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Lawndale

American  
[lawn-dayl] / ˈlɔnˌdeɪl /

noun

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


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On the C Line extension to Torrance, a group of English-speaking homeowners in Lawndale organized to oppose a proposed route through their neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

They live in Lawndale and hadn’t planned on shopping, not on a rainy day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2025

At a mobile voting center outside the Lawndale Library on a recent afternoon, foot traffic was light and there were no lines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2024

Trump supporter Clarence Chapell of Gardena said in Lawndale this week that he’s most concerned about what will happen if Harris loses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2024

Fully 70 percent of men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five in the impoverished and overwhelmingly black North Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side are saddled for life with a criminal record.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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