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Carson is a city in Los Angeles County
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, California
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, United States
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. As of the 2000 census, Carson had a total population of 89,730. It is located 13 miles south of downtown Los Angeles
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, and is classified as a suburb
Suburb

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 of the city. Incorporated on April 4, 1968, Carson is the youngest municipality in the South Bay
South Bay, Los Angeles

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 region of Greater Los Angeles.

Geography
Carson is located at (33.839684, -118.259588).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 49.1 km˛ (19.0 mi˛).






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Carson is a city in Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, California

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, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. As of the 2000 census, Carson had a total population of 89,730. It is located 13 miles south of downtown Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
, and is classified as a suburb
Suburb

Suburbs are commonly defined as the residential areas which surround the central area of the urban area of a town or city. In the United States, suburbs have a prevalence of usually detached single-family homes.....
 of the city. Incorporated on April 4, 1968, Carson is the youngest municipality in the South Bay
South Bay, Los Angeles

The South Bay is a region of the southwest peninsula of Los Angeles County, California, California, USA. The name stems from its geographic features stretching along the southern shores of Santa Monica Bay which forms its western border....
 region of Greater Los Angeles.

Geography


Carson is located at (33.839684, -118.259588).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the city has a total area of 49.1 km˛ (19.0 mi˛). 48.8 km˛ (18.8 mi˛) of it is land and 0.3 km˛ (0.1 mi˛) of it (0.63%) is water.

Demographics


As of the census
Census

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 of 2000, there were 89,730 people, 24,648 households, and 20,236 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density

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 was 1,838.9/km˛ (4,762.2/mi˛). There were 25,337 housing units at an average density of 519.2/km˛ (1,344.7/mi˛). The racial makeup of the city was 25.69% White
Race (United States Census)

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, 25.41% Black
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 or African American
Race (United States Census)

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, 0.56% Native American
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, 22.27% Asian
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, 2.99% Pacific Islander
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, 17.98% from other races
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, and 5.09% from two or more races. 34.92% of the population were Hispanic or Latino
Race (United States Census)

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 of any race. Non-Hispanic whites comprise 12.00% of the population.

There were 24,648 households out of which 39.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.7% were married couples
Marriage

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 living together, 17.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.9% were non-families. 14.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.59 and the average family size was 3.92.

Age ranges of residents were 28.4% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.4 males.

According to a 2006 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $60,457, and the median income for a family was $66,468. Males had a median income of $33,579 versus $31,110 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

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 for the city was $17,107. About 7.2% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.9% of those under age 18 and 8.6% of those age 65 or over. Carson has the distinction of being the only incorporated city in the United States where the African American population has a higher median income than the white population.

Government and infrastructure


County, state, and federal representation

Fire protection in Carson is provided by the Los Angeles County Fire Department
Los Angeles County Fire Department

The Los Angeles County Fire Department , serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, California, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and Emergency Medical Service services, including the City of La Habra, in Orange County, California....
 which operates out of Fire Stations 10, 36, and 127. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is a local county law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. It is the seventh largest law enforcement agency in the United States ....
 provides law enforcement, operating out of the Carson Station.

In the state legislature
California State Legislature

The California State Legislature is the State legislature of the U.S. state of California. It is a bicameral body consisting of the lower house, the California State Assembly, with 80 members, and the upper house, the California State Senate, with 40 members....
 Carson is located in the 28th Senate
California State Senate

The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. There are 40 State Senators. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Sacramento, California....
 District, represented by Democrat Jenny Oropeza
Jenny Oropeza

Jennifer Ann Oropeza is the California State Senate for the 28th district which includes the cities of Carson, California, El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Lomita, Manhattan Beach, California, Redondo Beach, California, and Torrance, California; the Los Angeles communities of Cheviot Hills, California, Del Aire, California, Harbor City, California...
, and in the 55th Assembly
California State Assembly

The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members in the Assembly, representing an approximately equal number of constituents, with each district having a population of at least 420,000....
 District, represented by Democrat Warren T. Furutani
Warren Furutani

Warren T. Furutani , represents the 55th Assembly district of California. He is a Democratic Party and a fourth-generation Japanese American. Furutani was elected in a California state elections, February 2008#State Assembly District 55 special election in 2008....
. Federally, Carson is located in California's 37th congressional district
California's 37th congressional district

California's 37th congressional district encompasses most of Long Beach, California and Compton, California, as well as Carson, Signal Hill, and parts of other municipalities....
, which has a Cook PVI
Cook Partisan Voting Index

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 of D +27 and is represented by Democrat Laura Richardson
Laura Richardson

Laura Richardson is a Democratic Party Representative in the United States Congress. She represented California's 55th California State Assembly District for the 2007 term until she was elected to the United States House of Representatives for in a California's 37th congressional district special election, 2007 on August 21 to fill the vac...
.

The United States Postal Service
United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service is an Independent agencies of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States....
 operates the Carson Post Office at 21350 Avalon Boulevard and the South Bay Pavilion Station in Suite 116 at 20700 Avalon Boulevard.

Sports


Club League Venue Established Championships
Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy

Los Angeles Galaxy is an United States, professional association football club based in the L.A. suburb of Carson, California. The club is a member of Major League Soccer , which is the American first division....
 MLS
Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer is the top-flight professional soccer league based in the United States, overseen by the United States Soccer Federation. The league is comprised of 15 teams, 14 in the U.S....
 Soccer		 The Home Depot Center
The Home Depot Center

The Home Depot Center is a multiple-use sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California....
 1995 2
Chivas USA MLS
Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer is the top-flight professional soccer league based in the United States, overseen by the United States Soccer Federation. The league is comprised of 15 teams, 14 in the U.S....
 Soccer		 The Home Depot Center
The Home Depot Center

The Home Depot Center is a multiple-use sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California....
 2004 0
Los Angeles Sol WPS
Women's Professional Soccer

Women's Professional Soccer is the top level professional Women's association football league in the United States that will begin play in Spring 2009....
 Women's Soccer		 The Home Depot Center
The Home Depot Center

The Home Depot Center is a multiple-use sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California....
 2009 0
Carson Buzz
Carson Buzz

Maywood Buzz is a basketball team that plays in both the American Basketball Association and the West Coast Pro Basketball League. They are based in Maywood, California, California, United States....
 ABA
American Basketball Association (21st century)

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 Basketball		 Veterans Park Sports Complex 2004 0
Los Angeles Riptide
Los Angeles Riptide

The Los Angeles Riptide is a lacrosse team based in Carson, California, California. Since the 2006 season, they have played in Major League Lacrosse....
 MLL
Major League Lacrosse

Major League Lacrosse is a professional men's field lacrosse league that is made up of 5 teams in the United States and 1 team in Canada. The league currently has all six teams in one conference....
 Lacrosse		 The Home Depot Center Track Field
The Home Depot Center

The Home Depot Center is a multiple-use sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California....
 2006 0


Attractions


Carson is the site of California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, Dominguez Hills

California State University, Dominguez Hills is a public university located in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California and was founded in 1960....
 (CSUDH). CSUDH is a major commuter school, particularly for African-American students from the surrounding cities of Long Beach
Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a large city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific Ocean coast. It is situated in Los Angeles County, about south of downtown Los Angeles....
, Gardena
Gardena, California

Gardena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. The population was 57,746 at the 2000 census....
, and Compton
Compton, California

Compton is a city in southern Los Angeles County, California, California, United States, south-southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The city was incorporated in 1888....
. It was established in the wake of the 1965 Watts
Watts, Los Angeles, California

Watts is a residential district in southern Los Angeles, California ....
 riots, as a response to community outcry over the lack of higher education opportunities in the largely black south suburbs of Los Angeles. Today it is among the most racially diverse campuses in the United States.Prior to expansion in the mid 1960s, the university was located in nearby Palos Verdes. In 1965, Carson was chosen as the home for the relocating university over the communities of Friendship Park, Fort MacArthur and Torrance.[citation needed] Carson is also home to the Home Depot Center which is the home of the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team and hosts the yearly JP Morgan/Chase tennis tournament

Carson is also the location of the Home Depot Center
Home Depot Center

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, a sports complex including a soccer-specific stadium
Soccer-specific stadium

Soccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada, coined by Lamar Hunt, to refer to a sports stadium whose primary purpose is to host association football matches....
 used by the Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy

Los Angeles Galaxy is an United States, professional association football club based in the L.A. suburb of Carson, California. The club is a member of Major League Soccer , which is the American first division....
 and, as of 2005, Chivas USA, a tennis stadium and a track and field facility. It is also the default home ground for the United States men's national soccer team
United States men's national soccer team

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. It opened in 2003, adjacent to CSUDH. The ADT Event Center is the only permanent indoor velodrome
Velodrome

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 in the U.S. In July 2007, the Galaxy signed international soccer
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
 superstar David Beckham
David Beckham

David Robert Joseph Beckham Order of the British Empire is an England association football who currently plays in midfielder for Italy Serie A club A.C....
 to the team.

The Goodyear Blimp
Goodyear Blimp

The Goodyear Blimp is the collective name for a fleet of Non-rigid airship operated by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for advertising purposes and for use as a television camera platform for aerial views of sporting events....
 also has a landing pad in Carson, a fitting tribute to the 1st and 2nd U.S. and International Aviation Meets held at the Dominguez Hill Rancho in 1910 and 1911, which featured many blimp
Blimp

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s and zeppelin
Zeppelin

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s.

Economy

See's Candies
See's Candies

File:Seescandiesheadquarters.jpgSee's Candies is a manufacturer and distributor of candy, particularly chocolate, in the western United States....
 has an office at 20600 South Alameda Street in Carson.

Oil History

1921 marked the first drilling for oil at Dominguez Hill, on the northwest side of the Dominguez Rancho, site of the famous battle during the Mexican-American War called the Battle of Dominguez Rancho
Battle of Dominguez Rancho

The Battle of Dominguez Rancho was a military engagement of the Mexican-American War. The battle took place within Manuel Dominguez's 75,000 acre Rancho San Pedro....
 in 1846. The mineral rights to this property was owned by Carson Estate Company, the Hellman Family, the Dominguez Estate Company, and the Burnham Exploration Company of Frederick Russell Burnham
Frederick Russell Burnham

Frederick Russell Burnham, Distinguished Service Order was an United States military scout and world traveling adventurer known for his service to the British Army in colonial Africa and for teaching Scoutcraft to Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, thus becoming one of the inspirations for the founding of the international Scou...
. It wasn't long before a number of refineries were up and running, with over 350 oil derricks, tank farms, and sprawling industrial complexes becoming a familiar part of the scenery. The principal leases were with Shell Oil Company
Shell Oil Company

Shell Oil Company is the United States-based affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell, a multinational corporation oil company of Anglo Netherlands origins, which is amongst the largest oil company in the world....
 and Union Oil of California and the first two wells were located west of Central Avenue and north of Victoria Street. Oil led to an increase in jobs in the community and a subsequent post-war population surge. An average of 300 barrels a day was produced from these wells through 1960.

Education


Primary and secondary schools


Public schools

Public Schools in Carson served by the Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles Unified School District

Los Angeles Unified School District is the largest public school system in California. It is the List of the largest school districts in the United States by enrollment in the United States....
 include Catskill Elementary School, Carson Street Elementary School, Caroldale Learning Community, Del Amo Elementary School, Dolores Elementary School, Andrew Carnegie Middle School, Stephen M. White Middle School, Broadacres Elementary, Leapwood Street School, and Annalee Street Elementary School, Curtiss Junior High School.

High schools serving portions of Carson include Carson High School
Carson High School

Carson High School can refer to:*Carson High School *Carson High School ...
 and Banning High School. The area is within Board District 7. As of 2008 Dr. Richard Vladovic represents the district.

Some portions of Carson are in the Compton Unified School District
Compton Unified School District

Compton Unified School District is a school district headquartered in Compton, California, California, United States.The district serves Compton, portions of Paramount, California, portions of Carson, California, and the unincorporated area Los Angeles County neighborhoods of West Compton, California and East Compton....
.

Although the California Academy of Mathematics and Science
California Academy of Mathematics and Science

The California Academy of Mathematics and Science is a public magnet school high school in Carson, California, California, United States focusing on science and mathematics....
 is located in Carson, it is actually a part of the Long Beach Unified School District
Long Beach Unified School District

The Long Beach Unified School District is a school district headquartered in Long Beach, California, California, United States.LBUSD serves most of Long Beach, California, all of the city of Signal Hill, California, and portions of Lakewood, California, and Paramount, California, as well as Avalon, California and Two Harbors, California o...
. The school accepts residents of LBUSD, Compton USD, portions of LAUSD (including sections serving Carson), and other districts.

Public libraries


County of Los Angeles Public Library
County of Los Angeles Public Library

The County of Los Angeles Public Library system serves residents living in 51 of the 88 incorporation cities of Los Angeles County, California....
 operates the Carson Regional Library and the Victoria Park Library. Both libraries are in Carson.

Shopping

Carson is home to the Pavilion at South Bay shopping mall
Shopping mall

File:Nordstrom wing , Pentagon City Mall.jpgA shopping mall or shopping centre is a building or set of buildings which contain retail units, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit....
, located at the Avalon Boulevard
Avalon Boulevard

Avalon Boulevard is a north-south street in Los Angeles County, California County.It starts at the split with San Pedro Street at Jefferson Boulevard near Exposition Park....
 exit off the San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405
Interstate 405 (California)

Interstate 405 is one of the principal north-south Interstate Highways in Southern California, and the major bypass of Interstate 5 in California running through the Greater Los Angeles Area....
). Tenant stores include Sears, Ikea
IKEA

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, Target, and 24 Hour Fitness.

An outdoor power center
Power center

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/entertainment
Entertainment

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 complex called Carson Marketplace has been planned but is not yet built. It is on a site once proposed for a stadium that could have played host to a National Football League
National Football League

The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
 team (see History of National Football League in Los Angeles for details). Construction has been delayed by the need for an extensive environmental cleanup
Mitigation

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, as this was once a toxic waste
Toxic waste

Toxic waste is waste material that can cause death or injury to living creatures. It usually is the product of industry or commerce, but comes also from residential use, agriculture, the military, medical facilities, radioactive sources, and light industry, such as dry cleaning establishments....
 dump
Landfill

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.

Notable residents

  • Forest Whitaker
    Forest Whitaker

    Forest Steven Whitaker is an United States actor, film producer, and film director. Whitaker won an Academy Award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film The Last King of Scotland ....
    , director, producer, and Academy Award-winning actor
  • Brandy, singer/actress, lived in the city for a short time in her childhood
  • Ray J
    Ray J

    William Ray Norwood, Jr. , better known by his stage name Ray J, is an United States singer, record producer and actor. He is the son of gospel music singer Willie Norwood and the younger brother of R&B singer Brandy Norwood....
    (Willie Norwood, Jr., Brandy's younger brother), singer/actor, lived in the city for a short time in his childhood
  • The Game
    The Game (rapper)

    Jayceon Terrell Taylor , better known by his stage name The Game, is an American rapper. He rose to fame in 2005 with the success of his debut album, The Documentary, and his two Grammy nominations....
    (Jayceon Taylor), rapper. Lived in Carson for 8 years between his stints in Compton
    Compton, California

    Compton is a city in southern Los Angeles County, California, California, United States, south-southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The city was incorporated in 1888....
  • Juanita Millender-McDonald
    Juanita Millender-McDonald

    Juanita Millender-McDonald was an Politics of the United States who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 until her death in 2007, representing California's 37th congressional district, which includes most of South Central Los Angeles, California and the city of Long Beach, California....
    , Democratic U.S. Congresswoman from 1996-2007
  • Chad Brown
    Chad Brown

    Chadwick Everett Brown is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round of the 1993 NFL Draft....
    , National Football League Umpire
  • Ras Kass
    Ras Kass

    John Austin IV , better known by his stage name Ras Kass, is an United States rapper. He is also a part of Supergroup The HRSMN along with: Canibus, Killah Priest, and Kurupt....
    , rapper
  • James Francis Hughes,Musician, Songwriter, Guitarist for "The Regulators"
  • Bishop Lamont
    Bishop Lamont

    Philip Martin , better known by his stage name Bishop Lamont, is an United States rapper from Carson, California currently signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment record label....
    , rapper
  • Dr. Dre
    Dr. Dre

    Andre Romelle Young , primarily known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, record executive, and actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records, also having produced albums for and overseeing the careers of many rappers signed to tho...
    (Andre Young, Sr.), rapper/producer. Lived in Carson for a couple years during his middle school years
  • MC Ren
    MC Ren

    Lorenzo Jerald Patterson , better known by his stage name MC Ren, is a rapper who formed part of the group N.W.A....
    (Lorenzo Wright), rapper
  • Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.
    Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.

    Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. are a hip hop group from Carson, California, composed of the Devoux brothers Paul, Ted, Donald, Roscoe, Danny, and David. Their family is from Samoa....
    , Rap Group
  • Ekene Ibekwe
    Ekene Ibekwe

    Ekene Brian Ibekwe is a basketball power forward from the United States of Nigerian ancestry. Ibekwe, who also played for the Carson High School's Boys Basketball team, graduated from the University of Maryland at College Park and was a member of the Nigeria national basketball team at the 2006 FIBA World Championships where Ibekwe was one...
    , University of Maryland forward
  • Tammy Townsend
    Tammy Townsend

    Tammy Townsend is an United States television actor and singer.Townsend was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Anorene, an English people and Yugoslavs interior designer, and Thomas Townsend, an African American judge....
    , television actress
  • Chuckii Booker
    Chuckii Booker

    Chuckii Booker is an African American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader. Booker emerged in the late 1980s as a prominent urban contemporary R&B artist and producer....
    , singer, songwriter
  • The Boys
    The Boys (band)

    The Boys was an United States R&B quartet composed of the four Abdulsamad brothers, Khiry , Hakim , Tajh , and Bilal . The group started out singing in Carson, California....
    , late 1980s R&B quartet
  • Courtney Hall
    Courtney Hall

    Courtney Hall was a Center and Guard in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers. Hall attended Rice University.Hall played football at Banning High School in Wilmington, California, California, and was the Starting lineup offensive tackle his junior and senior year....
    , former San Diego Chargers Center & Guard 1989-1999.
  • Tommy "Tiny" Lister, actor and former professional wrestler


Movies/TV shows filmed in Carson


  • 24
    24 (TV series)

    24 is an United States serial action drama television series. Broadcast by Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States and syndicated worldwide, the show first aired on November 6, 2001, with an initial 13 episodes ....
     (Used CSUDH but was referenced on the show as UCSB)
  • Reno 911!
    Reno 911!

    Reno 911! is an United States comedy television program on Comedy Central that debuted in 2003 in television. It is a mockumentary-style parody of law enforcement documentary television series shows, specifically COPS , with comic actors playing the police officers....
  • Reno 911!: Miami
    Reno 911!: Miami

    Reno 911!: Miami is a film based on Comedy Central's Reno 911! directed by cast-member Robert Ben Garant, who plays "Junior." It was released on February 23, 2007....
  • Jackie Brown (film)
    Jackie Brown (film)

    Jackie Brown is a 1997 in film crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film stars Pam Grier, Robert Forster, Robert De Niro, Samuel L....
  • Gone in 60 Seconds
    Gone in 60 Seconds (1974 film)

    Gone in 60 Seconds is a 1974 in film action film written, directed, produced by and starring H.B 'Toby' Halicki. It centers on a group of car thieves and the 48 cars they must steal in a matter of days....
  • Emergency!
    Emergency!

    Emergency! is a television series, combining the medical drama and action-adventure genres, that was produced by Mark VII Limited and distributed by Universal Studios....
     (Station 127 of the Los Angeles County Fire Department
    Los Angeles County Fire Department

    The Los Angeles County Fire Department , serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, California, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and Emergency Medical Service services, including the City of La Habra, in Orange County, California....
    )
  • Evolution
    Evolution (film)

    Evolution is a 2001 in film comedy film science fiction film film directed by Ivan Reitman.It is based on a story by Don Jakoby who converted it into a screenplay along with David Diamond and David Weissman....
  • Joe Dirt
    Joe Dirt

    Joe Dirt is a 2001 in film comedy film starring David Spade, Dennis Miller, Christopher Walken, Brittany Daniel, Jaime Pressly, Erik Per Sullivan, Adam Beach and Kid Rock....
  • Pros vs Joes
    Pros vs Joes

    Pros vs. Joes is an United States physical reality television game show. The show features male amateur contestants matching themselves against professional athletes in a series of athletic feats related to the expertise sport of the Pro they are facing....
  • 10 Items or Less
    10 Items or Less (film)

    This article is about the motion picture. For the TV comedy series of the same name, see 10 Items or Less 10 Items or Less is a 2006 in film United States comedy-drama written and directed by Brad Silberling....
  • The Cable Guy
    The Cable Guy

    The Cable Guy is a 1996 in film comedy film directed by Ben Stiller and starring Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick. The film also features Leslie Mann and Jack Black....
  • Certified Gangstas
    Certified Gangstas

    "Certified Gangstas" is the debut single of Harlem based rapper Jim Jones off his album On My Way to Church. The song features Cam'ron and Jay Bezel....
     (2004) Music video from rapper, Jim Jones
    Jim Jones (rapper)

    Joseph Guillermo Jones, better known by his stage name Jim Jones is an American rapper, and original member of The Diplomats, also known as Dipset....
  • Colors
    Colors (film)

    Colors is a 1988 in film police procedural crime film starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall and directed by Dennis Hopper. The story takes place in South Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, and is about an experienced Los Angeles Police Department cop, Bob Hodges and his rookie partner, Danny McGavin who try to keep the gang violence be...
  • Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
    Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

    Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael is a 1990 US movie starring Winona Ryder and Jeff Daniels . Pictures of this film were featured in the 1994 World Book....
     (Winona Ryder
    Winona Ryder

    Winona Laura Horowitz , better known under her professional name Winona Ryder, is an American actress. She started her career in 1986. Although Ryder made her screen debut in Lucas , her first significant role came in 1988 with Beetle Juice as Lydia Deetz, a Goth subculture teenager, in a performance that gained her critical an...
    , Jeff Daniels
    Jeff Daniels

    Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels is an United States actor, musician and playwright....
    )
  • Vegas
    Vega$

    Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on American Broadcasting Company between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling....
     (portions of TV show)
  • Gwen Stefani
    Gwen Stefani

    Gwen Ren?e Stefani is an American recording artist and fashion designer. Stefani serves as lead vocalist for the rock music band No Doubt. Formed with influences ranging from punk rock to new wave music, their third wave ska oriented third studio album Tragic Kingdom propelled them to stardom, selling 16 million copies worldwide....
    's "Hollaback Girl
    Hollaback Girl

    "Hollaback Girl" is a pop music song written by singer Gwen Stefani and Pharrell for Stefani's debut solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby.. As part of Stefani's vision of creating "a silly dance music record," the song is influenced by 1980s dance and pop music....
    " Video (S.M. White Middle School Drill & Carson Flaggies)
  • Hey Mickey music video
    Music video

    A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a pop music or rock music song with lyrics. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings....
     (Carson High Cheer)
  • Entourage
    Entourage (TV series)

    Entourage is an HBO original series created by Doug Ellin that chronicles the rise of Vincent Chase ? a young A-list movie star ? and his childhood friends from Queens, New York City as they navigate the unfamiliar terrain of Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, California....
     (Season 4 Episode 6 Card Convention at the Carson Community Center)


See also


  • Carson Community Center
    Carson Community Center

    Carson Community Center is a convention center located in Carson, California. It consists of the Community Hall, with of space and a capacity of 1,200 as well as a -high ceiling and a lobby; an atrium; of meeting rooms ; five patios totalling ; another lobby, measuring ; and two lounges totalling ....


External links

  • , The official community newspaper for Carson, California.