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26 DIGS.NET | 1.28.2022 JANUARY 28, 2022 | ISSUE 269 TO OUR READERS South Bay DIGS welcomes your feedback and encourages reader response to our editorial features. Please send your letters to the Publisher at 722 1st Street, Unit D, Hermosa Beach, California, 90254 or via email to WDOW@southbaydigs.com. Please include your name and contact information. Letters may be published and we reserve the right to edit. ADVERTISING For inquiries, please contact Publisher Warren Dow at 310.373.0142. EDITORIAL For editorial inquiries, please email Editorial@SouthBayDIGS.com On The Cover FIND YOUR PLACE JANUARY 28, 2022 DIGS.NET I N S I D E C A L I F O R N I A D R E A M I N G | S T RO N G P R E S E N C E | C U RV E D E L EG A N C E Sunlit and sculpted, this landmark Strand property is a larger-than-life playground for luxe beachfront living P R E S E N T E D BY TH E GI LLES PI E HOST GROU P FEATURE ON PAGE X X Splendor by the Sea PRESENTED BY THE GILLESPIE HOST GROUP LIST PRICE $22,900,000 FEATURED ON PAGE 62 722 1st Street, Unit D, Hermosa Beach, California, 90254 Office: 310.373.0142 South Bay Digs Magazine is published every other Friday by m3 Media, LLC. Reproduction in any form or by any means is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent from m3 Media LLC. The Publisher and advertisers are not responsible or liable for misinformation, misprints, or typographical errors. All advertised properties are subject to prior sale or withdrawal without notice. Real estate advertised in this publication is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act. M3 Media will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. Any and all submissions to this publication become the property of m3 Media, LLC and may be used in any media. CREATIVE SERVICES & AD DESIGN/ORIGINAL ARTWORK PROVIDED EXCLUSIVELY BY SOUTH BAY DIGS. © 2022 Micro Market Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Founder & CEO / Publisher President & COO Chief Growth Officer Digital Media Director Video Editor Senior Graphic Designer Graphic Designer Contributing Writers Senior Staff Photographer Warren J. Dow Bud Moore Kyle Coats Kieron McKay Matt Polizzi Rufus Agbede Jim Alba Jenn Thornton Constance Dunn Karine Monié Joclene Davey Abigail Stone Paul Jonason CO N N E C T W I T H U S Listen & subscribe on iTunes, digs.net or your favorite podcast provider. The Titans of Real Estate INFLUENCERS PODCAST .net S O U T H B A Y History Tidbits DRE#: 01368971 Maureen Megowan 310.541.6416 mdmegowan@gmail.com THE SEPULVEDA'S VS. THE DOMINQUEZ'S Shortly after Manuel Gutierrez assumed operating control over Rancho San Pedro in 1809, Gutierrez allowed a friend, Jose Dolores Sepulveda (also sometimes referred to as Don Jose Sepulveda ), to graze a thousand head of cattle in the southwest portion of the property known as Canada de Los Palos Verdes (Canyon of the Green Trees). Sepulveda built an adobe home here and made significant improvements to the unused portion of the land. Sepulveda's adobe home (Registered California Landmark No. 383) is located in the Walteria section of Torrance, at Madison Street and Courtney Way. Cristobal Dominguez, who claimed ownership of the Rancho San Pedro, but had not done anything to defend his title for 7 years, was upset with the arrangement Gutierrez made with Sepulveda when he found out about it and protested. It was assumed by Gutierrez that Dominguez had abandoned his claim to the rancho and that Gutierrez had every right to give young Jose Dolores Sepulveda permission to use the land. In August 1817, Cristobal Dominguez finally filed a petition with Governor Pablo Vicente de Sola to have Sepulveda removed from the property and requested that Rancho San Pedro be fully granted to him by eliminating the ownership rights of Gutierrez . Gutierrez and Sepulveda refused to give up the land they worked so hard to improve. The governor issued a short poignant decree ordering Sepulveda from the rancho and granting provisional ownership to Cristobal Dominguez. Sepulveda refused to relinquish his home and appealed the governor's decree. After receiving title to Rancho San Pedro, Dominguez remained in San Diego and never even visited the rancho. On December 31, 1822, shortly after Mexico had gained its independence from Spain, Governor Sola formalized the land grant by confirming Cristobal Dominguez as owner of Rancho San Pedro. This was just the beginning, however, of a 24 year fight between the Sepulveda family and Dominquez families over ownership of the Rancho. The above is an excerpt from my book "Historic Tales of Palos Verdes and the South Bay". For more info see http://www.southbayhistory.com.