Gardena, California
About Gardena
Gardena, CA is a thriving city located in southeastern California counting 58,921 people who proudly call it home.
Officially, Gardena is an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 5.83 square miles, giving it one of the denser urban centers in the region at roughly 10,107 residents per square mile.
📰 Gardena News Today
- Metal Supermarkets Opens in Gardena, Providing Customers With Quick Access to Over 8,000 Types, Shapes and Grades of Metal Franchising.com · Aug 18
- Update: Earthquake of 2.5 magnitude recorded near Gardena, CA on Aug. 2 Sacramento Bee · Aug 3
- Pedestrian hit by car after hydrant crash floods Gardena street ABC7 Los Angeles · Jul 31
- Virginia Rios Obituary - Gardena, CA Dignity Memorial · May 23
- Gardena Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Gardena Unique
- Big-city energy: 10,107 people per square mile.
- Positioned in southeastern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
- Part of the fabric of California — one of 1,618 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- The sweet spot: real amenities without big-city congestion.
- Local businesses and schools anchored by a stable resident base of 58,921.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Gardena
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Gardena
- 7 Leaves Cafe — coffee shop (café)
- CM Chicken — chicken
- El Antojito Taco's y Mariscos — mexican
- El Nuevo San Miguel — salvadoran
- Izakaya Akatsuki — japanese
- Kanpachi Sushi And Saki — sushi
- Kings Hawaiian Bakery Local Place — asian
- NAM Kitchen — vietnamese
- Pho Hoan Pasteur Gardena — vietnamese
- Pizza Hut — pizza
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Clawcade · Arcade
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Gardena
- Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Arthur Lee Johnson Memorial Park reviews ★
- Freeman Park reviews ★
- Gardena Civic Center reviews ★
- Gardena Village Park reviews ★
- Guenser Park reviews ★
- La Carretera Park reviews ★
- Mas Fukai Park reviews ★
- Rosecrans Park reviews ★
- Thornburg Park reviews ★
- Vincent Bell Memorial Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Gardena
- Amestoy Elementary
- Chapman Elementary
- Denker Avenue Elementary
- Environmental Charter High - Gardena
- Environmental Charter Middle - Gardena
- Gardena Elementary
- Gardena Senior High
- KIPP Generations Academy
- Moneta Continuation
- New Millennium Secondary
- One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary
- One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary
- One Hundred Fifty-Third Street Elementary
- One Hundred Thirty-Fifth Street Elementary
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare
- Memorial Hospital Of Gardena ★ (1/5 CMS rating) · 24/7 ER
Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.