Paramount

Paramount straddles the low, level floor of the Los Angeles Basin in southeastern Los Angeles County, a setting that has woven this compact city into the continuous urban belt between Los Angeles and Long Beach. Incorporated in 1957, Paramount grew from the neighboring communities of Hynes and Clearwater, whose names still recall the area’s local past. Dairy farming once shaped the surrounding plain; today, homes, workshops and commercial corridors give the city a firmly working-town character. The Paramount Swap Meet, on the grounds of the former Paramount Drive-In, remains a familiar local gathering place. Trace Paramount’s place in the Los Angeles Basin by browsing webcams across southeastern Los Angeles County.

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