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Website. www .torranceca .gov. Torrance is a coastal city in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, located in southwest Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is part of what is known as the South Bay region of the metropolitan area. A small section of the city, 1.5 miles (2.4 km), abuts the Pacific Ocean.
The Pacific Electric Railroad Bridge or Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge now officially named the "Pacific Electric Railway- El Prado Bridge" is a historic double-tracked arch bridge located in Torrance, California US, spanning Torrance Boulevard at Bow Avenue, a short distance west of Western Avenue. It was once part of the north/south San ...
Zamperini Field ( IATA: TOA, ICAO: KTOA, FAA LID: TOA) is a public airport three miles (5 km) southwest of downtown Torrance, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. [1] The airport is classified by the FAA as a Regional Reliever [2] and was once known as Torrance Municipal Airport; it was renamed for local sports and war hero Louis ...
October 13, 1983. Torrance High School is a high school located in Torrance, California. Founded in 1917, it is one of the oldest high schools in continuous use in California and is the oldest of the five high schools in the Torrance Unified School District. Four of its buildings are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places .
The Western Museum of Flight (WMOF) is an aviation museum located at Zamperini Field, the municipal airport in Torrance, California. WMOF is operated by the Southern California Historical Aviation Foundation.
Torrance, California. Histories of cities in California. History of Los Angeles County, California.
Jared Sidney Torrance (August 3, 1852 or 1853 – March 29, 1921) was an American real estate developer, best known as the founder of Torrance in southwest Los Angeles County, California. Southern California [ edit ]
In 1935, Isen led a group who circulated petitions calling for the recall of Mayor Scott Ludlow and three city councilmen. [6] He was elected to the Torrance City Council in 1954. The Council appointed him mayor in 1955. A special election held prior to 1958 changed the structure of the government; the size of the Council was increased to seven ...