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Harbor Gateway (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~2.13 miles from Gardena city center
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The Harbor Gateway is a neighborhood in southern part of the city of Los Angeles, California. As of the 2000 census, the neighborhood had a population of 39,860.The Harbor Gateway is a two-mile wide north-south corridor between Western and Normandie Avenues. The territory was acquired by the city of Los Angeles in a shoestring annexation, to specifically connect San Pedro, Wilmington and the Port of Los Angeles with the rest of the city (note the vertical red line on the map to the right.)Despite being part of the city of Los Angeles, some parts of Harbor Gateway have a "Torrance, CA", "Gardena, CA" or "Carson, CA" address because they are serviced by those cities' post offices.The Harbor Gateway is often referred to by locals as "The Strip". Most residents who live in this peculia...
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Home Depot Center
Los Angeles CA
~3.09 miles from Gardena city center
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The Home Depot Center is a multiple-use sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California. It is located approximately 10 miles south of Downtown Los Angeles. Its title sponsor is hardware retailer The Home Depot. The $150 million complex was developed and is operated by the Anschutz Entertainment Group.The 27,000 seat main stadium was designed specifically for soccer. It is home to both the Los Angeles Galaxy and Chivas USA of Major League Soccer, and the Los Angeles Sol of Women's Professional Soccer.The Home Depot Center was the second stadium designed specifically for soccer in the MLS era. When the venue opened in June 2003 as the new home of the Galaxy, a number of special events took place in celebration. Pelé was in att...
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Hawthorne (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~3.20 miles from Gardena city center
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Hawthorne's first known residents were Indians of the Shoshonian linguistic group, occupying the South Bay, Los Angeles area as early as the 1500s. Portuguese explorer Juan Cabrillo caught sight of the area in October 1542, and 30 years later Sir Francis Drake sailed past the nearby coast. In 1769 title to all land in California became vested in the King of Spain, and the Southbay lands were used for the grazing of cattle. In 1822 Mexico obtained title to California from Spain. One of the ranchos subsequently formed was Sausal Redondo, named after a round clump of willows in the area. Sausal Redondo consisted of approximately 22,460 acres and included the present-day cities of El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Lawndale, Manhattan Beach, Playa del Rey, Redondo Beach,...
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Torrance (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~4.55 miles from Gardena city center
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Torrance is a city located in the South Bay (southwestern) region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Torrance's 1.5 miles of beach coastline is less well-known than those of its immediate neighbors to the North, Redondo Beach, or to the South, Palos Verdes Estates. As of the 2009 California Population Estimate, the city's population was 149,111; the eighth largest city in Los Angeles County and the 35th largest in the state of California. Incorporated in 1921, Torrance enjoys a moderate year-round climate with warm temperatures, sea breezes, low humidity and an average rainfall of 12.55 inches per year. This residential city has 90,000 street trees.
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Watts (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~5.18 miles from Gardena city center
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Watts is a mostly residential neighborhood in South Los Angeles, California.The area now known as Watts is located on the Rancho La Tajauta Mexican land grant. As on all ranchos, the principal vocation was grazing and beef production.With the influx of white American settlers into Southern California in the 1870s, La Tajuata land was sold off and subdivided for smaller farms and homes. In those days each Tajuata farm had an artesian well. The arrival of the railroad spurred the development of the area, and in 1907 Watts was incorporated as a separate city, named after the first railroad station, Watts Station, that was built in the town. The city voted to annex itself to Los Angeles in 1926.Along with more Caucasian Americans, Mexican and Mexican American railroad workers ("traquer...
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Watts Tower
Los Angeles CA
~5.19 miles from Gardena city center
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The Watts Towers or Towers of Simon Rodia in the Watts district of Los Angeles, California, is a collection of 17 interconnected structures, two of which reach heights of over 99 feet (30 m). The Towers were built by Italian immigrant construction worker Sabato ("Sam" or "Simon") Rodia in his spare time over a period of 33 years, from 1921 to 1954. The work is an example of non-traditional vernacular architecture and American Naïve art The Towers are located near (and visible from) the 103rd Street-Kenneth Hahn Station of the Metro Rail LACMTA Blue Line.The Watts Towers were designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990. According to reviewer Robert Koehler in Variety, the documentary film I Build the Tower is "the most complete visual account of self-made architect Simon Rodia and his...
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Manhattan Beach (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~5.33 miles from Gardena city center
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Manhattan Beach is a city located in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, USA. The population was 33,852 at the 2000 census. The city is on the Pacific Ocean coast, to the south of El Segundo, and to the north of Hermosa Beach. Manhattan Beach is the home of volleyball and surfing. During the winter the waves can reach to about 9 to 12 feet. To the east are the cities of Hawthorne and Redondo Beach. It is one of the three Beach Cities in the South Bay. The city is a very upscale beach town within commuting distance of Los Angeles, making it one of the most expensive coastal towns in which to live in America, according to the most recent Fortune Magazine rankings. The median price of a single family dwelling regularly exceeds the already high Los Angeles County median price by over ...
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Inglewood (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~5.36 miles from Gardena city center
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Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, southwest of downtown Los Angeles. It was incorporated on February 14, 1908. In 2006, its population was estimated at 129,900. The city is in the South Bay region of the greater Los Angeles area.The earliest residents of what is now Inglewood may have been indigenous people who used the natural springs in today's Edward Vincent Jr. Park (known for most of its history as Centinela Park). Local historian Gladys Waddingham wrote that these springs took the name Centinela from the hills that rose gradually around them and which allowed ranchers to watch over their herds "(thus the name centinelas or sentinels)."Waddingham traced the written history of Inglewood back to the original settlers of Los Angeles in 1781, one o...
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Hermosa Beach
Los Angeles CA
~5.51 miles from Gardena city center
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Hermosa Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 18,566 at the 2000 census. 2006 population estimates are 19,435.The city is located in the South Bay region of the greater Los Angeles area 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 flat sandy beach is ideal for sunbathing, beach volleyball, surfing and paddleboarding. The city itself is only about 15 blocks from east to west and 40 blocks from north to south, with the Pacific Coast Highway running down the middle. Situated on the Pacific Ocean, Hermosa's average temperature is 70 degrees in the summer and 55 degrees in the winter. Gentle westerly sea breezes take the edge off...
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El Segundo (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~5.63 miles from Gardena city center
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El Segundo is a city in Los Angeles County, California on the Santa Monica Bay, incorporated on January 18, 1917. It is one of the Beach Cities of Los Angeles County and part of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments. The population was 16,033 at the 2000 census.
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Harbor City (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~5.68 miles from Gardena city center
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Harbor City is a community within Los Angeles, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 24,640. Harbor City is part of the Los Angeles region known as the South Bay, and is a perfect illustration of the great contrast that exists within the region: Harbor City is nestled at the foot of the wealthy region of Palos Verdes and the middle class suburb of Torrance; the area near Palo Del Amo Woods is part of a larger contiguous upper middle class neighborhood but also borders the distinct working class city of Lomita and the more diverse working class areas of Wilmington and San Pedro. Harbor City is a small subdivision of the city of Los Angeles with a mix of race, class, and social status. Some parts of Harbor City, notably those that border Torranc...
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Redondo Beach
Los Angeles CA
~5.70 miles from Gardena city center
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Redondo Beach is one of the three Beach Cities in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 63,261 at the 2000 census. The city is located in the South Bay region of the greater Los Angeles area.Redondo Beach was originally part of the 1784 Rancho San Pedro Spanish land grant that later became the South Redondo area. The city's territory has an unusual shape including an area along the beach (South Redondo Beach) and another strip inland from Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach (North Redondo Beach). The primary attractions include Municipal Pier and the sandy beach, popular with tourists and a variety of sports enthusiasts. The western terminus of the Metro Rail Green Line is in North Redondo Beach.
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Manhattan Beach Pier
Los Angeles CA
~6.03 miles from Gardena city center
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The Manhattan Beach pier is in Manhattan Beach, California on the Pacific Ocean coast. The pier is 928-feet long and located at the end of Manhattan Beach Boulevard. An octagonal Mediterranean-style building sits at the end of the pier and houses a cafe style restaurant, marine lab and aquarium. Surfers can be seen below the pier and sometimes weave in and out of the mussel covered pilings. The pier is popular with locals, tourists, and for fishing. The pier area is also popular with photographers and artists offering beautiful sunsets and vantage points from the shore and hillside.
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Leimert Park (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~6.08 miles from Gardena city center
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Leimert Park is a neighborhood in southwestern Los Angeles, California. It is part of South Los Angeles.The district's boundaries are roughly Rodeo Road on the north, 4th Avenue and Roxton Avenue on the east, Vernon Avenue on the south, and Crenshaw Boulevard on the west. Crenshaw District lies to the south, View Park to the west, Vermont Square to the east, and Jefferson Park to the north. The district's principal thoroughfare is Leimert Boulevard, which bisects the neighborhood from northeast to southwest. Leimert Park's ZIP code is 90008.Developed by Walter H. "Tim" Leimert (for whom it is named) beginning in 1928 and designed by the Olmsted brothers, Leimert Park was one of the first comprehensively planned communities in Southern California designed for low- and middle-income ...
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Mayflower Ballroom
234 Hindry Ave Inglewood CA - 310-649-4255
~6.26 miles from Gardena city center
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South East La (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~6.28 miles from Gardena city center
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East Los Angeles (also known as East L.A. or the Eastside or East Los) is the portion of the City of Los Angeles, California that lies east of the Los Angeles River and Downtown Los Angeles, Lincoln Heights, west of the San Gabriel Valley and the unincorporated area of East Los Angeles, California and City Terrace, California, south of Cypress Park, and north of Vernon, California and City of Commerce, California.The short form for the region, "East L.A.," is an imprecise term which can mean different things depending on usage and context. As a geographical term, it can refer to either the region described here or the unincorporated community of East Los Angeles. As a cultural term, "East L.A." has developed to refer to the predominantly Hispanic communities lying east of the city of Los...
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South Los Angeles (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~6.72 miles from Gardena city center
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South Los Angeles, often abbreviated as South L.A., is the official name for a large geographic and cultural portion lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still widely known as South Central. It borders the Westside on the northwest, and Downtown LA on the northeast.In 2003, the city of Los Angeles changed the area's official name from South Central Los Angeles to South Los Angeles, hoping to blur collective memories of violence and blight. The name "South Central" had become almost synonymous with urban decay and street crime. Though the city took it upon itself to change street signs and freeway signs with the new name to make it "official," and though media like L.A. news networks now re...
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Crenshaw (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~6.89 miles from Gardena city center
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The Crenshaw district is located in southwestern Los Angeles, California, United States. It derives its name from Crenshaw Boulevard, one of the district's principal thoroughfares. It is generally considered to be a part of South Los Angeles.
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South Gate (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~6.96 miles from Gardena city center
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South Gate is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is part of the Gateway Cities region of southeastern Los Angeles County. As of January 1, 2009, the city had a total population of 102,770. The "City of South Gate" was incorporated on January 20, 1923, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.In 1990, South Gate was one of ten U.S. communities to receive the All-America City Award from the National Civic League.The city was named in 1918 after the South Gate Gardens on the Cudahy Ranch. The city was incorporated five years later using a shortened form of that name. The name refers to the city's being south of Los Angeles.South Gate is located at 33°56'39?N 118°11'42?W (33.944264, -118.194903).According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total ...
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Wilmington (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~7.33 miles from Gardena city center
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Wilmington, California is a neighborhood of Los Angeles, with industry as its primary economic activity. It lies adjacent to the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, and Harbor City. Wilmington is the site of Banning House and Drum Barracks, or Camp Drum, the only major American Civil War landmark in California. The ZIP Codes for Wilmington are 90744, and 90748 for P.O. boxes only.The Port of Los Angeles neighborhood of Wilmington was included in the 1784 Spanish land grant of Rancho San Pedro and was known as New San Pedro from 1858 to 1863, when it became the city of Wilmington. It was named by “Father of the Harbor” Phineas Banning after his Delaware birthplace. The City of Los Angeles annexed Wilmington in 1909, and today it and neighboring San Pedro form the waterfront of one of the worl...
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Rancho Los Cerritos Historic
4600 N Virginia Rd Long Beach CA - 562-570-1755
~7.36 miles from Gardena city center
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Most of the collections and archival holdings of the Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site are site-specific and relate to its present role as a historic adobe museum and representative site in Southern California. The collections comprise historical items from Rancho Los Cerritos and its owners and residents (including John Temple, owner of the rancho from 1843 to 1866 and builder of the two-story Monterey-style adobe in 1844, and members of the Bixby family, which owned the rancho between 1866 and 1955); the adobe’s Victorian furnishings; and artifacts relating to the cattle- and sheep-ranching eras and the development of the Long Beach area. The Rancho Los Cerritos research library and rancho archives are a rich repository of materials pertaining to the Rancho era and California history. Am...
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Westchester / Lax (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~7.45 miles from Gardena city center
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Westchester is a neighborhood in western Los Angeles, California, United States. It is home to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Loyola Marymount University (LMU), and Otis College of Art and Design.Westchester is located in the eastern part of the Del Rey Hills also known as the Westchester Bluffs. The Westchester community is separated from the Pacific Ocean by Playa del Rey on the west. Its northern border is defined by and includes the area now know as Playa Vista, as well as Culver City, and the unincorporated area of Ladera Heights. The Playa Vista community is located within the northern portion of Westchester. The city of Inglewood is to the east, and the city of El Segundo is to the south. The southern portion of the neighborhood is taken up by the Los Angeles Internati...
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Science Education Adventure
6900 Orange Ave Long Beach CA - 562-529-7383
~7.52 miles from Gardena city center
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Huntington Park (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~8.00 miles from Gardena city center
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Huntington Park is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 61,348.This section does not cite any references or sources.Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2008)Named for prominent industrialist Henry Huntington, Huntington Park was incorporated in 1906 as a streetcar suburb for workers in the rapidly expanding industries to the southeast of downtown Los Angeles. (To this day, about 30% of its residents work at factories in nearby Vernon and Commerce.) The stretch of Pacific Boulevard in downtown Huntington Park was a major commercial district serving the city's largely working-class residents, as well as those o...
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Jefferson Park (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~8.02 miles from Gardena city center
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Jefferson Park is a district in South Western Los Angeles, California.Jefferson Park's boundaries are, roughly, Western Avenue on the east, Adams on the north, Crenshaw Boulevard on the west, and Exposition Boulevard/Rodeo Road on the south. It is bordered by Arlington Heights on the north, Mid-City on the northwest, Leimert Park/King Estates on the south, and West Adams on the east. Major east-west roads through the district include Adams, Jefferson, and Exposition Boulevards, and 7th, 10th, and Arlington Avenues which run north-south. The Santa Monica Freeway (I-10) runs just north of the district, parallel to and between Washington and Adams.With development commencing around the turn of the 20th century, Jefferson Park began as one of the city's wealthiest areas. On the hills r...
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Long Beach Grand Prix
3000 Pacific Ave Long Beach CA
~8.42 miles from Gardena city center
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The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is an open-wheel race held on a temporary road course in Long Beach, California.The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is an open-wheel race held on a street circuit in Long Beach, California. It was the premier circuit in the Champ Car from 1996, and was the first event in the World Series each year from 2004. The 2008 race was the last race for Champ Cars as the series merged with the Indy Racing League, and is now an event on the Indycar Series calendar.The Long Beach Grand Prix in April is the single largest event in the city of Long Beach. Attendance for the weekend regularly reaches or exceeds 200,000 people.The Long Beach Grand Prix is the longest running major "street" race held on the North American continent. It started in 1975 as a Formul...
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Loyola Marymount University
919 S. Albany Street Los Angeles CA - 310-338-2700
~8.45 miles from Gardena city center
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Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic university in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions located in Los Angeles, California, United States. The University is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and one of five Marymount institutions of higher education. LMU traces its history through the 1973 merger of Marymount College and Loyola University of Los Angeles. Loyola University, founded in 1911, was the successor to St. Vincent's College, founded in 1865; Marymount College, founded in 1933, was has it's roots in Marymount School, founded in 1923. Loyola Marymount is the parent school to Loyola Law School located in downtown Los Angeles. The university has consistently been ranked as having one...
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West Adams (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~8.63 miles from Gardena city center
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West Adams, also known as Historic West Adams, is a large district located in the center of Los Angeles, California, southwest of Downtown and west of USC. It is named after Adams Boulevard, the major east-west surface thoroughfare in the district.West Adams is located in the center of Los Angeles, in an area stretching roughly from Figueroa Street on the east to West Boulevard on the west, and from Pico Boulevard on the north to Jefferson Boulevard on the south. From the Santa Monica freeway, exit at Crenshaw Blvd, Arlington Ave, Western Ave, Normandie Ave, Vermont Ave or Hoover St.The district includes many smaller neighborhoods: Adams-Normandie, Pico-Union, Angelus Vista, and Harvard Heights on the north, Victoria Park and Lafayette Square on the west, and Jefferson Park on the so...
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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Sports Arena
Los Angeles
~8.78 miles from Gardena city center
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The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena is a multipurpose sports arena in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California at Exposition Park. It is located next to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum just south of the campus of the University of Southern California.
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California Science Center
Los Angeles CA
~8.88 miles from Gardena city center
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The California Science Center (sometimes spelled California ScienCenter) is a state agency and museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles. Billed as the West Coast's largest hands-on science center, the California ScienCenter is a public-private partnership between the State and the California Science Center Foundation.Formerly known as the California Museum of Science and Industry, the Museum was remodeled in 1998 as the California Science Center. Currently it consists of the IMAX Theater, the Sketch Foundation Gallery - Air and Space Exhibits (formerly Aerospace Hall) and the Science Center itself.The California Science Center hosts the California State Science Fair annually.
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