City of Torrance, CA

Torrance is an affluent city in the South Bay (southwestern) region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Torrance has 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of beaches on the Pacific Ocean. Torrance has a moderate year-round climate with warm temperatures, sea breezes, low humidity and an average rainfall of 12.55 inches per year. Torrance was originally part of the Tongva Native American homeland for thousands of years. In 1784 the Spanish land grant for Rancho San Pedro, in the upper Las Californias Province of New Spain and encompassing present day Torrance, was issued to Juan Jose Dominguez by King Carlos IIIthe Spanish Empire. It was later divided in 1846 with Governor Po Pico granting Rancho de los Palos Verdes to Jos Loreto and Juan Capistrano Sepulveda, in the Alta California territory of independent Mexico.