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El Segundo

American  
[el suh-guhn-doh, -goon-] / ɛl səˈgʌn doʊ, -ˈgʊn- /

noun

  1. a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.


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Last October, a roaring blast and fire at Chevron’s El Segundo plant stayed within the refinery footprint but the noise shook the neighborhood and turned the sky sunset-orange, then smoky.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

In January 1992, a steam blast at El Segundo injured 10 workers.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Wallace Laboratories in El Segundo, Babcock Laboratories in Riverside, Waypoint Analytical in Anaheim and other labs offer more detailed soil tests that measure heavy metal particles in addition to other fertility factors.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Times offices in El Segundo, and the Randy Newman song “I Love L.A.,” one of the first lines in the song is “Rolling down the Imperial Highway.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

And then in 1986, Chris drove out to El Segundo, made the rounds of the old neighborhood, and learned about the episode in all its painful detail.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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