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50-581: Robert Einar "Pete" Petersen was born on September 10, 1926, in East Los Angeles, California . He was of Danish descent. He learned about cars from helping his father, a truck mechanic. After graduating from Barstow High School , he served in the Army Air Corps in World War II . After the war, Petersen left Barstow, California , for Los Angeles and found work at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), becoming

100-427: A first language accounted for 87.30%, while English accounted for 12.65%, Japanese was spoken by 0.16%, Armenian made up 0.09%, Vietnamese was at 0.07%, Chinese at 0.05%, Russian at 0.04%, Tagalog at 0.03%, and Mandarin was at 0.03% of the population. There were 29,844 households, out of which 51.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.1% were married couples living together, 21.7% had

150-694: A private equity fund for $ 450 million which, in 1999, sold it for $ 2 billion to publisher EMAP . In 2001 it was sold to Primedia . In 2007 Primedia's enthusiast publications, including all the once-Petersen titles, were again sold to Source Interlink, controlled by Ron Burkle . In 1999 Petersen bought Sports Afield from Hearst Corporation and he sold it in 2002 to the owners of Safari Press . He died on March 23, 2007, at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California , of complications from neuroendocrine cancer . Margie Petersen died on November 25, 2011. An avid hunter and collector, Petersen had amassed

200-706: A better road to move their goods south. Stephenson Avenue was public choice. Historian Matt Roth of the Auto Club says Whittier Boulevard is the main thoroughfare through the east side. "The City Council renamed it Whittier Boulevard in 1921," he says, "out of recognition that it was serving an inter-regional function because it was the main road to Whittier and beyond." Into the 1960s Union Pacific Chicago -bound passenger trains made stops in East Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) provides bus service from East L.A. throughout

250-479: A female householder with no husband present, and 16.0% were non-families. 12.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.15 and the average family size was 4.42. The age distribution of the community was as follows: 34.6% under the age of 18, 12.6% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 14.2% from 45 to 64, and 7.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

300-509: A number of films, among them Knickerbocker Holiday , Sitting Pretty and Madison Square Garden . He was married to actress Sally Eilers . They resided in a mansion located at 625 Mountain Drive, Beverly Hills, California . Brown died of a heart attack on April 28, 1972, aged 81, in Palm Springs, California . This article about a United States film director born in the 1890s

350-705: A partnership with director Budd Boetticher , actor Randolph Scott and screenwriter Burt Kennedy , which generated a series of five westerns between 1957 and 1960 ( The Tall T , Decision at Sundown , Buchanan Rides Alone , Ride Lonesome , Comanche Station ) via a company he created with Scott which eventually became known as Ranown Pictures Corp. He produced the American debut films of both Errol Flynn in Captain Blood and Sean Flynn in Son of Captain Blood . Brown earlier directed

400-478: A publicist there within a year. After being laid off during staff cuts, Petersen and other ex-MGM staff started Hollywood Publicity Associates , a consulting firm. In the summer of 1947, the company was commissioned to publicize an exhibition of hot rods held the following winter. While working to promote the exhibition, Petersen realized that there were no media specific to hot rods or hot-rodding. Seeing an opportunity, Petersen and Robert Lindsay, another member of

450-551: A sizable collection featuring hundreds of unique and historically significant antique and modern firearms. Following Petersen's death, in following with his wishes, Petersen's widow donated a 400-piece portion of his extensive collection to the National Rifle Association's National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, VA. Among his collection the work of firearm engraver Richard Roy of Connecticut Shotgun are displayed. In addition, he

500-659: A successful debut, the magazine continued to sell out and grow in readership. By mid-1949, monthly sales exceeded 50,000 copies. Starting from this, Petersen built his publishing empire on automotive-themed publications, including Car Craft , Rod & Custom , Sports Car Graphic , and Motor Trend . He also published CARtoons , Guns & Ammo , SPORT , Motorcyclist , Motor Life , Hunting , Mountain Biker , Photographic , Teen , Tiger Beat , and Sassy Magazine , 4 Wheel and Off Road In 1996, Petersen sold his company Petersen Publishing Company to

550-461: Is 4 miles (6 km) northwest of present-day East Los Angeles. When Lincoln Heights, the first Eastside subdivision created in 1873, changed its name in 1917, Belvedere (Belvedere Gardens and Belvedere Heights) and surrounding unincorporated county areas were given the moniker of East Los Angeles. By the 1930s, most maps had started to label the Belvedere area as "East Los Angeles". The cornerstone of

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600-604: Is an unincorporated community, it does not have a local government and relies on the County of Los Angeles for local services. Supervisor Hilda L. Solis represents East LA on the Board of Supervisors . The East Los Angeles county hall houses the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works - East Los Angeles Building And Safety Office. Since East Los Angeles is an unincorporated area, fire protection in East Los Angeles

650-553: Is in East Los Angeles serving grades 7-12. Esteban Torres High School opened in 2010 on the former Hammel Street Elementary School grounds and in former housing developments. There are five autonomous pilot high schools located on the Esteban E. Torres High School campus, part of the Los Angeles Education Partnership's network of partner and community schools. Monterey High School, a continuation high school, serves

700-575: Is located at 975 South Atlantic Boulevard . Light rail service to East L.A. is provided by the E Line 's Eastside Extension, which opened in 2009 as the Gold Line. The E Line train is not the first light rail line to travel to East LA. In the early 1900s, people needing to access the cemeteries on the east side took the streetcar, the Stephenson Avenue Line. Stephenson Avenue (before 1920) now known as Whittier Boulevard. In time factories needed

750-705: Is provided by the Los Angeles County Fire Department with ambulance transport by Care Ambulance Service . The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) operates the East Los Angeles Station in East Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Central Health Center in Downtown Los Angeles , serving East Los Angeles. The United States Postal Service East Los Angeles Post Office

800-824: Is split between Los Angeles Unified School District and Montebello Unified School District . LAUSD operates Amanecer PC in East Los Angeles, which is a preschool . LAUSD elementary schools in East Los Angeles include Anton, Belvedere, Brooklyn Avenue, City Terrace, Eastman, Fourth Street, Ford Boulevard (open July 1, 1923), Harrison, Humphreys Avenue Elementary School and STEM Magnet School (open July 1, 1922), Robert F. Kennedy, Marianna, Rowan Avenue and Hamasaki Elementary medical and science magnet , originally named Riggin Elementary School and renamed in 1990. Montebello USD schools include Gascon Elementary School, Montebello Park Elementary School, and Winter Gardens Elementary School. At one time Hammel Elementary School

850-456: Is the owner of the only three Parker Invincibles ever produced by Parker Bros. He married Margie McNally in 1963 and had two sons who died in a 1975 plane crash. They resided in a mansion located at 625 Mountain drive in Beverly Hills, California , formerly owned by actors Harry Joe Brown and Sally Eilers . It was designed by architect Paul R. Williams and built from 1937 to 1938. He

900-464: The 2020 census reports a population of 118,786, reflecting a 6.1% decrease compared to the 2010 population of 126,496. The concentration of Hispanic/Latino Americans is 95.16 percent, the highest of any city or census-designated place in the United States outside of Puerto Rico . Historically, when it was founded in 1873, the neighborhood northeast of downtown known today as Lincoln Heights

950-711: The California Water Service , which would later become a customer of the Metropolitan Water District . Prior to the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978, governing bodies would set property taxes independently, which led to a cumulative overlapping rate including bond taxes for large infrastructure projects such as the building of the Port of Los Angeles. However, unincorporated areas were often forced to incorporate or be annexed into these taxing entities in order to obtain critical municipal services such as water from

1000-680: The Chicano Movement , which included the East L.A. Walkouts in 1968 and the National Chicano Moratorium , in which Ruben Salazar was killed. Multiple campaigns by residents have been made for cityhood for East Los Angeles, such as in 2010. East L.A. is located immediately east of the Boyle Heights district of Los Angeles, south of the El Sereno district of Los Angeles, north of

1050-470: The Los Angeles Times' " Mapping L.A. " survey. Mexican (85.4%) and Italian (0.2%) are the most common ancestries. Mexico and El Salvador were the most common foreign places of birth. The 2010 United States Census reported that East Los Angeles had a population of 126,496. Population density was 16,973.5 people per square mile (6,553.5 people/km ). The racial makeup of East Los Angeles

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1100-466: The Mexican Revolution . James A. Garfield High School and Computer Science Magnet is the sole traditional LAUSD public high school in East Los Angeles. Garfield High School opened its doors in 1925, grades 7 through 12. It was a six-year school in which one could earn two diplomas, one from Garfield Junior High School after completion of 9th grade and one from Garfield Senior High School. By

1150-593: The United States House of Representatives house, East Los Angeles is in the California's 34th congressional district district served by Jimmy Gomez . At the California State Legislature , East Los Angeles is in the 26th Senate District , represented by Democrat María Elena Durazo , and in the 52nd Assembly District , represented by Democrat Wendy Carrillo . As East Los Angeles

1200-553: The 2019–2020 school year. Five middle schools that include in 2014 the Ánimo Ellen Ochoa Charter Middle School was founded and named after former astronaut and Director of the Johnson Space Center . The Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 8 opened August 1, 2014. The Arts in Action Charter Middle school opened in summer 2020. Construction of a new Ednovate Charter High School to be named Esperanza College Prep

1250-467: The L.A. area. A Metro Customer Center is located at 4501 B Whittier Blvd. Local shuttle service is provided by El Sol (the East Los Angeles Shuttle). The Metro Atlantic Parking Structure is a paid daily on-site parking with 238 spaces and paid reserved on-site parking 24 spaces supporting the E Line. Bike rack Spaces and bike lockers also support most E Line stations. East Los Angeles

1300-554: The Los Angeles Aqueduct. For decades, the lack of a city property tax and bond taxes made East Los Angeles a tax haven for the working class. In 1932 local business leaders gave the name East Los Angeles to Belvedere and adjacent areas (that had been known as Belvedere Gardens, Belvedere Heights, Laguna, etc.) However, in 1937 the Automobile Club of Southern California put up three large signs, "Belvedere Gardens". This led to

1350-442: The age of 18 living in them, 15,497 (50.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 7,104 (23.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, 3,238 (10.5%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 2,516 (8.2%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 199 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 3,781 households (12.3%) were made up of individuals, and 1,781 (5.8%) had someone living alone who

1400-422: The business leaders uprooting the signs, with a "burial ceremony" for the signs with 150 state, county, and city officials attending, and they rechristeed the area East Los Angeles. Several county buildings were renamed in line with the new appellation. At that time the area had 75,000 residents and was "declared to be the largest unincorporated locality in the world." East Los Angeles was a significant site during

1450-557: The city of Commerce , and west of the cities of Monterey Park and Montebello . The unincorporated area known as City Terrace occupies the northern part of the CDP. The Census Bureau definition of the area may not precisely correspond to the local understanding of the community. East L.A. has a very warm hot-summer Mediterranean climate . East Los Angeles is the least ethnically diverse community in Los Angeles County , as noted by

1500-459: The city of Montebello . By 1922 Janss advertised that it had sold 6000 lots there and that 35,000 people lived in Belvedere Heights. Buildings that were described as being in Belvedere Heights included the junior high school on Record between Brooklyn and Michigan, now called Belvedere Middle School. In February 1921 Janss announced that it had purchased 150 acres (61 ha) adjacent to

1550-559: The end of the streetcar line on Stephenson Avenue, now Whittier Boulevard , south of Belvedere Heights, and divided the empty land into housing lots of square-mile grid cells . Janss called the new tract Belvedere Gardens , an area still found today on maps for the area east of the Long Beach Freeway . The area was able to avoid being annexed into the City of Los Angeles because of a private groundwater utility formed in 1926 now known as

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1600-616: The first building of Occidental College was laid in September 1887 on Rowan Street. In 1896, the building was destroyed by fire. On April 2, 1905, it was reported that the Janss Investment Company would be developing an area "on Boyle Heights" (later, Boyle Heights would refer only to a smaller area to the west, i.e. the neighborhood now called Boyle Heights within the Los Angeles city limits). The 170-acre (0.69 km ) tract

1650-471: The late 1930s, Garfield became overcrowded and a new Junior High School for grades 7 through 9 was built, Kern Avenue Junior High School, located on Fourth Street and Kern Avenue, now called Griffith STEAM Magnet Middle School. Garfield High School participates in the " East LA Classic " against Theodore Roosevelt High School a football game that traditionally draws over 25,000 fans. Ramona Opportunity High School, an alternative all girl public high school ,

1700-699: The needs of at-risk students in the East Los Angeles community. In 2013 adult education programs from the Eastside Learning Center and East Los Angeles Occupational Center relocated at the East Los Angeles Star Hospital site to form an adult learning center and high school academy. The modified 1929, three-story structure houses the Hilda L. Solis Learning Academy School of Technology, Business and Education (STBE) high school and East LA Star Adult Education East Los Angeles College (ELAC)

1750-423: The north, the northwestern portion of today's East Los Angeles, thus including the lower portions of what today is called City Terrace . By the early 1920s, workers in the sprouting industrial district to the south were seeking nearby housing. At the time, the unincorporated region was undeveloped and or preserved for agriculture and oil extraction . Belvedere township included the territory that in 1902 became

1800-415: The population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 79,053 people (62.5%) lived in rental housing units. According to the 2010 United States Census, East Los Angeles had a median household income of $ 37,982, with 26.9% of the population living below the federal poverty line. As of 2000, there were 124,283 people, 29,844 households, and 25,068 families residing in the community. The population density

1850-608: The poverty line, including 35.0% of those under age 18 and 13.5% of those age 65 or over. East Los Angeles has a very large Latino population that consists of Mexicans, Salvadorans, Guatemalans, Hondurans, and Nicaraguans. Latino communities These were the ten cities or neighborhoods in Los Angeles County with the largest percentage of Latino residents , according to the 2000 census: In 2022, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority 's Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count counted 617 homeless individuals in East Los Angeles. In

1900-486: The promotion team for the exhibition, left Hollywood Publicity Associates that autumn and began development of Hot Rod magazine. The first issue of the magazine, with a run of 5,000 copies, was released to coincide with the Los Angeles Hot Rod Exhibition, the show Petersen and Lindsay were initially contracted to publicize. The founders sold the copies of the magazine at the steps of the exhibition. After

1950-478: Was 16,697.4 inhabitants per square mile (6,446.9/km ). There were 31,096 housing units at an average density of 4,177.8 units per square mile (1,613.1 units/km ). The racial makeup of the community was 39.3% White , 4.52% Black or African American , 1.29% Native American , 0.77% Asian , 0.06% Pacific Islander , 54.01% from other races , and 4.22% from two or more races. 96.8% of the population were Hispanic or Latino . As of 2000, speakers of Spanish as

2000-423: Was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.2 males. The median income for a household in the community was $ 28,544, and the median income for a family was $ 29,755. Males had a median income of $ 21,065 versus $ 18,475 for females. The per capita income for the community was $ 9,543. About 24.7% of families and 27.2% of the population were below

2050-428: Was 29.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males. There were 32,201 housing units at an average density of 4,320.8 units per square mile (1,668.3 units/km ), of which 10,986 (35.7%) were owner-occupied, and 19,830 (64.3%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.2%. 47,123 people (37.3% of

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2100-575: Was 53,934 (50.5%) White (1.5% Non-Hispanic White), 817 (0.6%) African American , 1,549 (1.2%) Native American , 1,144 (0.9%) Asian , 63 (0.0%) Pacific Islander , 54,846 (43.4%) from other races , and 4,143 (4.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 122,784 persons (97.1%). The Census reported that 126,176 people (99.7% of the population) lived in households, 174 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 146 (0.1%) were institutionalized. There were 30,816 households, out of which 17,509 (56.8%) had children under

2150-433: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.09. There were 25,839 families (83.8% of all households); the average family size was 4.33. The population was spread out, with 39,804 people (31.5%) under the age of 18, 15,193 people (12.0%) aged 18 to 24, 37,354 people (29.5%) aged 25 to 44, 23,281 people (18.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 10,864 people (8.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

2200-548: Was in East Los Angeles. Middle schools include Belvedere and Griffith STEAM Magnet. In 2017, a petition was started to remove the name D. W. Griffith from the East Los Angeles middle school because his 1915 film The Birth of a Nation celebrated the Ku Klux Klan . Griffith who also co-produced The Life of General Villa , a biographical action–drama film starring Pancho Villa as himself, shot on location in Mexico during

2250-573: Was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2013. East Los Angeles, California East Los Angeles ( Spanish : Este de Los Ángeles ), or East L.A. , is an unincorporated area situated within Los Angeles County, California , United States. According to the United States Census Bureau , East Los Angeles is designated as a census-designated place (CDP) for statistical purposes. The most recent data from

2300-466: Was located at the eastern terminus of the Los Angeles Railway 's "R" streetcar line . Originally known as "Hazard's Eastside Extension", was to be named Highland Villa , but would later be rechristened Belvedere Heights . Belvedere Heights, at its launch in 1905, extended from the L.A. city limits (Indiana Av.) on the west to Rowan Av. on the east, from Aliso St. on the south to Wabash Av. on

2350-499: Was originally named East Los Angeles, but in 1917, residents voted to change the name to its present name. Today, it is considered part of Eastside Los Angeles , the geographic region east of the Los Angeles River that includes three neighborhoods within the city of Los Angeles ( Boyle Heights , El Sereno , and Lincoln Heights) and the unincorporated community in Los Angeles County known today as "East Los Angeles". Lincoln Heights

2400-710: Was part of unincorporated East Los Angeles before it was annexed by Monterey Park in the early 1970s. Other schools in the area include the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) charter schools Raíces Academy (Grades Transitional kindergarten (TK)-4), Iluminar Academy (Grades TK-4), Sol Academy (Grades 5-8), Academy of Innovation (Grades 5-8). The KIPP is a nationwide network of free open-enrollment college-preparatory schools. The Arts in Action Community Charter Elementary School (Grades TK-5) open and started classes at its new school site in

2450-524: Was started in October 2021. Expected to be ready by fall 2022. Once completed, about 440 Esperanza students currently split between Hilda Solis Learning Academy and the former Our Lady of Soledad ( Our Lady of Solitude ) School will be taught under one roof. A performance space and a dance studio will allow a Baile Folklorico dance program to practice. The Alliance Morgan McKinzie High School opened August 31, 2009. The Oscar De La Hoya Ánimo Charter High School

2500-616: Was temporary in the Salesian Boys and Girls Club of Los Angeles before it moved to it new location in Boyle Heights (it opened its doors in August 2003). Harry Joe Brown Harry Joe Brown (September 22, 1890 – April 28, 1972) was an American film producer , and earlier a theatre and film director . Harry Joe Brown was born in 1890 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania. As a producer, he had

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