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50-776: Feste was born and raised in Palos Verdes , California. She has a sister. Feste attended UCLA . When her parents divorced, she spent summers at her father's in Texas. She earned a master's degree in Creative Writing and Screenwriting at the University of Texas at Austin and then studied Producing at the American Film Institute , from where she graduated in 2003. She worked as a nanny, waited tables and tutored to pay for her tuition. Following her graduation, she worked as an assistant at

100-527: A Humanitas Prize nomination. In 2009, she wrote the script for music drama Country Strong , which she directed and was released in 2011. It was produced by Tobey Maguire , whom Feste came to know while she was a nanny, caring for his daughter. The film focused on recovering alcoholic country singer Kellie Canter played by Gwyneth Paltrow . The song "Coming Home" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song , but lost to Randy Newman 's "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3 . Also in 2009, Feste

150-608: A co-ed Roman Catholic four-year college was located in Rancho Palos Verdes . A private K–12 school, Chadwick School , is also located there. Rolling Hills Country Day School , adjacent to the Botanic Garden, offers a private K-8 education. In total, there are 11 elementary schools, 3 intermediate schools, and 3 high schools located on the peninsula. In the Eastview neighborhood of Rancho Palos Verdes, however, residents have

200-439: A civil rights lawsuit was filed after a particularly violent confrontation with Hermosa Beach surfers. Surveillance cameras were placed in the surfing area but were later removed. In 2016, The Coastal Commission targeted the group after "renewed reports that their unpermitted structure [built along Lunada Bay] was being used as a spot for ongoing bullying and intimidation." On July 12, 2016, City Manager Tony Dahlerbruch recommended

250-610: A community of fragrant and drought resistant shrubs and flowering plants. In August 2009, wildfire burned approximately 165-acres of the Portuguese Bend Reserve. As a result, restoration has been done to reinstall native plants and animals to the area. South Bay, Los Angeles The South Bay is a region of the Los Angeles metropolitan area , located in the southwest corner of Los Angeles County . The name stems from its geographic location stretching along

300-511: A facility in El Segundo. The Los Angeles Air Force Base and neighboring Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo are a main focus of aerospace research activity and serve as the primary development facilities for military satellites and other space programs. DirecTV , a former subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft , is also headquartered in El Segundo for the same reason. SpaceX is also headquartered in

350-493: A hot spot for sewage found in sediments. Invertebrates, plankton, and several species have bioaccumulated increasing amounts of chlorinated hydrocarbons as they approach Palos Verdes. When there are high levels of pollution, fish diseases such as tumors and fin erosion levels also increase. Palos Verdes Peninsula is an upper class area, and the average household income is $ 231,303 per year. Areas of commerce include historic Mediterranean Revival style Malaga Cove Plaza and

400-491: A new real estate trust to purchase 3,200 acres from his land syndicate and establish the subdivision of Palos Verdes Estates . The new trust assumed not just the land, but also the improvements made by Lewis. They were not complete, but they were substantial: improvements included many sewers, water mains, and roads; landscaping, parks, and a golf course. They opened Palos Verdes for public inspection in June 1923. Palos Verdes Estates

450-484: A real estate trust, capitalizing the project through the sale of notes which were convertible to Palos Verdes property. Under the terms of the trust, Lewis sought to raise $ 30 million for infrastructure improvements, effectively borrowing from investors for both the land and the improvements. He succeeded in attracting $ 15 million in capital, but far short of the $ 35 million needed. The trust dissolved and ownership of Palos Verdes reverted to Vanderlip. Vanderlip established

500-604: A whaling station in the mid-19th century. By 1882, ownership of the land had passed from the Sepulveda family through various mortgage holders to Jotham Bixby of Rancho Los Cerritos , who leased the land to Japanese farmers. Frank Vanderlip , representing a group of wealthy east coast investors, purchased 25 square miles of land on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in 1913 for $ 1.5 million. In 1914, Vanderlip vacationed at Palos Verdes in order to recover from an illness, and he

550-487: Is a peninsular subregion of the Los Angeles metropolitan area , located within southwestern Los Angeles County , California . It is often called simply "Palos Verdes", and is made up of a group of cities in the Palos Verdes Hills , including Palos Verdes Estates , Rancho Palos Verdes , Rolling Hills , and Rolling Hills Estates , as well as the unincorporated community of Westfield/Academy Hill. The peninsula

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600-622: Is banned off the coast of Palos Verdes. Another factor where marine restorations fall short is in accounting for multiple important variables. Some examples are nutrients, light, wave exposure, and temporal temperatures. Another stressor that reefs and other marine ecosystems face are human population increases. Population increased in California's coast during the 1900s. It went from 200 thousand people in Southern California in 1900 to over 17 million in 1998. Palos Verdes has been identified as

650-661: Is home to the Promenade on the Peninsula mall, originally an enclosed regional mall with two department store anchors, May Company California and Bullocks Wilshire , as well as the Peninsula Center , which originally had a Buffums department store. The Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority provides bus service within and to the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The Palos Verdes Peninsula is within 40 minutes of both LAX and Long Beach Airport , which together provide access to most of

700-731: Is host to many professional sports teams and entertainment venues. The Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League play at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood . The LA Galaxy of Major League Soccer play their home games at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson . The Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association will play in their new stadium, Intuit Dome , in Inglewood beginning 2024. Various entertainment venues are located in

750-655: Is located in the South Bay region. It borders the city of Torrance to its north, the Pacific Ocean is on the west and south, and the Port of Los Angeles is to the east. As of the 2010 census , the population of the Palos Verdes Peninsula is 65,008. The hill cities on the peninsula are known for scenic views of the Pacific Ocean and cityscapes , distinguished schools, extensive horse trails , and high-value homes. The peninsula

800-455: Is the traditional home of Southern California's aerospace industry. While considerably shrunken from its Cold War peak, it still represents a major economic force, employing thousands in high-skill, high-wage engineering positions and generating enormous amounts of tax revenue. Northrop Grumman has a major facility in El Segundo where the F/A-18 Hornet fuselage is manufactured, as well as

850-408: Is through assisted recovery and/or passive restoration. Experiments that have included pollution mitigation have seen a 100% success rate of achieving cleaner environments within their testing site. Heavy metals have been found in Southern California coasts. Some of these are lead, zinc, and scientists have also found DDT. The highest concentration of DDT in sediments in California have been found off

900-461: The Channel Islands . In 1846, José Dolores Sepúlveda and José Loreto received a Mexican land grant from Alta California Governor Pío Pico for a parcel from the huge original 1784 Spanish land grant of Rancho San Pedro to Manuel Dominguez . It was named Rancho de los Palos Verdes , or "ranch of the green trees", which was used primarily as a cattle ranch. It was also briefly used as

950-529: The Creative Artists Agency . She is married to producer Brian Kavanaugh-Jones. Feste's directorial debut was The Greatest , which was screened at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival in the US dramatic competition section. The film is based on Feste's father who lost a son before she was born. It starred Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon as parents dealing with the death of their son. The Greatest earned

1000-761: The Blue Line) is a light rail line running between Downtown Los Angeles and Downtown Long Beach . It was the first of the MTA's modern rail lines since the 1961 demise of the Pacific Electric Railway 's Red Car system. The C Line (opened in 1995 as the Green Line, together with the Glenn Anderson Freeway ), a freeway-median light rail line, also serves the South Bay. It runs between Redondo Beach and Norwalk in

1050-676: The Harbor City/San Pedro/Wilmington communities of the City of Los Angeles and the unincorporated areas of the County of Los Angeles District 2 and 4. The Port of Los Angeles , sprawling across the shorelines of San Pedro and Wilmington , is the busiest in the United States. When combined with the Port of Long Beach , it is the fifth-busiest in the world. Traditionally, most of the populations of Wilmington and San Pedro have worked for

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1100-541: The NFL.com app in Inglewood . The South Bay has a rich history in music, and has produced a number of significant rock bands, like Hawthorne natives The Beach Boys in the early 1960s, and continuing particularly in punk music . Other notable South Bay-based artists include: Black Flag guitarist Greg Ginn 's SST record label, a seminal alternative rock label of the 1980s, maintained its headquarters in Lawndale. The South Bay

1150-649: The Palos Verdes Library District, which operates these three libraries: The 40 Families Project based at Peninsula Center Library documents the history of the Japanese-American community on Palos Verdes before World War II. The peninsula is frequented by runners, hikers, horseback riders, bird watchers, surfers, scuba divers, fishermen, and bicyclists. The area is home to several golf courses and country clubs . In addition, nude sunbathers formerly frequented Sacreds Cove (or "Smugglers Cove") until

1200-593: The Promenade on the Peninsula. Smaller shopping centers include the Peninsula Center, Lunada Bay Plaza, and Golden Cove Plaza. The largest peninsula commercial district is in Rolling Hills Estates , with many shopping centers including The Promenade on the Peninsula with a megaplex movie theater and an ice rink . The Palos Verdes area has ocean views, coastline views and city light views. The Peninsula

1250-617: The South Bay in Hawthorne . Petroleum refining is another important component of the South Bay's economy. Major South Bay refiners include Tesoro ( ARCO facility in Carson), Chevron (El Segundo), Phillips 66 (Wilmington), PBF Energy (Torrance), Tesoro (Wilmington), and Valero (Wilmington). These refiners supply a large share of petroleum products for Southern California as well as for Nevada and Arizona . Japanese automobile manufacturer Honda maintains its North American headquarters in

1300-503: The South Bay, in the city of Torrance . ( Nissan was also headquartered in the South Bay until late 2005, but relocated to Tennessee, citing the high cost of running a business in California. Toyota relocated to Plano, Texas in 2017 for many of the same reasons.) While these locations are largely the legacy of the region's historical importance as a Japanese-American population center, it has proven fortunate for two reasons; first, it enables closer oversight of vehicle import operations at

1350-687: The United States aboard all major carriers . The Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District has one of the highest rated API scores in California and has one of the highest average SAT scores and one of the highest percentage of students successfully completing the Advanced Placement exams in the county. There are three high schools, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (formerly called Rolling Hills High School), Palos Verdes High School , and Rancho Del Mar High School (located in Rolling Hills). The former Marymount California University ,

1400-482: The city of Rancho Palos Verdes enacted a 1994 ordinance that ended such use of that beach. The infamous Palos Verdes surf spots have been in the spotlight many times over issues of localism . The most notorious surf spot for localism in Palos Verdes is Lunada Bay, which can hold any winter swell and has been known to rival Sunset Beach, Hawaii on a big day. Localism in Palos Verdes reached a turning point in 2001 when

1450-486: The coast of Palos Verdes. 98% of sediments tested off the coast of Palos Verdes contained DDT which has contaminated 100% of two fish species. These species are the Pacific sanddab and longfin sanddab. High amounts of nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrate have also been detected in the water. These factors have caused fish tissue to decrease between the 1970s and 1980s. Due to the high concentration of DDT, commercial fishing

1500-493: The coast, this restoration consists unique designs and locations with of rock relief habitats which provide habitat for marine life. It avoids existing functioning reefs and instead uses those areas as inspiration These habitats have been impacted by deposited or settling sediment such as sand. The main goals of the restoration project is to restore the rocky-reef territory and maximize ecosystem benefits. l Reefs are productive ecosystems. Two Types of monitoring have been done for

1550-510: The final date December 2021. By 2021, the team used Edgetech 6205 MultiPhase EchoSounder, which is sends and receives audible pulses that also map the ocean's floor. Results showed net gain between 2019 and 2020. There was little net loss and fewer net gain between 2020 and 2021. Between 2019 and 2021, there were was mostly no change. The second monitoring method was biological monitoring. The team used instruments which detected specific fish species' density and size. These instruments also showed

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1600-658: The headquarters of the Space Technology division in Redondo Beach and a facility at the Hawthorne Municipal Airport . Howmet Fastening Systems, a subsidiary of Howmet Aerospace , has their corporate headquarters located in Torrance with manufacturing facilities in both Torrance and Carson. Boeing and Lockheed Martin also maintain extensive production facilities throughout the South Bay and Raytheon maintains

1650-651: The kelp canopy and other marine plants. By 2021, the team was able to say there was a significantly higher giant kelp density compared to the previous 3 years. There was also an increase in biotic cover, total fish density, and total fish biomass by 2021. Although kelp does function as a habitat and food source of marine species, it is not necessary for fish biodiversity. Instead, rock relief is linked to fish biodiversity. Human caused factors such as pollution and over harvesting have altered urchin-dominated areas. Historically, pollution mitigation has been overlooked in artificial reef restoration programs. A way to mitigate issues

1700-511: The median of the Century Freeway ( Interstate 105 ), providing indirect access to LAX via a shuttle bus and future automated people mover. The K Line opened from Expo/Crenshaw station to Westchester/Veterans station , but is expected to be fully operational to Aviation/Imperial station in 2024. Several ports and harbors in the South Bay provide access to Santa Catalina Island , a popular resort. In addition, LAX borders El Segundo to

1750-432: The nearby ports; and second, it gives them proximity to the automobile customization culture that is prominent in nearby South Los Angeles . Tesla is stationed near the headquarters of SpaceX in Hawthorne . The Harbor ( I-110 ), San Diego ( I-405 ), Gardena ( SR 91 ), and Century ( I-105 ) Freeways provide the region with its principal transportation links. The Los Angeles MTA 's A Line (opened in 1990 as

1800-776: The north in the neighborhood of Westchester, Los Angeles . The area is also home to two public airports; Zamperini Field in Torrance and Hawthorne Municipal Airport in Hawthorne . In addition to the Los Angeles Times , the South Bay cities are served by daily papers, the Daily Breeze , the weeklies The Beach Reporter , The Easy Reader and South Bay Community News , a bi-monthly real estate magazine, South Bay DIGS and lifestyle publication 'Southbay Magazine'. The National Football League has its West Coast headquarters and production facility for NFL Network , NFL RedZone and

1850-751: The northeast by the South Los Angeles region and on the east and southeast by the Gateway Cities . The South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG) is a joint powers authority government agency made of politicians from the sixteen South Bay cities and unincorporated Los Angeles County that share the goal of maximizing the quality of life and productivity of the South Bay region of Los Angeles. The SBCCOG members are Carson, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lomita, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Torrance,

1900-469: The option to choose either PV schools or the surrounding LAUSD schools (i.e. Dodson Middle School, Dana Middle School, San Pedro High School, etc.). Additionally, students are also able to attend the California Academy of Mathematics and Science in Carson due to its attendance boundaries stretching to the South Bay, which is about 20-40 minutes from the peninsula itself. The Peninsula is served by

1950-444: The pandemic, Feste created, wrote, and directed the podcast Dirty Diana over Zoom . The podcast was picked up by Amazon for a streaming series adaptation with Feste returning to direct and co-write with Jen Besser again. The pair also signed a deal to adapt the story into a trilogy of novels. Shana Feste at IMDb Palos Verdes The Palos Verdes Peninsula ( Palos Verdes ( Spanish for 'Green Sticks'))

2000-493: The port in some capacity. It is increasingly the primary driver of the Southern California economy. Industrial growth in the Inland Empire is almost entirely attributable to increased port traffic since the 1980s. The massive increase in cargo volume has created significant air pollution (especially of particulate matter in neighboring communities, resulting from the combustion of low-grade marine diesel fuel ). The South Bay

2050-569: The project stalled as World War I started, and Vanderlip accepted a chairmanship to the War Savings Committee in Washington, D.C. in 1916. By 1921, Vanderlip had lost interest in overseeing development of Palos Verdes and enticed Edward Gardner Lewis to take over the project with an option to buy the property for $ 5 million. Lewis was an experienced developer, but lacked the capital to purchase and develop Palos Verdes. Instead, he established

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2100-552: The removal of the illegal structure after pressure from the California Coastal Commission. The Trump National Golf Club is a Donald Trump venture with a golf course on the Ocean Trails cliffs. The 18th hole of the prior golf course fell victim to a landslide caused by a leak in the sanitary pipes underneath it. In the summer of 2006, the golf club erected a 70-foot flagpole for an American flag; critics claimed it

2150-429: The restoration site. The first one being geophysical and oceanographic monitoring. The restoration project uses high-resolution multi-beam bathymetry data which is an instrument that uses echo-sound to measure the depth of water at different angles to create 3D maps of the ocean floor. The team used before and after pictures of the site from October 2019, the date prior to alterations, 3 different dates throughout 2020, and

2200-452: The southern shore of Santa Monica Bay . The South Bay contains sixteen cities plus portions of the City of Los Angeles and unincorporated portions of the county. The area is bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the south and west and generally by the City of Los Angeles on the north and east. The South Bay includes: The region is bordered on the north by the Westside region of Los Angeles, on

2250-599: Was astounded by scenery he compared to "the Sorrentine Peninsula and the Amalfi Drive". He quickly initiated development of Palos Verdes. He hired the Olmsted Brothers , the landscaping firm of John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. , to plan and landscape a new subdivision. The Olmsted Brothers contracted Koebig & Koebig to perform engineering work, including surveying and road planning. However,

2300-520: Was hired to write a screenplay based on the novel You're Not You by Michelle Wildgen. Filming took place in December 2012. The film was set for release in 2013. In May 2011, Feste was announced to direct an adaptation of Carolyn Turgeon's novel Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale . The project is still in development. She directed the romance film Endless Love , a remake of the 1981 film . The film

2350-497: Was illegal, but the golf club was allowed to retain it after a City Council vote. The Marineland of the Pacific site near Portuguese Bend is currently home of Terranea, a luxury oceanfront resort. There are numerous nature reserves in Palos Verdes: Palos Verdes Estates Shoreline Preserve, Agua Amarga Reserve, and Portuguese Bend Reserve. The reserves contain coastal sage scrubs habitats,

2400-545: Was organized and landscaped by the Olmsted Brothers and in their planning, they dedicated a quarter of the land area to permanent open undeveloped space. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Palos Verdes has a Mediterranean climate , abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps. Reef restoration off the coast of Palos Verdes began in May 2020 involving over 30 acres (12 ha) of new habitat. Located off

2450-693: Was released in February 2014. Feste next directed Boundaries starring Vera Farmiga and Christopher Plummer for Stage 6 Films , to be released on June 22, 2018. Feste wrote and directed the horror film Run Sweetheart Run , which premiered in January 2020 at the Sundance Film Festival . It was set to show at additional festivals and theatrically, but the COVID-19 pandemic stopped further release, at which point Amazon picked up streaming distribution. During

2500-552: Was the homeland of the Tongva-Gabrieliño Native Americans people for thousands of years. In other areas of the Los Angeles Basin archeological sites date back 8,000 years. Their first contact with Europeans occurred in 1542 with João Cabrilho ( Juan Cabrillo ). Chowigna and Suangna were two Tongva settlements of many in the peninsula area, which was also a departure point for their rancherías on

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