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San Pedro, Los Angeles

San Pedro (/sæn ˈpdr/ san PE-droh;[3][4][5][6] Spanish: "St. Peter") is a neighborhood within the City of Los Angeles, California. Formerly a separate city, it consolidated with Los Angeles in 1909. The Port of Los Angeles, a major international seaport, is partially located within San Pedro. The district has grown from being dominated by the fishing industry, to a working-class community within the city of Los Angeles, to a rapidly gentrifying community.

San Pedro
The historic Harbor View House
Boundaries of San Pedro as drawn by the Los Angeles Times
San Pedro
Location within Southern Los Angeles
Coordinates: 33°44′N 118°17′W / 33.74°N 118.29°W / 33.74; -118.29Coordinates: 33°44′N 118°17′W / 33.74°N 118.29°W / 33.74; -118.29
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyLos Angeles
CityLos Angeles
Elevation112 ft (34 m)
Population
 • Total86,000
Time zoneUTC−8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP code
ZIP Codes 90731-90734[2]
Area code(s)310/424
GNIS feature ID1661392

History

Indigenous

 
The Tongva used te'aats to navigate the coastline.
 
1859 survey map of Rancho San Pedro

The peninsula, including all of San Pedro, was the homeland of the Tongva for thousands of years, home to the village of Chowigna along and the nearby Suangna. In other areas of the Los Angeles Basin archeological sites date back to at least about 10,000 years old.[7][8] The Tongva used seafaring plank canoes or te'aats, found all throughout the coastline, to travel to and from the Channel Islands and along the coastline. The boats are still constructed by the Tongva today and retain a cultural significance.[9][10]

First contact with Europeans occurred in 1542 with Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, the Spanish explorer who noted the extensive presence of the plank boats of the neighboring Chumash.[11]

Origin of name

 
Don Manuel Domínguez, a Californio politician, signer of the California Constitution and owner of Rancho San Pedro helped found the settlement at San Pedro, then a small fishing village.

San Pedro was named for St. Peter of Alexandria, as his feast day is November 24 on the ecclesiastical calendar of Spain, the day on which Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo discovered the San Pedro Bay in 1542.[6] Santa Catalina Island, named after Catherine of Alexandria, was claimed for the Spanish Empire the next day, on her feast day, November 25. In 1602–1603, Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548–1624) officially surveyed and mapped the California coastline, including San Pedro Bay, for New Spain. The anglicized pronunciation is "san-PEE-dro".[5]

Settlement

 
Rudecinda Sepúlveda de Dodson, pioneer of San Pedro and a founder of the San Pedro Woman's Club

European settlement began in 1769 as part of an effort to populate California, although trade restrictions encouraged more smuggling than regular business. In 1784, the Spanish Crown deeded Rancho San Pedro, a tract of over 75,000 acres (300 km2), to retired soldier Juan José Domínguez, who helped explore California with the Portolá expedition in 1769–1770. Rancho San Pedro was the first land grant in the Alta California portion of the Province of Las Californias in New Spain.

When New Spain won its independence from the Spanish Empire and Alta California became part of Mexico, the trade restrictions were lifted, and the town flourished.

Under United States control after 1848, when the United States defeated Mexico in the Mexican–American War, the harbor was greatly improved and expanded under the guidance of Phineas Banning and John Gately Downey, the seventh governor of California after the Free Harbor Fight. In 1868 Banning created the Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad, Southern California's first railroad and used it to transport goods from San Pedro Bay to Los Angeles, which soon became a major city in Southern California.[12]

San Pedro was a township in the 1860 census. The township consisted of the present-day South Bay communities, Compton and western Long Beach.[13] Census records report a population of 359 in 1860. The township was renamed Wilmington Township for 1870.[14]

In 1906, the city of Los Angeles annexed the Harbor Gateway, a long, narrow strip of land connecting the city to the northern border of Wilmington, and in 1909, the larger city consolidated with Wilmington and with San Pedro.[15]

In 1929, the city experienced the Sunken City Disaster, where an earthquake caused multiple homes to slide off a cliff into the sea.[16]

United States Navy Battle Fleet home port 1919–1940

In 1888, the War Department took control of a tract of land next to the bay and added to it in 1897 and 1910. This became Fort MacArthur in 1914 and was a coastal defense site for many years. Woodrow Wilson transferred 200 United States Navy ships from the Atlantic to the Pacific in 1919 when tension arose between the United States and Japan over the fate of China. San Diego Bay was considered too shallow for the largest ships, so the battleships anchored in San Pedro Bay on August 9, 1919. Local availability of fuel oil minimized transportation costs, and consistently good weather allowed frequent gunnery exercises off the nearby Channel Islands of California. The heavy cruisers of the Scouting Force were transferred from the Atlantic to San Pedro in response to the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria. By 1934, 14 battleships, two aircraft carriers, 14 cruisers, and 16 support ships were based at San Pedro. On April 1, 1940, the Pacific Fleet battleships sailed to Hawaii for annual fleet exercises. The battleships remained in the Hawaiian Islands to deter Japanese aggression until the attack on Pearl Harbor. The fleet post office, supply depot, fuel depot, degaussing range, ECM repair facility, and naval training schools for small craft, fire fighters, merchant ship communications, and anti-submarine attack remained at San Pedro through World War II;[17] but the battle fleet never returned.[18]

San Pedro was selected as the final home port of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). The Iowa now serves as a museum ship and memorial recognizing "the positive contributions of this battleship and its crew at critical moments in American history".[19]

Fort MacArthur now a sub base of Los Angeles Air Force Base currently serves as privatized housing and administrative annex under the management of Tierra Vista Communities.

Geography and climate

 
In this nighttime aerial photograph of Los Angeles, San Pedro is in the center and right foreground, including part of the brightly lit Terminal Island. The dark peninsula to the left of San Pedro is Palos Verdes.

The neighborhood fronts on the Pacific Ocean to the south and is bounded inland by Harbor City and Torrance on the north, Wilmington and Long Beach on the east and Rancho Palos Verdes and Lomita on the west.[20][21][22]

Climate data for San Pedro, Los Angeles
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °F (°C) 67
(19)
68
(20)
68
(20)
71
(22)
73
(23)
76
(24)
81
(27)
82
(28)
80
(27)
77
(25)
72
(22)
67
(19)
73
(23)
Average low °F (°C) 46
(8)
48
(9)
50
(10)
52
(11)
56
(13)
59
(15)
62
(17)
63
(17)
62
(17)
57
(14)
50
(10)
46
(8)
54
(12)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 3.31
(84)
3.12
(79)
2.69
(68)
0.70
(18)
0.27
(6.9)
0.08
(2.0)
0.03
(0.76)
0.13
(3.3)
0.25
(6.4)
0.43
(11)
1.17
(30)
1.85
(47)
14.02
(356)
Source: [23]

Port of Los Angeles

 
The Sea Princess in Port of Los Angeles

San Pedro, Wilmington, and Terminal Island are the locations of the Port of Los Angeles.

Locations of interest

One San Pedro landmark is the Vincent Thomas Bridge, a 1,500-foot (457 m)-long suspension bridge linking San Pedro with Terminal Island and named after California Assemblyman Vincent Thomas. (It is the fourth longest suspension bridge in California.) Nearby is the Battleship Iowa museum and attraction, the Los Angeles Maritime Museum (the largest maritime museum in California), and the museum ship SS Lane Victory (a fully operational victory ship of World War II and National Historic Landmark). Ports O' Call Village, a tourist destination, which provided shopping venues, waterfront eateries, was demolished in 2019 to make way for West Harbor, a major waterfront food hall and park under development, slated to open in 2024.[24][25][26] A historic naval warehouse built in 1944 houses Crafted at the Port of Los Angeles, a permanent craft marketplace.

The Frank Gehry–designed Cabrillo Marine Aquarium had its origins in the old Cabrillo Beach Marine Museum which was located in the historic Bath House at Cabrillo Beach. The Point Fermin Light, a Victorian-era structure built in the late 19th century, is a museum and park on a bluff overlooking the ocean. The Korean Bell of Friendship is a massive bronze memorial bell donated by South Korea in 1976 to the people of Los Angeles. The church of Mary Star of the Sea is a prominent landmark with a steeple-top statue overlooking the harbor.

On July 19, 2003, the San Pedro Waterfront Red Car Line was opened, along the waterfront between downtown San Pedro and the Cruise Ship Terminal. The line includes two trolleys built to resemble the wood-bodied 500 class cars introduced in 1905 for the Pacific Electric Railway, which once operated more than 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of track running streetcars and interurbans in Southern California. The 1.5-mile (2.4 km) line operates along former Pacific Electric right-of-way. The line, rebuilt and maintained by the Port of Los Angeles, also has one original restored Pacific Electric interurban, which is used only for special charter excursions and special events. The original car is Pacific Electric 963 (former Los Angeles Pacific 713 as built in 1907) rebuilt by Richard Fellows and renumbered 1058. Discussions have been held to extend the line to the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium.[27]

On 28th Street, between Gaffey Street and Peck Avenue, is a steep section of public roadway. For about 50 feet (15 m), the street climbs at a 33.3% angle, although the rest of the street is less steep.[28]

Demographics

Population history

 
A cyclist on Beacon Street around the time of annexation by Los Angeles in 1909

Ethnically diverse San Pedro was a magnet for European immigrants from various countries for years, reflected in the number of restaurants representing diverse cuisines, especially Croatian, Portuguese, Mexican, Italian, Irish and Greek. San Pedro is home to the largest Italian-American community in Southern California, centered on the "Via Italia" (South Cabrillo Avenue).San Pedro is also considered the heart of the Croatian and Norwegian communities in Los Angeles. The Croatian community, originally composed of seafarers and fishermen from the Dalmatia (especially the islands of Brač, Hvar, Vis and Korčula) region, has been present in San Pedro since the settlement began more than 200 years ago. The City of Los Angeles even named a stretch of 9th Street "Croatian Place" in honor of the city's old Croatian community. The Norwegian presence can be felt at the Norwegian Seamen's Church.

Until February 1942, San Pedro was home to a vibrant Japanese immigrant community of about 3,000 people who lived in what had been described as a "typical Japanese Fishing Village" on Terminal Island (East San Pedro). These Japanese immigrants pioneered albacore fishing out of San Pedro Bay and harvesting abalone off White Point,[29] thus leading the way in establishing a viable fishing industry in San Pedro. The 48-hour forced expulsion of these San Pedro residents and the razing of their homes and shops, as part of the Japanese-American internment during World War II, is described in Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston's memoir Farewell to Manzanar.

2000 census

 
St. Peter Catholic Church.

A total of 80,065 people lived in San Pedro's 12.06 square miles, according to the 2000 U.S. census—averaging 6,640 people per square mile, near Los Angeles' total population density. The median age was 34 in the San Pedro neighborhood, considered average for Los Angeles.[30]

San Pedro is considered highly diverse ethnically, with a diversity index of 63.0.[31] In 2000, whites made up 44.2% of the population, Latinos were at 40.8%, blacks at 6.1%, Asians at 4.8% and others at 4.1%. Mexico and Italy were the most common places of birth for the 24.5% of the residents who were born abroad, considered a low percentage of foreign-born when compared with the city as a whole.[30]

The $57,508 median household income in 2008 dollars was average for the city and county. Renters occupied 56.1% of the housing units, and homeowners occupied the rest. In 2000 there were 3,394 families headed by single parents, or 17.5%, a rate that was average for the county and the city. In the same year there were 6,559 military veterans, or 11% of the population, considered high when compared to the city and county as a whole.[30]

Government and infrastructure

City Council

 
San Pedro Municipal Building, Beaux-Arts structure completed in 1928

San Pedro anchors the southern end of Los Angeles City Council District 15, which has long been represented only by residents of San Pedro. The neighborhood, according to the Los Angeles Times, "despite accounting for less than one-third of the district's population has enjoyed outsize influence as the district's traditional base of political power."[32]

 
San Pedro Post Office Building

Federal government

The United States Postal Service operates the San Pedro Post Office at 839 South Beacon Street and the Eastview Post Office at 28649 South Western Avenue.[33][34] The USPS also operates the Seafarers Post Office at Suite A at 93 Berth in close proximity to the San Pedro Post Office.[35]

The Federal Bureau of Prisons operates the Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island on Terminal Island and in San Pedro.[36]

Education

 
Cabrillo Beach Bathhouse.

Just 23.8% of San Pedro residents aged 25 or older had completed a four-year degree in 2000, about average when compared with the city and the county at large, and the percentage of those residents with more than a high school diploma was high for the county.[30]

Primary and secondary schools

San Pedro is served by the Los Angeles Unified School District. The area is within Board District 7.[37] As of 2012, Dr. Richard Vladovic represents the district.[38]

San Pedro High School, Mary Star of the Sea High School, and the Port of Los Angeles High School are the primary high schools within the region. San Pedro High School is home to the protected landmarks in the form of The English Language Arts and Administration Buildings (c. 1939, 1936, resp.). The school celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2003. It is home to both the Marine Science and Police Academy Magnet programs. Port of Los Angeles High School is a public charter high school, fusing a college preparatory program with elective coursework in International Business and Maritime Studies. Such studies reinforce the significant impact of California's ports on the global economy and international trade.

As of 2012, test scores tended to be higher in the area's elementary schools than in its middle and high schools.[39]

Under certain specific circumstances, residents of San Pedro may be admitted into schools in the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District located in the neighboring Palos Verdes Peninsula;[40] specifically they may attend Miraleste Intermediate School and Palos Verdes High School. This admittance is only granted if a student's parent or guardian is enlisted in the US military, has a parent or guardian employed within the Palos Verdes Peninsula, has a grandparent residing within the Palos Verdes Peninsula, or if the student simply lives in a closer vicinity to a PVPUSD school than any other LAUSD schools.

Primary schools (Grades 1–5)
  • 15th Street Elementary[41][42]
  • Bandini Elementary[43]
  • Barton Hill Elementary[44][45]
  • Cabrillo Early Education Center[46]
  • Cabrillo Elementary[47]
  • Leland Elementary[48]
  • Park Western Harbor Magnet[49]
  • Point Fermin Marine Science Magnet[50]
  • San Pedro/Wilmington Early Education Center[51]
  • South Shores Magnet for the Visual and Performing Arts Elementary School
  • Taper Elementary[52][53]
  • Taper Avenue Elementary Technology Magnet Center[54]
  • White Point Elementary[55]
  • Crestwood Elementary
  • 7th Street Elementary
Secondary schools (Grades 6–12)
Continuation schools
  • Angel's Gate Continuation High[60]
  • Cooper Community Day School[61]
  • Harbor Community Adult School[62]
  • Harbor Occupational Center[63]
Private schools

Private schools in San Pedro include:

Grades Preschool–8
Grades 1–8
Grades Preschool–8
  • Christ Lutheran Church and School [66]
Grades 6–12
  • Rolling Hills Estates Preparatory School—the current location opened on February 6, 2007.[67]
Grades 9–12

Libraries

Los Angeles Public Library operates the San Pedro Regional Branch Library at 931 South Gaffey. This library was opened in 1983 in the presence of the late Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley.[69]

Media

San Pedro News-Pilot, a newspaper, closed in 1998.[70]

Events

Honor

San Pedro was declared 2017 Neighborhood of the year by Curbed Los Angeles.[71]

Notable people

See also

References

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External links

  • Port of Los Angeles
  • Comments about living in San Pedro from the Los Angeles Times
  • San Pedro crime map and statistics from the Los Angeles Times
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San Pedro s ae n ˈ p iː d r oʊ san PE droh 3 4 5 6 Spanish St Peter is a neighborhood within the City of Los Angeles California Formerly a separate city it consolidated with Los Angeles in 1909 The Port of Los Angeles a major international seaport is partially located within San Pedro The district has grown from being dominated by the fishing industry to a working class community within the city of Los Angeles to a rapidly gentrifying community San PedroNeighborhood of Los AngelesThe historic Harbor View HouseBoundaries of San Pedro as drawn by the Los Angeles TimesSan PedroLocation within Southern Los AngelesCoordinates 33 44 N 118 17 W 33 74 N 118 29 W 33 74 118 29 Coordinates 33 44 N 118 17 W 33 74 N 118 29 W 33 74 118 29CountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaCountyLos AngelesCityLos AngelesElevation 1 112 ft 34 m Population Total86 000Time zoneUTC 8 PST Summer DST UTC 7 PDT ZIP codeZIP Codes 90731 90734 2 Area code s 310 424GNIS feature ID1661392 Contents 1 History 1 1 Indigenous 1 2 Origin of name 1 3 Settlement 1 4 United States Navy Battle Fleet home port 1919 1940 2 Geography and climate 3 Port of Los Angeles 4 Locations of interest 5 Demographics 5 1 Population history 5 2 2000 census 6 Government and infrastructure 6 1 City Council 6 2 Federal government 7 Education 7 1 Primary and secondary schools 7 2 Libraries 8 Media 9 Events 10 Honor 11 Notable people 12 See also 13 References 14 External linksHistory EditIndigenous Edit The Tongva used te aats to navigate the coastline 1859 survey map of Rancho San PedroThe peninsula including all of San Pedro was the homeland of the Tongva for thousands of years home to the village of Chowigna along and the nearby Suangna In other areas of the Los Angeles Basin archeological sites date back to at least about 10 000 years old 7 8 The Tongva used seafaring plank canoes or te aats found all throughout the coastline to travel to and from the Channel Islands and along the coastline The boats are still constructed by the Tongva today and retain a cultural significance 9 10 First contact with Europeans occurred in 1542 with Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo the Spanish explorer who noted the extensive presence of the plank boats of the neighboring Chumash 11 Origin of name Edit Don Manuel Dominguez a Californio politician signer of the California Constitution and owner of Rancho San Pedro helped found the settlement at San Pedro then a small fishing village San Pedro was named for St Peter of Alexandria as his feast day is November 24 on the ecclesiastical calendar of Spain the day on which Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovered the San Pedro Bay in 1542 6 Santa Catalina Island named after Catherine of Alexandria was claimed for the Spanish Empire the next day on her feast day November 25 In 1602 1603 Sebastian Vizcaino 1548 1624 officially surveyed and mapped the California coastline including San Pedro Bay for New Spain The anglicized pronunciation is san PEE dro 5 Settlement Edit Rudecinda Sepulveda de Dodson pioneer of San Pedro and a founder of the San Pedro Woman s Club European settlement began in 1769 as part of an effort to populate California although trade restrictions encouraged more smuggling than regular business In 1784 the Spanish Crown deeded Rancho San Pedro a tract of over 75 000 acres 300 km2 to retired soldier Juan Jose Dominguez who helped explore California with the Portola expedition in 1769 1770 Rancho San Pedro was the first land grant in the Alta California portion of the Province of Las Californias in New Spain When New Spain won its independence from the Spanish Empire and Alta California became part of Mexico the trade restrictions were lifted and the town flourished Under United States control after 1848 when the United States defeated Mexico in the Mexican American War the harbor was greatly improved and expanded under the guidance of Phineas Banning and John Gately Downey the seventh governor of California after the Free Harbor Fight In 1868 Banning created the Los Angeles amp San Pedro Railroad Southern California s first railroad and used it to transport goods from San Pedro Bay to Los Angeles which soon became a major city in Southern California 12 San Pedro was a township in the 1860 census The township consisted of the present day South Bay communities Compton and western Long Beach 13 Census records report a population of 359 in 1860 The township was renamed Wilmington Township for 1870 14 In 1906 the city of Los Angeles annexed the Harbor Gateway a long narrow strip of land connecting the city to the northern border of Wilmington and in 1909 the larger city consolidated with Wilmington and with San Pedro 15 In 1929 the city experienced the Sunken City Disaster where an earthquake caused multiple homes to slide off a cliff into the sea 16 United States Navy Battle Fleet home port 1919 1940 Edit In 1888 the War Department took control of a tract of land next to the bay and added to it in 1897 and 1910 This became Fort MacArthur in 1914 and was a coastal defense site for many years Woodrow Wilson transferred 200 United States Navy ships from the Atlantic to the Pacific in 1919 when tension arose between the United States and Japan over the fate of China San Diego Bay was considered too shallow for the largest ships so the battleships anchored in San Pedro Bay on August 9 1919 Local availability of fuel oil minimized transportation costs and consistently good weather allowed frequent gunnery exercises off the nearby Channel Islands of California The heavy cruisers of the Scouting Force were transferred from the Atlantic to San Pedro in response to the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria By 1934 14 battleships two aircraft carriers 14 cruisers and 16 support ships were based at San Pedro On April 1 1940 the Pacific Fleet battleships sailed to Hawaii for annual fleet exercises The battleships remained in the Hawaiian Islands to deter Japanese aggression until the attack on Pearl Harbor The fleet post office supply depot fuel depot degaussing range ECM repair facility and naval training schools for small craft fire fighters merchant ship communications and anti submarine attack remained at San Pedro through World War II 17 but the battle fleet never returned 18 San Pedro was selected as the final home port of the battleship USS Iowa BB 61 The Iowa now serves as a museum ship and memorial recognizing the positive contributions of this battleship and its crew at critical moments in American history 19 Fort MacArthur now a sub base of Los Angeles Air Force Base currently serves as privatized housing and administrative annex under the management of Tierra Vista Communities Geography and climate Edit In this nighttime aerial photograph of Los Angeles San Pedro is in the center and right foreground including part of the brightly lit Terminal Island The dark peninsula to the left of San Pedro is Palos Verdes The neighborhood fronts on the Pacific Ocean to the south and is bounded inland by Harbor City and Torrance on the north Wilmington and Long Beach on the east and Rancho Palos Verdes and Lomita on the west 20 21 22 Climate data for San Pedro Los AngelesMonth Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearAverage high F C 67 19 68 20 68 20 71 22 73 23 76 24 81 27 82 28 80 27 77 25 72 22 67 19 73 23 Average low F C 46 8 48 9 50 10 52 11 56 13 59 15 62 17 63 17 62 17 57 14 50 10 46 8 54 12 Average precipitation inches mm 3 31 84 3 12 79 2 69 68 0 70 18 0 27 6 9 0 08 2 0 0 03 0 76 0 13 3 3 0 25 6 4 0 43 11 1 17 30 1 85 47 14 02 356 Source 23 Port of Los Angeles Edit The Sea Princess in Port of Los Angeles Main article Port of Los Angeles San Pedro Wilmington and Terminal Island are the locations of the Port of Los Angeles Locations of interest EditOne San Pedro landmark is the Vincent Thomas Bridge a 1 500 foot 457 m long suspension bridge linking San Pedro with Terminal Island and named after California Assemblyman Vincent Thomas It is the fourth longest suspension bridge in California Nearby is the Battleship Iowa museum and attraction the Los Angeles Maritime Museum the largest maritime museum in California and the museum ship SS Lane Victory a fully operational victory ship of World War II and National Historic Landmark Ports O Call Village a tourist destination which provided shopping venues waterfront eateries was demolished in 2019 to make way for West Harbor a major waterfront food hall and park under development slated to open in 2024 24 25 26 A historic naval warehouse built in 1944 houses Crafted at the Port of Los Angeles a permanent craft marketplace Point Fermin Light The Frank Gehry designed Cabrillo Marine Aquarium had its origins in the old Cabrillo Beach Marine Museum which was located in the historic Bath House at Cabrillo Beach The Point Fermin Light a Victorian era structure built in the late 19th century is a museum and park on a bluff overlooking the ocean The Korean Bell of Friendship is a massive bronze memorial bell donated by South Korea in 1976 to the people of Los Angeles The church of Mary Star of the Sea is a prominent landmark with a steeple top statue overlooking the harbor On July 19 2003 the San Pedro Waterfront Red Car Line was opened along the waterfront between downtown San Pedro and the Cruise Ship Terminal The line includes two trolleys built to resemble the wood bodied 500 class cars introduced in 1905 for the Pacific Electric Railway which once operated more than 1 000 miles 1 600 km of track running streetcars and interurbans in Southern California The 1 5 mile 2 4 km line operates along former Pacific Electric right of way The line rebuilt and maintained by the Port of Los Angeles also has one original restored Pacific Electric interurban which is used only for special charter excursions and special events The original car is Pacific Electric 963 former Los Angeles Pacific 713 as built in 1907 rebuilt by Richard Fellows and renumbered 1058 Discussions have been held to extend the line to the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium 27 On 28th Street between Gaffey Street and Peck Avenue is a steep section of public roadway For about 50 feet 15 m the street climbs at a 33 3 angle although the rest of the street is less steep 28 Demographics EditPopulation history Edit A cyclist on Beacon Street around the time of annexation by Los Angeles in 1909 Ethnically diverse San Pedro was a magnet for European immigrants from various countries for years reflected in the number of restaurants representing diverse cuisines especially Croatian Portuguese Mexican Italian Irish and Greek San Pedro is home to the largest Italian American community in Southern California centered on the Via Italia South Cabrillo Avenue San Pedro is also considered the heart of the Croatian and Norwegian communities in Los Angeles The Croatian community originally composed of seafarers and fishermen from the Dalmatia especially the islands of Brac Hvar Vis and Korcula region has been present in San Pedro since the settlement began more than 200 years ago The City of Los Angeles even named a stretch of 9th Street Croatian Place in honor of the city s old Croatian community The Norwegian presence can be felt at the Norwegian Seamen s Church Until February 1942 San Pedro was home to a vibrant Japanese immigrant community of about 3 000 people who lived in what had been described as a typical Japanese Fishing Village on Terminal Island East San Pedro These Japanese immigrants pioneered albacore fishing out of San Pedro Bay and harvesting abalone off White Point 29 thus leading the way in establishing a viable fishing industry in San Pedro The 48 hour forced expulsion of these San Pedro residents and the razing of their homes and shops as part of the Japanese American internment during World War II is described in Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston s memoir Farewell to Manzanar 2000 census Edit St Peter Catholic Church A total of 80 065 people lived in San Pedro s 12 06 square miles according to the 2000 U S census averaging 6 640 people per square mile near Los Angeles total population density The median age was 34 in the San Pedro neighborhood considered average for Los Angeles 30 San Pedro is considered highly diverse ethnically with a diversity index of 63 0 31 In 2000 whites made up 44 2 of the population Latinos were at 40 8 blacks at 6 1 Asians at 4 8 and others at 4 1 Mexico and Italy were the most common places of birth for the 24 5 of the residents who were born abroad considered a low percentage of foreign born when compared with the city as a whole 30 The 57 508 median household income in 2008 dollars was average for the city and county Renters occupied 56 1 of the housing units and homeowners occupied the rest In 2000 there were 3 394 families headed by single parents or 17 5 a rate that was average for the county and the city In the same year there were 6 559 military veterans or 11 of the population considered high when compared to the city and county as a whole 30 Government and infrastructure EditCity Council Edit San Pedro Municipal Building Beaux Arts structure completed in 1928 San Pedro anchors the southern end of Los Angeles City Council District 15 which has long been represented only by residents of San Pedro The neighborhood according to the Los Angeles Times despite accounting for less than one third of the district s population has enjoyed outsize influence as the district s traditional base of political power 32 San Pedro Post Office Building Federal government Edit The United States Postal Service operates the San Pedro Post Office at 839 South Beacon Street and the Eastview Post Office at 28649 South Western Avenue 33 34 The USPS also operates the Seafarers Post Office at Suite A at 93 Berth in close proximity to the San Pedro Post Office 35 The Federal Bureau of Prisons operates the Federal Correctional Institution Terminal Island on Terminal Island and in San Pedro 36 Education Edit Cabrillo Beach Bathhouse Just 23 8 of San Pedro residents aged 25 or older had completed a four year degree in 2000 about average when compared with the city and the county at large and the percentage of those residents with more than a high school diploma was high for the county 30 Primary and secondary schools Edit San Pedro is served by the Los Angeles Unified School District The area is within Board District 7 37 As of 2012 Dr Richard Vladovic represents the district 38 San Pedro High School Mary Star of the Sea High School and the Port of Los Angeles High School are the primary high schools within the region San Pedro High School is home to the protected landmarks in the form of The English Language Arts and Administration Buildings c 1939 1936 resp The school celebrated its 100 year anniversary in 2003 It is home to both the Marine Science and Police Academy Magnet programs Port of Los Angeles High School is a public charter high school fusing a college preparatory program with elective coursework in International Business and Maritime Studies Such studies reinforce the significant impact of California s ports on the global economy and international trade As of 2012 test scores tended to be higher in the area s elementary schools than in its middle and high schools 39 Under certain specific circumstances residents of San Pedro may be admitted into schools in the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District located in the neighboring Palos Verdes Peninsula 40 specifically they may attend Miraleste Intermediate School and Palos Verdes High School This admittance is only granted if a student s parent or guardian is enlisted in the US military has a parent or guardian employed within the Palos Verdes Peninsula has a grandparent residing within the Palos Verdes Peninsula or if the student simply lives in a closer vicinity to a PVPUSD school than any other LAUSD schools Primary schools Grades 1 5 15th Street Elementary 41 42 Bandini Elementary 43 Barton Hill Elementary 44 45 Cabrillo Early Education Center 46 Cabrillo Elementary 47 Leland Elementary 48 Park Western Harbor Magnet 49 Point Fermin Marine Science Magnet 50 San Pedro Wilmington Early Education Center 51 South Shores Magnet for the Visual and Performing Arts Elementary School Taper Elementary 52 53 Taper Avenue Elementary Technology Magnet Center 54 White Point Elementary 55 Crestwood Elementary 7th Street ElementarySecondary schools Grades 6 12 Dana Middle School 49 56 Dodson Middle School though actually located in Rancho Palos Verdes it is part of LAUSD San Pedro High School 57 1 San Pedro High School Marine Science Magnet 58 San Pedro High School Police Academy 59 Port of Los Angeles High School Baxter High School Alliance Alice M Baxter College Ready High School Continuation schoolsAngel s Gate Continuation High 60 Cooper Community Day School 61 Harbor Community Adult School 62 Harbor Occupational Center 63 Private schoolsPrivate schools in San Pedro include Grades Preschool 8Holy Trinity School 64 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los AngelesGrades 1 8Mary Star of the Sea Elementary School 65 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los AngelesGrades Preschool 8Christ Lutheran Church and School 66 Grades 6 12Rolling Hills Estates Preparatory School the current location opened on February 6 2007 67 Grades 9 12Mary Star of the Sea High School Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles 68 Libraries Edit Los Angeles Public Library operates the San Pedro Regional Branch Library at 931 South Gaffey This library was opened in 1983 in the presence of the late Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley 69 Media EditSan Pedro News Pilot a newspaper closed in 1998 70 Events EditAnnual Shakespeare by the Sea Los Angeles Festival held at Point Fermin Park each summer Honor EditSan Pedro was declared 2017 Neighborhood of the year by Curbed Los Angeles 71 Notable people EditMain article People from San Pedro Los AngelesSee also Edit Los Angeles portalList of districts and neighborhoods in Los Angeles List of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monuments 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