Playa del Rey, Los Angeles

Playa del Rey (Spanish for "Beach of the King" or "King's beach") is a beachside community in the Westside of the city of Los Angeles, California. It has a ZIP code of 90293 and area codes of 310 and 424. As of 2014, Playa del Rey (zip 90293)'s population is 12,129 people. Since 2000, it has had a population growth of 14.61 percent.

Geography

Playa del Rey is a coastal neighborhood and a district of City of Los Angeles. The rolling hills are the result of ancient, wind-blown, compacted sand dunes which rise up to 125 feet above sea level originally called and often referred to as The Del Rey Hills or "The Bluffs". These dunes run parallel to the coast line, from Playa del Rey, all the way south to Palos Verdes.

The community is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west, Marina del Rey and Ballona Creek to the north, Ballona Wetlands and Playa Vista to the northeast, Westchester to the east, Los Angeles International Airport and El Segundo to the south.

History

The northern part was originally wetlands, but the natural flooding was halted by the concrete channel which contains Ballona Creek.

Del Rey

Del Rey (Spanish for "Of the King") or Delrey may refer to:

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Del Rey (musician)

Del Rey (born December 22, 1959, Los Angeles, California, United States) is an American blues, jazz and ragtime singer (and occasional songwriter), guitarist and ukulele player.

Biography

Starting with classical music at the age of four, she was transfixed by her first blues album and has played blues and jazz ever since. She was influenced by the blues musicians Sam Chatmon, Bo Carter and Memphis Minnie.

Del Rey lives in Seattle, Washington and tours internationally.

Discography

Albums

Instructional

Other appearances

Del Rey Manga

Del Rey Manga was the manga-publishing imprint of Del Rey Books, a branch of Ballantine Books, which in turn is part of Random House, the publishing division of Bertelsmann. It was formed as part of a cross-publishing relationship with Japanese publisher Kodansha. Some of the Del Rey titles, such as Tsubasa Chronicle and xxxHolic, are published in the United Kingdom by Tanoshimi. Tricia Narwani, the editor of Del Rey, stated that "Del Rey finds most of its talent through conventions and existing professional contacts".

On October 4, 2010, Kodansha and Random House announced that the US division of Kodansha will take over publishing over all Del Rey Manga titles as well as their own manga, starting on December 1, 2010. Random House will act as the sales and marketing distributor.

Titles

Del Rey made its debut in May 2004 with four manga titles: