The Standard Oil Company of California essentially created the city of El Segundo when it opened its massive refinery there in late 1911. The company had purchased Frank Bennett’s 840-acre farm in ...

Learn about historical sites throughout El Segundo during a special exhibit next month at the city’s library. “Second Look,” a collection of oil paintings that depict iconic structures around El ...

The commercial development of the area surrounding Los Angeles International Airport exploded in the 1950s as the airport itself grew and changed. Commercial passenger airlines didn’t begin operating ...