Local marriage, birth and death records, land records.

Los Angeles Public Library

They have a genealogical library.  You can also get a local library card, but the genealogy books aren't lent out by interlibrary loan, bummer!
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Some cemeteries in the area:

Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, has a website.
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Pacific Crest Cemetery, Redondo Beach.
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Woodlawn, Compton
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Los Angeles National,
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search on their nationwide grave locator.

Inglewood Park Cemetery
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also try the websites findagrave.com and billiongraves

Questing Heirs genealogy group

Torrance Main Library, Katy Geissert

They have some books available on genealogy.
Downstairs in the Northwest corner is the South Bay Cities Genealogical Society library.  It's open when the library is open and is also 2 times a week staffed by volunteers to help you with your research.
They have newspapers on microfilm downstairs.

Palos Verdes Library on Silver Spur

They have a good section on Genealogy how to books.
There is also a Books for sale in the parking lot of the library.
you can put books on hold too.
You can also order from Salt Lake City Mormon Library and have the microfilm delivered here and read it here on their machines.
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Santa Monica Mormon Library

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