Editing El Segundo, California (section)

==History==
The El Segundo and [[Los Angeles]] coastal area was first settled by the [[Tongva people|Tongva]] (or Gabrieleños) [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes. The area was once a part of ''[[Rancho Sausal Redondo]]'' ("Round Willow Patch Ranch"). Rancho Sausal Redondo extended from [[Playa del Rey, Los Angeles|Playa Del Rey]] in the north to Redondo Beach in the south. Originally a Mexican land grant owned by Antonio Ygnacio Avila, the rancho was later purchased by a Scottish [[Burnett baronets|baronet]] named Sir Robert Burnett in 1860. After his return to Scotland in 1873, the property was purchased by then-manager of the rancho, [[Daniel Freeman (Los Angeles County)|Daniel Freeman]]. Daniel Freeman sold portions of the rancho to several persons. [[George H. Peck]] owned the {{convert|840|acre|ha}} of land where the [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]] Refinery now sits. The city acquired its name ("the second" in Spanish) due to being the second Standard Oil refinery on the West Coast when Standard Oil of California purchased the 840 acres of in 1911.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thecorralesgroup.com/neighborhoods/el-segundo | title=El Segundo &#124; Community Guide &#124; the Corrales Group }}</ref> Peck also developed land in neighboring [[El Porto, Manhattan Beach, California|El Porto]], where a street still bears his name.

The city was incorporated in 1917. The Standard Oil Company was renamed [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]] in 1984. The El Segundo refinery entered its second century of operation in 2011.<ref>Hunter, Eileen Curry. ''El Segundo Seventy-Five Years'' El Segundo: H2 Limited, 1991</ref>

The [[Douglas Aircraft Company]] plant in El Segundo was one of the major aircraft manufacturing facilities in California during [[World War II]]. It was one of the major producers of [[SBD Dauntless]] dive bombers, which achieved fame in the [[Battle of Midway]]. The facility, now operated by [[Northrop Grumman]], is still an aircraft plant.<ref>Herman, Arthur. ''Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II,'' pp. 202-3, Random House, New York, NY, 2012.  {{ISBN|978-1-4000-6964-4}}.</ref><ref>Parker, Dana T. ''Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II,'' pp. 7-8, 25-34, Cypress, Calif., 2013. {{ISBN|978-0-9897906-0-4}}.</ref>
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File:StandardOil1920.jpg|El Segundo and Standard Oil Refinery, {{circa|1920}}
File:Douglas Aircraft Factory - El Segundo.PNG|SBD Dauntless dive bombers being built by Douglas Aircraft Factory in El Segundo during World War II<ref>Parker, Dana T. ''Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II,'' p. 28, Cypress, Calif., 2013. {{ISBN|978-0-9897906-0-4}}.</ref>
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In 2009, a pair of local artists discovered the Smoky Hollow area, which mainly consisted of commercial properties. Other artists started to migrate as they had been priced out of Venice Beach and Culver City. Not long after the Tech Industry discovered Smoky Hollow. 
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2012-aug-23-la-fi-smoky-hollow-20120823-story.html | title=El Segundo has a clear vision for Smoky Hollow's future | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=August 23, 2012 }}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-30 |title=El Segundo looking to attract tech businesses to Smoky Hollow |url=https://www.elsegundo.org/Home/Components/News/News/64/268327?npage=32&arch=1 |website=www.elsegundo.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://labusinessjournal.com/featured/smoky-hollow-high/ | title=Smoky Hollow High | date=May 20, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://la.urbanize.city/post/small-office-building-takes-shape-el-segundos-smoky-hollow-district | title=Small office building takes shape in el Segundo's Smoky Hollow district | date=February 18, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://la.urbanize.city/post/60000sf-office-building-takes-shape-el-segundos-smoky-hollow-district | title=60,000SF office building takes shape in el Segundo's Smoky Hollow District | date=April 19, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bisnow.com/los-angeles/news/industrial/el-segundo-pushes-for-smoky-hollow-a-creative-industrial-office-district-87685 | title=El Segundo Pushes for Smoky Hollow as a Creative Industrial Office District }}</ref>