Pico Rivera

Pico Rivera pēˈkō rĭvĕrˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 59,177), Los Angeles co., SW Calif., SE of Los Angeles on the San Gabriel and Rio Hondo rivers; inc. 1958 with the union of Pico and Rivera into one community. Among the city's many manufactures are furniture, machinery, exercise equipment, metal doors, and aircraft.

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