Industrial yard security in Torrance, California

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Where Crenshaw Boulevard meets the 405 and 110

Torrance sits where Interstate 405 and Interstate 110 come together in the South Bay, with State Route 91 and SR-1 also crossing the city. Industrial ground fills the south and east of Torrance along Crenshaw Boulevard and Van Ness Avenue, mixing light manufacturing, automotive services, distribution and aerospace-supply businesses; truck yards in the area are commonly cited as about 13 miles from the Port of Los Angeles and 14 miles from the Port of Long Beach. At the north end of the city, the PBF Energy refinery supplies much of Southern California's gasoline from roughly 8.6 million barrels of tankage, and aerospace manufacturers including Robinson Helicopter and Honeywell's Garrett turbocharger plant keep parts and freight moving through the same corridors.

Freight security firm Overhaul's second-quarter 2026 cargo-theft review used Torrance as its Southern California reference point, finding that almost seven in ten of the incidents in its data happened within 50 miles of the city, at an average of 81 a month, up 28% from its prior review, with warehouses and distribution centres making up 55% of the theft locations. Torrance's own yards aren't immune to simpler break-ins either: on December 30, 2025, Torrance police caught a commercial burglary in progress near Cravens and Gramercy avenues, and the search for the suspects who fled pulled in five area police departments before all four were caught.

An agent sees the alert the moment AI person and vehicle detection flags someone along the fence line or between trailers, checks the camera, and opens with a live, instant talk-down through the site's speakers before calling police if the person won't go. Gate Operations lets agents see each driver on camera, check them against your pickup list and open the gate remotely, while Yard Operations adds damage inspections and visual seal checks on video for every trailer that moves.

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