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Founded in 1949 by Frank S. Wyle (1919–2016) [1] as part of the rapidly expanding Southern California aerospace industry, Wyle Laboratories, Inc. began operations in El Segundo, California as a testing laboratory. [2] Frank S. Wyle was married to Edith R. Wyle and is the grandfather of actor Noah Wyle and artist Sonia Romero.
El Segundo (/ ˌ ɛ l s ə ˈ ɡ ʌ n d oʊ / EL sə-GUN-doh, Spanish: [el seˈɣundo]; Spanish for 'The Second') [7] is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located on Santa Monica Bay , it was incorporated on January 18, 1917, and is part of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments.
The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1] These locations are known as Superfund sites and are placed on the National Priorities List (NPL).
Long Wall (formerly ABL Space Systems) is an American aerospace and launch service provider, based in El Segundo, California, that manufactures deployable launch vehicles and infrastructure for missile defense, [1] formerly for sending commercial small satellites into orbit. The company manufactures its components in the United States.
In 2018, the city of El Segundo renamed their portion of SR 1 to Pacific Coast Highway from Rosecrans Avenue to Imperial Highway where SR 1 continues again as Sepulveda Boulevard. [11] Past Imperial Highway, it crosses the western terminus of the Century Freeway (I-105) , going through the LAX Airport Tunnel to pass under its runways.
Magic Johnson Park is a 104-acre (420,000 m 2) recreation area operated by Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation in the Willowbrook neighborhood. It is named after Los Angeles Lakers star and activist Earvin "Magic" Johnson.
The Chevron El Segundo oil refinery is shown in 2021. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) The Clean Water Act, enacted in 1948 under a different name and restructured in 1972, regulates water ...
Carpool lanes on the upper deck of the Harbor Freeway, south of Adams Boulevard I-10 under construction (Near SR 11), c. 1960 Aerial view from the north of the Harbor Freeway (I-110) and its Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange with the Century Freeway (I-105), on approach to Los Angeles International Airport.