Hermosa Beach, California Hermosa Beach, California City of Hermosa Beach The Hermosa Beach pier on a hot summer day.
The Hermosa Beach pier on a hot summer day.
Official seal of Hermosa Beach, California Location of Hermosa Beach in Los Angeles County, California Location of Hermosa Beach in Los Angeles County, California Hermosa Beach, California is positioned in the US Hermosa Beach, California - Hermosa Beach, California Hermosa Beach is a beachfront town/city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
The town/city is positioned in the South Bay region of the greater Los Angeles region and is one of the three Beach Cities.
Hermosa Beach is bordered by the other two, Manhattan Beach to the north and Redondo Beach to the south and east.
The city's beach is prominent for sunbathing, beach volleyball, surfing, paddleboarding and bars.
Situated on the Pacific Ocean, Hermosa's average temperature is 70 F (22 C) in the summer and 55 F (13 C) in the winter.
A paved path, called The Strand, runs along Hermosa's beach from Torrance Beach in the south approximately twenty miles north to Santa Monica and the Hermosa Beach pier is at the end of Pier Avenue, which is one of the beach community's chief shopping, eating and partying areas.
Hermosa Beach was originally part of the 1784 Rancho San Pedro Spanish territory grant that later became the ten-mile (16 km) Ocean frontage of Rancho Sausal Redondo.
Burbank and Baker, agents, bought this territory for Sherman and Clark who organized and retained the controlling interest in the Hermosa Beach Land and Water Company, In early days, Hermosa Beach like so many of its neighboring metros/cities (Inglewood, Lawndale, Torrance) was one vast sweep of rolling hills veiled with fields of grain, mostly barley.
Tim Kelly Lifeguard Memorial Statue at Hermosa Beach Pier & Volleyball courts The first official survey was made in the year 1901 for the board walk on the Strand, Hermosa Avenue and Santa Fe Avenue; work on these projects commenced soon after.
The pier was constructed by the Hermosa Beach Land and Water Company.
The Los Angeles Pacific Railway, a "trolley" system, was the first stockyards in Hermosa Beach, running the entire length of Hermosa Ave.
To Redondo Beach.
The Santa Fe Railway was next through Hermosa Beach.
There was no Santa Fe stockyards station for Hermosa, but Burbank and Baker assembled a stockyards platform on the west side of the tracks near Santa Fe Avenue, and later the Railroad Company donated an old boxcar to be used as a storage place for freight.
On January 14, 1907, Hermosa Beach became the nineteenth incorporated town/city of Los Angeles County.
Pier Plaza in downtown Hermosa Beach Hermosa Beach is positioned at 33 51 59 N 118 23 59 W (33.866314, -118.399681). Hermosa Beach, California Hermosa Beach has an average of 325 days of sunlight a year. Because of its location, nestled on a vast open bay (Santa Monica Bay), morning fog and haze is a common phenomenon in May, June and early July (caused by ocean temperature variations and currents).
Hermosa Beach usually appreciates a cool breeze blowing in from the ocean, keeping the air fresh and clean.
Therefore, smoke and fog is less a lured for Hermosa Beach than elsewhere around Los Angeles.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Hermosa Beach had a populace of 19,506.
The ethnic makeup of Hermosa Beach was 16,928 (86.8%) White (80.9% Non-Hispanic White), 229 (1.2%) African American, 49 (0.3%) Native American, 1,111 (5.7%) Asian, 46 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 325 (1.7%) from other competitions, and 818 (4.2%) from two or more competitions.
The populace was spread out with 3,093 citizens (15.9%) under the age of 18, 1,242 citizens (6.4%) aged 18 to 24, 8,516 citizens (43.7%) aged 25 to 44, 4,898 citizens (25.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,757 citizens (9.0%) who were 65 years of age or older.
According to the 2010 United States Census, Hermosa Beach had a median homehold income of $101,655, with 3.4% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. These were the ten metros/cities or neighborhoods in Los Angeles County with the biggest percentage of white residents, as stated to the 2000 United States Census: Manhattan Beach, California, 85.5% Hermosa Beach, California, 84.9% 2 City of Hermosa Beach 183 4.54% 7 Hermosa Beach School District 62 1.54% 6th and The Strand Hermosa Beach Hermosa Beach Pier Surfer Statue Hermosa Beach sunset concert Fiesta Hermosa: Arts and crafts festival which has taken place for the last 35 years every Memorial Day and Labor Day weekend AVP Hermosa Beach Open: Started in 1969 and typically in June.
Hermosa Beach Film Festival: Started in 2005 and typically in August.
Short films from each year are chosen to be screened at the Hermosa Beach Playhouse Hermosa Beach Sunset Concert no-charge concert series from bands who perform on the beach.
Unique is its course design, with 45% of the run on the Strand and 55% on the beach.
The Lighthouse Cafe, a seminal West Coast jazz venue, is positioned in Hermosa Beach.
The Hermosa Beach Community Drum Circle occurs every third Sunday of the month from noon to 3 pm at Hermosa Pier.
The wide flat beach makes Hermosa Beach one of the most prominent places to play beach volleyball, from experienced to amateur.
Hermosa Beach is home to the AVP Hermosa Beach Open tournament, and a several amateur CBVA tournaments amid the year.
The Strand stretches north to Santa Monica and south to Redondo Beach, and is a prominent place for walkers, joggers and biking.
Of the three Beach Cities, only Hermosa Beach owns its own beach.
The other two cities' beaches are owned by the county of Los Angeles.
Running alongside to The Strand is a lovely linear trail known today as the Hermosa Valley Greenbelt.
This ballot initiative passed by almost 87%, the highest in California history. The previous November the enhance allowed a popular vote increasing the utility user's tax by 4% to help pay for the purchase. As a result, the Hermosa Valley Greenbelt has the character of a non-urban country lane, home to the monarch butterfly and many bird and animal species.
RUDAT (an urban architectural planning group) found that Hermosa Beach, thanks in large part to the existence of the Greenbelt, was a "world class pedestrian city".
Skateboarding Park - Lighted park behind the Hermosa Beach Playhouse Lawn Bowling Club is positioned next to Clark Building at 861 Valley Drive, Hermosa Beach.
The Beach Cities Health District, provides community and wellness services to the inhabitants of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, and Redondo Beach.
The voters of the three beach metros/cities elect the 5-member Board of Directors to 4-year terms.
Beach Cities Health District opened Adventure - Plex, a Manhattan Beach public center for kids and their families, in 2002.
The United States Postal Service Hermosa Beach Post Office is positioned at 565 Pier Avenue. In the California State Legislature, Hermosa Beach is in the 26th Senate District, represented by Democrat Ben Allen, and in the 66th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Al Muratsuchi. In the United States House of Representatives, Hermosa Beach is in California's 33rd congressional district, represented by Democrat Ted Lieu. Hermosa Beach has its own elementary school and middle school but high school students are served by either Manhattan Beach or Redondo Beach where rankings are in the 80 to 90th percentiles.
Hermosa Beach inhabitants are zoned to Hermosa Beach City School District for grades Kindergarten through 8.
Before Proposition 13 passed, Hermosa Beach had five elementary schools (North, South, Hermosa View, Prospect Heights, Valley Vista) and one junior high school (Pier Avenue).
In 2005, Hermosa Valley and Hermosa View schools were honored as U.S.
Hermosa schools are among the top 10% of schools in the state with students scoring at or above the 90% in the highest undertaking tested in reading and math.
Mira Costa High School of Manhattan Beach Unified School District or Redondo Union High School of the Redondo Beach Unified School District The Hermosa Beach City School District as a whole received a score of 915 on the 2006 California Academic Performance Index, neighboring Manhattan Beach Unified School District scored just below at 906 making it one of California's best performing districts.
Hermosa Beach also has one private school: At one point the International Bilingual School, a Japanese preliminary school for grades K-9, moved to Hermosa Beach.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department has a sectional lifeguard command posts located at the Hermosa Beach Pier since the new building opened its doors since 2006, presently commanded by Capt.
In addition to the Los Angeles Times, Hermosa Beach is served by the hometown Easy Reader, small-town daily the Daily Breeze and small-town weekly the Beach Reporter.
Were filmed on the Hermosa Beach Strand, Pier and Plaza The Beach House on the TV show Beverly Hills, 90210 is positioned on the north end of The Strand (1994/995 seasons) Hermosa Beach has been the sister town/city of Loreto, Baja California Sur, since 1967.
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