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The Dominguez Hills are a low mountain range in the Transverse Ranges, in southern Los Angeles County, California. [1] They are named for the locally prominent Californio family of Manuel Dominguez, which owned Rancho San Pedro. They are between the Baldwin Hills and Palos Verdes Peninsula.
CSU Dominguez Hills has over 110,000 alumni, of whom 60% live and work within 25 miles (40 km) of the campus. [86] The university plays a major role in the region's economy [87] — a recent economic impact study revealed CSU Dominguez Hills generates a total impact of $519 million annually in the South Bay. This impact sustains over 5,600 jobs ...
Rancho Dominguez is an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, United States. [1] Rancho Dominguez is located between the cities of Compton, Long Beach and Carson. The communities of unincorporated Rancho Dominguez are: Rancho Dominguez, East Rancho Dominguez, and West Rancho Dominguez.
Carson is the site of California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). CSUDH is a major commuter school, particularly for students from the surrounding cities of Long Beach, Compton, and the census-designated place of West Carson. It was founded as "South Bay College" and then renamed California State University at Palos Verdes.
The Dominguez Football team has produced many NCAA and NFL football players such as Greg Townsend, Richard Sherman, Jeron Johnson, Bruce Walker and Chilo Rachal. The Dominguez basketball team also has a strong tradition, having produced NBA players such as Cedric Ceballos , Tyson Chandler , Brandon Jennings , Dennis Johnson and Tayshaun Prince .
The site of Dominguez Field became a California Historical Landmark (No. 718) on Dec. 2, 1959. The commemorative plaque near the site reads: [21] About one half mile southeast of this spot, on Dominguez Hill in historic Rancho San Pedro, the first air meet in the United States was held during January 10–20, 1910.
East Rancho Dominguez, (pronunciation ⓘ) also known as East Compton, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in southern Los Angeles County, California. The population was 15,135 at the 2010 census, up from 9,286 at the 2000 census.
The Dominguez Oil Field is a large oil field underneath Dominguez Hills near Carson, California and the California State University, Dominguez Hills. It was a major oil producer from 1923 through 1960. Starting in 2010, oil companies became interested in redeveloping the field using modern extraction technologies.