States House of Representatives, it is split among ten congressional districts. The city has many departments and appointed officers, including the LAPD, the Board of Police Commissioners, and the Housing Authority of the City of L.A. (HACLA) The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) also has a branch of the city library, the LAPL, which is located in downtown Los Angeles. The mayor is Karen Bass, and there are about 90 neighborhood councils. The neighborhood councils are relatively autonomous and spontaneous in that they identify their own boundaries, establish their own bylaws, and elect their own officers. Residents elect supervisors for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th supervisorial districts, as well as the city attorney, a county office, and controller. There is a city council district for the city's first district, and a city district for its second district, for the third and fourth districts, for a total of 15 city districts for Los Angeles to represent. The U.S. State Assembly has 14 districts, while the state Senate has eight districts.

Education

There are three public universities within the city limits: California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), California State. University, Northridge (CSUN) and University of California, LA (UCLA) The community college system consists of nine campuses governed by the trustees of the Los Angeles Community College District. The Claremont Colleges consortium includes the most selective liberal arts colleges in the U.S. and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), one of the top STEM-focused research institutions in the world. Los Angeles Unified School District serves almost all of the city of Los Angeles, as well as several surrounding communities, with a student population around 800,000. LAUSD has become known for its underfunded, overcrowded and poorly maintained campuses, although its 162 Magnet schools help compete with local private schools. The Los Angeles County Office of Education operates the LA County High School for the Arts. There are numerous additional colleges and universities outside the Greater Los Angeles area, including the Claremont colleges consortium, which includes the top liberal arts college in the United States, and the Caltech consortium, among other institutions. The city has a population of around 1.2 million people, and has a per-capita income of $50,000 to $100,000 per year. The average household income in Los Angeles is around $60,000, and a per capita income is about $70,000 or $80,000 in some parts of the greater Los Angeles region. The median household income is $62,000; the average household wealth is $74,500.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California = 1. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 52. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 10. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Los Angeles = 6.2 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 3,898,747 individuals with a median age of 34.7 age the population grows by 6.85% in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 8,304.22 residents per square mile of area (3,206.29/km²). There are average 2.87 people per household in the 1,343,425 households with an average household income of $46,393 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 13.90% of the available work force and has dropped -6.24% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 13.62%. The number of physicians in Los Angeles per 100,000 population = 213.2.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Los Angeles = 18.1 inches and the annual snowfall = 0 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 26. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 284. 77 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 49.8 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 46, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California which are owned by the occupant = 36.46%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 46 years with median home cost = $400,360 and home appreciation of -14.02%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $7.73 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $5,843 per student. There are 21.6 students for each teacher in the school, 4412 students for each Librarian and 733 students for each Counselor. 5.27% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 16.03% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 8.77% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).

San Pedro is a neighborhood within the City of Los Angeles, California. Formerly a separate city, it consolidated with Los Angeles in 1909. The district has grown from being dominated by the fishing industry, to a working-class community within the city. The peninsula, including all of San Pedro, was the homeland of the Tongva-Gabrieleño Native American people for thousands of years. The Tongva believe they have been here since the beginning of time. San Pedro was named for St. Peter of Alexandria, as his feast day is November 24 on the ecclesiastical calendar of Spain, the day on which Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo discovered the San Pedro Bay in 1542. In 1602-1603, Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548-1624) officially surveyed and mapped the California coastline. In 1784, the Spanish Crown deeded Rancho San Pedro to retired soldier Juan José Domínguez, who helped explore California with the Portolá expedition in 1769-1770. In 1868 Banning created the Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad, Southern California's first railroad and used it to transport goods to Los Angeles. In 1929, the city experienced the Sunken City Disaster, where an earthquake caused multiple homes to slide off a cliff into the sea. By 1934, 14 battleships, two aircraft carriers, and 16 cruisers were based at San Pedro. The U.S. Navy Battle Fleet home port was San Pedro in 1919-1940.

History

The peninsula, including all of San Pedro, was the homeland of the Tongva-Gabrieleño Native American people for thousands of years. The Tongva believe they have been here since the beginning of time. Their first contact with Europeans was in 1542 with Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, the Spanish explorer who also was the first to write of them. San Pedro Bay was used by Spanish ships starting in the 1540s. The harbor was greatly improved and expanded under the guidance of Phineas Banning and John Gately Downey, the seventh governor of California after the Free Harbor Fight. Woodrow Wilson transferred 200 United States Navy ships from the Atlantic to the Pacific in 1919 when tension arose between the United States and Japan over the fate of China. The battleships remained in the Hawaiian Islands to deter aggression until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. On April 1, 1940, the Pacific Fleet ships sailed to Hawaii, but San Pedro remained as the battle port through World War II; the fleet was never selected as the location for the battle of Pearl Harbor. The U.S. Navy Battle Fleet home port was selected for the Battle of Hawaii in 1941, but the fleet never returned to San Pedro because of the threat of Japanese attack. The city experienced the Sunken City Disaster, where an earthquake caused multiple homes to slide off a cliff into the sea. In 1868 Banning created the Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad, Southern California's first railroad and used it to transport goods from San Pedro to Los Angeles.

Geography and climate

The neighborhood fronts on the Pacific Ocean to the south and is bounded inland by Harbor City and Torrance on the north, Wilmington and Long Beach on the east and Rancho Palos Verdes and Lomita on the west. The neighborhood is located in the central part of Los Angeles County, California. It is located on the eastern edge of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The area is known for its redwood trees, which can be found in the neighborhood. The community is also known for being a hotbed of illegal activity. The city has a high percentage of people who live in or near the ocean, which is a major source of income for the area. It also has one of the highest temperatures in the city, with an average of 98.5 degrees Fahrenheit (32.7 degrees Celsius) in the summer. The region is home to a large percentage of the city's homeless people, who are mostly African-American and Latino. The town has a reputation for being active in the arts and culture scene, with many galleries, restaurants and theaters. It has also been known to host a number of high-profile events, such as the L.A. Marathon and the San Francisco Giants football game in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was named after a former mayor of the town, who was a prominent member of the area's community. In the 1990s and 2000s, the neighborhood was the site of several high-tech companies, including Apple, Google, and Microsoft.

Port of Los Angeles

San Pedro, Wilmington, and Terminal Island are the locations of the Port of Los Angeles. The Port is one of the largest ports in the United States. It is home to the U.S. Navy's second-busiest port, after New York's Port of LaGuardia. The port is also home to a number of international airports, including LAX, LAX and LAX-Inland, and the San Francisco-Oakland airport. It was founded in 1881 and is the largest port in the world by passenger numbers. It also has the world's largest container terminal, with a capacity of more than 1.5 million. It opened in 1883 and has been in operation since 1883. It has been the site of the World Trade Center since 1954. It's also the largest employer in the Los Angeles area, employing more than 100,000 people. The city has a population of 1.2 million, with the majority of its residents living in and around the port area. In 2010, the Port had the highest number of foreign-born workers in the country, with more than 80,000 in the city alone. It had the largest number of non-immigrant workers, with about 1.3 million people. It employs about 2,000 foreign workers, most of whom live in or near the Port. The town of Wilmington, California, is the location of the port's largest port, with 1.4 million people living in or around the city.

Locations of interest

The Vincent Thomas Bridge, a 1,500-foot (457 m)-long suspension bridge linking San Pedro with Terminal Island, is the fourth longest suspension bridge in California. Nearby is the Battleship Iowa museum and attraction, the Los Angeles Maritime Museum (the largest maritime museum in California), and the museum ship SS Lane Victory. Ports O' Call Village, a tourist destination, which provided shopping venues, waterfront eateries, was demolished in 2019 to make way for West Harbor, a major waterfront food hall and park under development, slated to open in 2021. A historic naval warehouse built in 1944 houses Crafted at the Port of Los Angeles, a permanent craft marketplace. The Point Fermin Light, a Victorian-era structure built in the late 19th century, is a museum and park on a bluff overlooking the ocean. The Korean Bell of Friendship is a massive bronze memorial bell donated by South Korea in 1976 to the people of LA. The church of Mary Star of the Sea is a prominent landmark with a steeple-top statue overlooking the harbor. On 28th Street, between Gaffey Street and Peck Avenue, the street climbs at a 33.3% angle, although the rest of the street is less steep. On July 19, 2003, the San Pedro Waterfront Red Car Line was opened, along the waterfront between downtown San Pedro and the Cruise Ship Terminal. The line includes two trolleys built to resemble the wood-bodied 500 class cars introduced in 1905 for the Pacific Electric Railway, which once operated more than 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of track running streetcars and interurbans.

Demographics

A total of 80,065 people lived in San Pedro's 12.06 square miles, according to the 2000 U.S. census. In 2000, whites made up 44.2% of the population, Latinos were at 40.8%, blacks at 6.1%, Asians at 4.8%. Mexico and Italy were the most common places of birth for the 24.5% of residents who were born abroad. The $57,508 median household income in 2008 dollars was average for the city and county. The median age was 34 in the San Pedro neighborhood, considered average for Los Angeles. The City of Los Angeles even named a stretch of 9th Street "Croatian Place" in honor of the city's old Croatian community. Until February 1942, San Pedro was home to a vibrant Japanese immigrant community of about 3,000 people. These Japanese immigrants pioneered albacore fishing out of San Pedro Bay and harvesting abalone off White Point. The 48-hour forced expulsion of these San Pedro residents and the razing of their homes and shops, as part of the Japanese-American internment during World War II, is described in Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston's memoir Farewell to Manzanar. The Croatian community, originally composed of seafarers and fishermen from the Dalmatia (especially the islands of Bra, Hvar, Vis and Korula) region, has been present in SanPedro since the settlement began more than 200 years ago. The Norwegian presence can be felt at the Norwegian Seamen's Church.

Government and infrastructure

San Pedro anchors the southern end of Los Angeles City Council District 15. The United States Postal Service operates the San Pedro Post Office and the Eastview Post Office. The Federal Bureau of Prisons operates the Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island on Terminal Island and in San Pedro. The USPS also operates the Seafarers Post Office at Suite A at 93 Berth in close proximity to the SanPedro Post Office, 839 South Beacon Street and 28649 South Western Avenue. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operates the Los Angeles Army National Guard Base at San Pedro and Terminal Island. The L.A. County Sheriff's Department operates the Santa Monica Sheriff's Station at 839 S. Beacon Street. The Los Angeles Police Department has a substation at the corner of South Western and San Pedro avenues. The Santa Monica Police Department also has a station at the intersection of Southwestern and Santa Monica Boulevard. The San Pedro Police Department is based at the Santa Cruz Police Station at 705 S. Santa Cruz Avenue and has a post office at 706 S. San Pedro Avenue and a substations at 707 South Santa Cruz and 705 South Santa Pedro. The LAPD's Los Angeles Station is located at 605 South Santa Pedra  Avenue and is at the base of San Pedro Hill. The station is also at the top of the hill, at the end of San Pedrian Street. The neighborhood has long been represented only by San Pedro residents. The district's population is less than one-third of the district's size.

Education

Just 23.8% of San Pedro residents aged 25 or older had completed a four-year degree in 2000. San Pedro High School is home to the protected landmarks in the form of The English Language Arts and Administration Buildings (c. 1939, 1936, resp.) The school recently celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2003. As of 2012, test scores tended to be higher in the area's elementary schools than in its middle and high schools. The Los Angeles Public Library operates the San Pedro Regional Branch Library at 931 South Gaffey. The library was opened in 1983 in the presence of the late Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley. The school district is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Residents of the Palos Verdes Peninsula may be admitted into schools in the neighboring PalosVerdes Peninsula. This admittance is only granted if a student's parent is enlisted in the US military, has a parent or guardian employed within the Palo Verdes peninsula, or if the student simply lives in a closer vicinity to a PVPUSD school than any other LAUSD schools. Private schools in San Pedro include:Holy Trinity School, Mary Star of the Sea Elementary School, andRolling Hills Estates Preparatory School. The area is within Board District 7, and Dr. Richard Vladovic represents the district. The current location opened on February 6, 2007, and is located in the Rolling Hills Estate neighborhood. The San Pedro Elementary School is located on the east side of the city.

Events

Annual "Shakespeare by the Sea, Los Angeles" Festival, held at Point Fermin Park each summer. Festival is one of the largest Shakespeare festivals in the world. Festival runs from June to August. Festival was started in 1854. It is the oldest Shakespeare festival in the U.S. and has been running since 1855. It was founded by William Shakespeare, who was inspired by his hometown of L.A. to start the festival. The festival was first held in 1855 and continues to this day. It has been held every summer since then, with the exception of two years in the 1980s. The Festival is held in the same place as the original Shakespeare Festival, Point Fermini Park, in Los Angeles' Marina Del Rey neighborhood. It runs from July to August each year, and is free to the public. It also has its own Shakespeare Theatre, which is open to the general public.