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Cerritos

American  
[suh-ree-tuhs] / səˈri təs /

noun

  1. a city in SW California.


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A smaller portion includes parts of Los Angeles County cities Cerritos and Norwalk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Waterkeeper and other environmental groups successfully used the same provision to convince the EPA in 2024 to require permits for businesses near the polluted Dominguez Channel and Los Cerritos Channel in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

The Cerritos, Calif.-based company’s net sales of $324 million were up 10% in the three months ended Dec. 31 compared with a year earlier, the seventh consecutive quarter of sales gains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

The place we now know as Cerritos was once named “Dairy Valley” and was home to not quite 3,500 people and 100,000 cows.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026

Across the highway, behind the bar at Cerritos, there was a big corn field, but the plants were short and thin, and their leaves were faded yellow like the grasshoppers.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

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