These days, we’re all accustomed to using the ubiquitous five-digit ZIP code. But it wasn’t always so. In fact, there were no postal codes in use at all up until thousands of U.S. mail workers left their jobs temporarily to join the armed services during World War II. Post office managers had to hire andContinue reading “Those newfangled ZIP codes helped speed up mail processing and delivery”
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The Del Aire area remains unincorporated despite decades of annexation attempts
Attempts to annex the unincorporated Del Aire area, located roughly between the cities of Hawthorne and El Segundo, began soon after houses started going up in the region in the late 1930s. First, some geography. The Del Aire area as currently constituted consists of two roughly rectangular segments whose combined area totals just over oneContinue reading “The Del Aire area remains unincorporated despite decades of annexation attempts”
