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37-554: It is located at 11541 Croesus Avenue on Imperial Highway , between Grape Street and Mona Boulevard, near the 105 Freeway . The federally subsidized project of 498 units was completed in May 1944. It is operated by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles . The project is predominantly inhabited by persons of African-American and Mexican descent, who in 1991 constituted 88 percent of

74-469: A female householder with no husband present, and 28.8% were non-families. 23.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.21. In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.6% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

111-545: A mayor from the serving councilmembers to serve a one-year term as mayor. The city council hires a city manager to direct the city's departments and advise the council. The council appoints members of the Planning Commission; Parks, Recreation and Human Services Commission; Cultural Arts Commission, and Traffic Committee. Fire protection for Brea is provided by the Brea Fire Department (BFD) and law enforcement

148-519: A political party or are independents. According to the city's 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: The city is primarily served by the Brea Olinda Unified School District which operates six elementary schools, one junior high school ( Brea Junior High School ), one high school ( Brea Olinda High School ) and one continuation high school ( Brea Canyon High School ). A small portion of Brea

185-593: A population of 752, Brea was incorporated on February 23, 1917, as the eighth official city of Orange County . As oil production declined, some agricultural development took place, especially lemon and orange groves. In the 1920s, the Brea Chamber of Commerce promoted the city with the slogan “Oil, Oranges, and Opportunity.” In 1950, Brea had a population of 3,208, which is 641 more than ten years prior. The citrus groves gave way gradually to industrial parks and residential development. In 1956, Carl N. Karcher opened

222-558: A portion of the highway still exists. The original route was replaced with other highways, leading the older portions of the Imperial Highway to fall out of use. The total length of the Greater Los Angeles portion of the Imperial Highway is approximately 41 miles (66 km), of which 14 miles (23 km) run through Orange County and 27 miles (43 km) through Los Angeles County. Between SR 91 and SR 39, Imperial Highway

259-523: Is Hutuknga . The area was visited on July 29, 1769, by the Spanish Portolá expedition – the first Europeans to see inland parts of Alta California . The party camped in Brea Canyon, near a large native village and a small pool of clean water. A historical marker dedicated to his visit stands in Brea Canyon just north of town. The village of Olinda was founded in present-day Carbon Canyon at

296-622: Is a city in northern Orange County, California , United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 39,282. It is 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Los Angeles . Brea is part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area . The city began as a center of crude oil production, was later propelled by citrus production. It is a significant retail center, including the Brea Mall and downtown Brea. The city has an extensive public art program which began in 1975 and continues today with over 140 artworks in

333-623: Is a west-east thoroughfare in the counties of Los Angeles , Orange , Riverside , San Diego , and Imperial in the U.S. state of California . The main portion of the existing route begins at Vista Del Mar in Los Angeles near the Los Angeles International Airport and ends at the Anaheim – Orange city line at Via Escola where it becomes Cannon Street. Historically, the Imperial Highway extended from Vista Del Mar to Calexico , where

370-1128: Is also directed to Sonora High School in La Habra in the Fullerton Joint Union High School District . That small portion is also directed to the La Habra City School District . In addition, students can also take an assessment to place in nearby Troy High School in Fullerton , also part of the Fullerton High School District. There are many private schools in Brea, the Brea Head Start (Pre) Brea Olinda Friends School (Pre-6), Brea Congregational Pre-School, Brea Foursquare Church (Pre-5), Brea United Methodist Pre-School ("BUMPS"), Carbon Canyon Christian School (K-12), Christ Lutheran School (Pre-8), St. Angela Merici Parish School (TK-8), and Montessori of Brea (K-6). Brea

407-664: Is also home to the Southern California College of Business and Law and the Southern California extension of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary . Local schools have won several awards. Brea Olinda High School and Olinda Elementary School have been named Blue Ribbon Schools . Additionally, Arovista Elementary, Country Hills Elementary, Fanning Elementary, Mariposa Elementary, Olinda Elementary, Brea Junior High and Brea Olinda High schools have been named California Distinguished Schools . Laurel Elementary received

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444-659: Is provided by the Brea Police Department . Within Carbon Canyon, in the Olinda neighborhood of Brea, is situated Olinda Landfill , a major waste management facility serving a large part of Orange County. Management of the city and coordination of city services is provided by: In the California State Legislature , Brea is in the 29th Senate District , represented by Democrat Josh Newman , and in

481-692: Is signed as State Route 90 . A de facto freeway portion of the route in Yorba Linda is also known as the Richard M. Nixon Freeway . The portion in Los Angeles County between Lakewood Boulevard and Valley View Avenue is located about one mile north of, and runs parallel to, Rosecrans Avenue . Starting from Cannon Street & Via Escola in Orange , going east to west Cannon Street becomes Imperial Highway upon entering Anaheim . The highway then passes through

518-505: The 55th Assembly District , represented by Democrat Isaac Bryan . In the United States House of Representatives , Brea is split between California's 45th congressional district , represented by Republican Michelle Steel , and California's 40th congressional district , represented by Republican Young Kim . The 2010 United States Census reported that Brea had a population of 39,282. The population density

555-483: The Köppen Climate Classification system, Brea has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate , abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps. Brea is governed by a council-manager system. The five-member city council is elected to four-year terms in elections held every two years to fill alternately two and three seats. The council is made up of the mayor, the mayor pro tem and three councilmembers. The council elects

592-698: The Metro A and C Lines at Wilmington Avenue in Willowbrook at the Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station . There is also another C Line station at Aviation Boulevard . Western terminus coordinates (El Segundo): 33°55′50.91″N 118°26′5.42″W  /  33.9308083°N 118.4348389°W  / 33.9308083; -118.4348389 Eastern terminus coordinates (Anaheim): 33°50′7.76″N 117°47′43.32″W  /  33.8354889°N 117.7953667°W  / 33.8354889; -117.7953667 Imperial Highway

629-488: The United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 12.1 square miles (31 km ). 12.1 square miles (31 km ) of it is land and 0.26% is water. It is bordered by unincorporated Orange County and Los Angeles County to the north and east, La Habra to the west, Fullerton to the southwest, Placentia to the south, Chino Hills to the northwest, and Yorba Linda to the southeast. According to

666-464: The beginning of the 19th century and many entrepreneurs came to the area searching for "black gold" (petroleum). In 1894, the owner of the land, Abel Stearns , sold 1,200 acres (4.9 km ) west of Olinda to the newly created Union Oil Company of California , and by 1898 many nearby hills began sporting wooden oil drilling towers on the newly discovered Brea-Olinda Oil Field . In 1908 the village of Randolph, named for railway engineer Epes Randolph ,

703-533: The cities and communities of Anaheim Hills , Yorba Linda , Placentia , Brea , Fullerton , La Habra , La Mirada , Santa Fe Springs (some sections in La Mirada and Santa Fe Springs are next to unincorporated LA County), Norwalk , Downey , South Gate , Lynwood , Los Angeles ( Watts , and South LA – a portion after South LA is in unincorporated LA County), Inglewood , Hawthorne , El Segundo (southside of street only), and Westchester (part of Los Angeles on

740-454: The collection placed and located throughout the city. The area began as part of the homelands of the Tongva , who lived in the area for thousands of years before any contact was made with Europeans. The tribe established numerous villages in the area interconnected by extensive trails for travel and trade with neighboring Indigenous nations. The closest known village site to the city of Brea today

777-605: The complex, including one woman who was killed, in separate incidents. Imperial Courts is zoned to: All three are in the Los Angeles Unified School District . TEDxWatts was hosted in Watts on March 11, 2017, by organizer Justin Mayo . The project is the subject of a 22-year documentary project called Imperial Courts by Dutch photographer Dana Lixenburg. The P Jay Crips were founded at this project. Parts of

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814-459: The first two Carl's Jr. restaurants in Anaheim, California and Brea, California. The opening of the Orange Freeway (57) and the Brea Mall in the 1970s spurred further residential growth, including large planned developments east of the 57 Freeway in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. In the late 1990s, a 50-acre (200,000 m ) swath of downtown Brea centered on Brea Boulevard and Birch Street

851-509: The motion picture Training Day were filmed in Imperial Courts to give the movie a true-to-life project setting. The movie Imperial Dreams starring John Boyega was shot in Imperial Courts. The video of "Cool Like Me" by Fryar was also shot in Imperial Courts. This article about a building or structure in Los Angeles is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Imperial Highway The Imperial Highway

888-455: The name, Westland's version runs a mere three blocks, north from Bock Street, then northeast from Hambleton Street, across John Hauk Road and stopping at Pardo Street. (It used to continue to Ford Road , but this section has been a hardware store parking lot since the 1970s.) [REDACTED] Media related to Imperial Highway at Wikimedia Commons Brea, California Brea ( / ˈ b r eɪ ə / ; Spanish for 'tar')

925-540: The northside). Imperial Highway ends at Dockweiler Beach on Vista Del Mar near Playa Del Rey, just past LAX . Along its route, Imperial Highway crosses over or under these freeways from west to east: Metro Local lines 120 and formerly 625 run via Imperial Highway, as well as Norwalk Transit line 4; Metro line 625 ran between Pershing Drive and La Cienega Boulevard . Metro line 120 runs between Aviation Boulevard and Norwalk Station , and Norwalk line 4 between Norwalk Station and Beach Boulevard. Imperial intersects with

962-643: The population) lived in households, 69 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 14,266 households, out of which 5,043 (35.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 8,132 (57.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,605 (11.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 632 (4.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 569 (4.0%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 100 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 3,070 households (21.5%) were made up of individuals, and 1,265 (8.9%) had someone living alone who

999-427: The population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 12,324 people (31.4%) lived in rental housing units. According to the 2010 United States Census, Brea had a median household income of $ 82,055, with 5.6% of the population living below the federal poverty line. There were 13,067 households, out of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.6% were married couples living together, 10.5% had

1036-526: The population. It is one of the largest housing projects west of the Mississippi River . The Los Angeles Police Department operates the nearby Southeast Community Police Station. This location resulted in a general reduction in crime in comparison to the 1990s, although the area still has a homicide rate 57% higher than the Los Angeles County average. On October 26, 2014, five people were shot in

1073-539: The poverty line, including 6.7% of those under age 18 and 5.2% of those age 65 or over. Brea is traditionally a Republican stronghold at the presidential level; however, Democratic candidate Joe Biden carried the city in 2020. According to the California Secretary of State , as of October 22, 2018, Brea has 24,775 registered voters. Of those, 9,991 (40.33%) are registered Republicans, 7,370 (29.75%) are registered Democrats, and 6,466 (26.10%) have declined to state

1110-438: Was 3,243.9 inhabitants per square mile (1,252.5/km ). The racial makeup of Brea was 26,363 (67.1%) White (52.7% Non-Hispanic White), 549 (1.4%) African American , 190 (0.5%) Native American , 7,144 (18.2%) Asian , 69 (0.2%) Pacific Islander , 3,236 (8.2%) from other races , and 1,731 (4.4%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9,817 persons (25.0%). The census reported that 39,213 people (99.8% of

1147-404: Was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.9 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 64,820, and the median income for a family was $ 68,423. Males had a median income of $ 50,500 versus $ 35,674 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 26,307. About 3.4% of families and 5.3% of the population were below

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1184-419: Was 38.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.9 males. There were 14,785 housing units at an average density of 1,221.0 units per square mile (471.4 units/km ), of which 9,266 (65.0%) were owner-occupied, and 5,000 (35.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.3%. 26,889 people (68.5% of

1221-420: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75. There were 10,369 families (72.7% of all households); the average family size was 3.23. The population was spread out, with 9,057 people (23.1%) under the age of 18, 3,654 people (9.3%) aged 18 to 24, 10,669 people (27.2%) aged 25 to 44, 10,952 people (27.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 4,950 people (12.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

1258-732: Was built in large part because of lobbying from the Imperial Highway Association, founded in 1929. The Imperial Highway Association lobbied city and county governments to build Imperial Highway, gaining cities along the way until the highway finished construction in 1961. Imperial Highway was initially conceived as a commercial route connecting Imperial County to Los Angeles County. A segment remains today as California County Route S2 in Imperial County which connects Interstate 8 near Ocotillo . A segment in San Diego County

1295-562: Was founded just south of Brea Canyon for oil workers and their families. Baseball legend Walter Johnson grew up in Olinda at the start of the 20th century where he worked in the surrounding oil fields as a youth. The villages of Olinda and Randolph grew and merged as the economy boomed. On January 19, 1911, the town's map was filed under the new name of Brea, from the Spanish language word for natural asphalt, also called bitumen, pitch or tar . With

1332-482: Was heavily redeveloped into a shopping and entertainment area with movie theaters, sidewalk cafes, a live comedy club from The Improv chain, numerous shops and restaurants, and a weekly farmer's market. It is locally known and signed as Downtown Brea. The downtown area opened in 2000. Sunset magazine named Brea one of the five best suburbs to live in the Western United States in early 2006. According to

1369-650: Was renamed the Great Overland Stage Route of 1849. Another segment adjacent to Lake Elsinore (Riverside County) was once indicated on 1960s vicinity maps by H.M. Gousha ( Gousha ), publisher of street maps. There are other Imperial Highways in the United States, including one in San Diego (better known as Imperial Avenue) and in the Detroit suburbs of Redford Township, Michigan and Westland, Michigan . Despite

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