Manhattan Beach is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States, on the Pacific coast south of El Segundo, west of Hawthorne and Redondo Beach, and north of Hermosa Beach. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,506.
The Manhattan Beach Pier on a typical fall afternoon
Don Manuel Domínguez, owner of Rancho San Pedro, which included modern-day Manhattan Beach
Hermosa Beach is a beachfront city in Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California, United States. Its population was 19,728 at the 2020 U.S. Census. The city is located in the South Bay region of the Greater Los Angeles area; it is one of the three Beach Cities. Hermosa Beach is bordered by the other two, Manhattan Beach to the north and Redondo Beach to the south and east.
The Hermosa Beach Pier on a summer day
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Golden State Silk Mills in Hermosa Beach, c. 1925; the small city was the center of the West Coast silk industry