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Harbor–UCLA Medical Center provides medical control for the following Paramedic units: [citation needed] Compton Fire Department – Rescue Ambulance (RA) 41 Los Angeles Fire Department – RAs 33, 36, 38, 48, 51, 57, 64, 79, 85, 101, and 112
The island was originally called Isla Raza de Buena Gente [2] and later Rattlesnake Island. [3] It was renamed Terminal Island in 1891. [2]In 1909, the newly reincorporated Southern California Edison Company decided to build a new steam station to provide reserve capacity and emergency power for the entire Edison system and to enable Edison to shut down some of its small, obsolete steam plants.
Creek Beach [225] (also known as Secret Creek Beach or Secret Harbor Creek Beach) [226] Black Sand Beach; Boaters Beach [225] Whale Beach 1 and 2 [225] Black Rock City, in the desert outside of Gerlach, hosts Burning Man where clothing is optional. Blue Moon Resort was a small resort hotel for gay men in Las Vegas. [227] [228]
It occupies 7,500 acres (3,000 ha) of land and water with 43 miles (69 km) of waterfront and adjoins the separate Port of Long Beach. Promoted as "America's Port", the port is located in San Pedro Bay in the San Pedro and Wilmington neighborhoods of Los Angeles, approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of downtown.
Naval Operating Base Terminal Island was founded by combining Naval Facilities in cities of San Pedro, Long Beach and Wilmington, California under one command. Much of the base was on the man-made Terminal Island, and harbor in San Pedro Bay. The harbor was made through the construction of a large breakwater system. [1] [2]
San Pedro is located in southern Cameron County at (25.979523, -97.598789), [3] 8 miles (13 km) northwest of the center of Brownsville via U.S. RouteThe community is less than one mile northeast of the Rio Grande, which forms the Mexico–United States border.
Harbor City is a highly diverse neighborhood in the South Bay and Harbor region of Los Angeles, California, with a population upward of 36,000 people.Originally part of the Rancho San Pedro Spanish land grant, the 2.58-square-mile (6.7 km 2) Harbor City was brought into Los Angeles as a preliminary step in the larger city's consolidation with the port cities of Wilmington and San Pedro.
San Pedro Shipping center in mid-1800s; no original structures remain; at northwest end of fish slip, landscaped park in front of Fishermen's Co-op building, east of the harbor bel railroad tracks [5] 186: Morgan House (Harbor Area YWCA) Apr 19, 1978: 437 W. 9th St. San Pedro American Craftsman style YWCA building designed by Julia Morgan ...