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• Agoura HillsAgoura Hills has been part of the Las Virgenes water district since at least 1990, and state water bought from Metropolitan is the district's sole source.
• AlhambraAlhambra, in the western San Gabriel Valley east of downtown Los Angeles, had 82,868 residents in the 2020 census.
• ArcadiaLucky Baldwin oversaw Arcadia's incorporation in 1903 and served as its first mayor.
• Beverly GroveIn 2008 a city ordinance amended the zoning map to formally recognize the Beverly Grove area of the Wilshire Community Plan.
• BeverlywoodMany Beverlywood residents have pressed the City Council to cap new home sizes, arguing that bigger rebuilds change the neighborhood's feel.
• BradburyBradbury has three parts: the gated Bradbury Estates, the gated Woodlyn Lane and an ungated remainder.
• BurbankBurbank joined the Metropolitan Water District in 1928, among its first 13 member cities.
• Canoga ParkNearly two thirds of Canoga Park housing, 63.6 percent, is rented.
• CarthayJust under two thirds of Carthay's homes, 64.7 percent, are rented.
• Century CityApartment owners hold 60.4 percent of Century City's housing, with renters in the remaining 39.6 percent.
• ChatsworthChatsworth's housing is 71.1 percent owner-occupied.
• Cheviot HillsLADWP's water report names Cheviot Hills as a Western Los Angeles community served with aqueduct and State Project water.
• Culver CityCulver City was headquarters to Hughes Aircraft from 1932 to 1986, and Sony Pictures Entertainment and NPR West keep headquarters there today.
• Del ReyRenters occupy about 70.7 percent of Del Rey's housing, up sharply from 55.2 percent in 2008.
• Echo ParkLADWP supplies Echo Park from its eastern system, which runs on State Project and Colorado River Aqueduct water.
• El SegundoIndustrial and commercial uses take up roughly three quarters of El Segundo's land, and the Chevron refinery by itself occupies over a quarter of it.
• EncinoEncino is one of the San Fernando Valley communities LADWP serves with a mix of aqueduct water, local wells and State Water Project supply.
• FairfaxNearly 72 percent of homes in the Fairfax District are rented, and any exterior change in its historic district must clear the Office of Historic Resources.
• GlendaleBy 2014 thousands of luxury apartments had gone up in downtown Glendale.
• Granada HillsGranada Hills can claim the Valley's first oil well, drilled in 1876 at what is now the north end of Zelzah Avenue.
• Hermosa BeachWesterly sea breezes help keep smog away from Hermosa Beach on 360 days a year.
• Hidden HillsHidden Hills has no sidewalks or streetlights, and many of its two-acre lots are ringed by white three-rail fences.
• HollywoodSanta Ana winds reach Hollywood mostly in fall and winter, bringing strong gusts, higher temperatures and low humidity that raise wildfire risk.
• Hollywood / Central LAGriffith Park, the largest public park in Los Angeles, lies within Central Los Angeles alongside twenty-three city neighborhoods spread over about 58 square miles.
• Hollywood HillsLADWP groups the Hollywood Hills with its San Fernando Valley communities, served from the aqueduct, local groundwater and the State Project.
• Hollywood Hills WestHollywood Hills West touches Studio City on the north, Hollywood and West Hollywood on the south, and Beverly Hills and Coldwater Canyon on the west.
• KoreatownKoreatown gets its water through LADWP's central system, a mix of aqueduct, State Project and local groundwater supply.
• La Cañada FlintridgeLocal springs once supplied most of the area's water, and today the Foothill Municipal Water District, formed in 1952, buys imported water through Metropolitan while local sources meet around a fifth of demand.
• Lake BalboaThe census found 24,328 residents in the 3.13 square miles of Lake Balboa, about average density for Los Angeles.
• Larchmont VillageClose to three quarters of Larchmont's housing, 72.9 percent, is rented.
• Laurel CanyonIn 1907 the Bungalow Land subdivision took shape at Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Lookout Mountain Avenue, with a roadhouse tavern called Bungalow Inn.
• Los FelizA May 2007 wildfire burned uninhabited terrain in Los Feliz and Griffith Park, including Dante's View.
• Malibu / Santa Monica MountainsDry summers, relieved only by coastal fog, leave the Santa Monica Mountains prone to wildfire, most of all when Santa Ana winds blow.
• Mar VistaMar Vista appears on LADWP's list of Western Los Angeles communities, whose water blends Los Angeles Aqueduct and State Water Project supplies.
• Marina del ReyOf the 8,065 housing units counted in Marina del Rey, roughly 15 percent stood empty.
• Mid-WilshireThe Park Mile section of Mid-Wilshire keeps a three-story height limit and bans painted signs on building exteriors to protect its single-family character.
• Miracle MileFinished in 1929 in black and gold, the Deco Building at 5209 Wilshire holds a National Register listing.
• MonroviaThe first airmail flight from Monrovia Airport took off on May 19, 1938.
• Mount OlympusWith roughly three houses to the acre, Mount Olympus also sees periodic mudslides.
• Nichols CanyonIn 1981 Nichols Canyon was among several canyons exposed to heavy rain damage after it emerged that the city lacked funds to continue flood control projects.
• North HollywoodAbout three in four North Hollywood homes, 75.4 percent, are rented.
• NorthridgeRenters and owners split Northridge's housing nearly evenly, 46.4 to 53.6 percent.
• PalmsUntil the early 1960s most of Palms was Craftsman and Spanish Colonial houses and small duplexes and triplexes, before much of that stock was replaced by larger apartment buildings.
• Pico-RobertsonNearly three in four homes in South Robertson, 73.1 percent, are rented.
• Playa del ReyPlaya del Rey counted 16,230 residents in 2018, most of them in the dense apartment and condominium blocks of its eastern part.
• Playa VistaOwners occupy 54.8 percent of Playa Vista's housing and renters 28.5 percent, in a planned community that began development in 2002.
• Porter RanchA 1988 brush fire pushed by 70 mph Santa Ana winds crossed Aliso Creek and destroyed 13 homes in Porter Ranch while damaging 23 more.
• Rancho Palos VerdesGas service began returning to most Portuguese Bend landslide homes in Rancho Palos Verdes by May 2025, once monitoring showed no measurable ground movement.
• Rancho ParkRancho Park was part of Westwood until Olympic Boulevard divided the area, and in the 1930s its southern half lobbied for an identity of its own.
• Redondo BeachRedondo Beach rejected, as incomplete, a 2023 plan for 2,700 homes and shops on the site of an aging waterfront power plant.
• ResedaThe epicenter of the 1994 Northridge earthquake lay in Reseda, just west of Reseda Boulevard between Arminta and Ingomar streets.
• Rolling HillsRolling Hills requires white exterior paint on its houses, and owners must keep horse facilities or at least room for stalls on their lots.
• Rolling Hills EstatesA landslide that may have started moving in 2022 wrecked several homes on Peartree Lane in July 2023.
• San Fernando ValleyFor all its low-density reputation, the Valley's Panorama City, North Hollywood, Van Nuys, Reseda, Canoga Park and Northridge contain some of the densest census tracts in Los Angeles.
• San GabrielOf San Gabriel's occupied housing, 54.1 percent is rented.
• San Gabriel ValleyThe San Gabriel Valley counts among the most ethnically diverse regions in the United States.
• SawtelleThe land that became Sawtelle drew people for centuries because of its abundant spring water.
• Sherman OaksRenters hold close to 59 percent of the homes in Sherman Oaks, and owners the other 41 percent.
• Sierra MadreThe first electric lights in Sierra Madre were installed by the Edison Electric Company.
• Silver LakeThe Silver Lake and Ivanhoe reservoirs supplied 600,000 homes in downtown and South Los Angeles until 2013, when underground Headworks reservoirs took over that job.
• South BayOil refineries in the South Bay turn out a large share of the petroleum products used across Southern California, Nevada and Arizona.
• South PasadenaThe 2020 census counted 26,943 people in South Pasadena, up from 25,619 in 2010.
• Sunset StripThe Sunset Strip runs from West Hollywood's border with Los Angeles near Marmont Lane to its border with Beverly Hills at Phyllis Street.
• TarzanaTarzana's tap water arrives via LADWP's Valley system, mixing aqueduct water, local wells and State Project deliveries.
• Temple CityTemple City remained a city in name only until the post-war population boom led to its incorporation on May 25, 1960.
• Toluca LakeToluca Lake, now a private lake kept full by wells, was fed by artesian springs before pumping lowered the water table.
• TopangaThe January 2025 Palisades Fire burned through Topanga Canyon and parts of the community amid extreme drought and severe Santa Ana winds.
• TorranceThe original Olmsted Brothers tract of Torrance spans 109 city blocks in residential, commercial and industrial districts, and many of its houses turned 100 in 2012.
• Valley GlenMore than 3,000 homes between Hazeltine and Whitsett avenues went into Valley Glen when it was formed.
• Valley VillageAlong Valley Village's main boulevards a 2006 count found 1,073 condos and 8,213 apartments, while 3,881 houses lined its side streets.
• Van NuysAlmost three quarters of Van Nuys homes, 73.9 percent, are rented.
• VeniceThe inland walk streets of Venice hold about 620 single-family homes reached by rear alleys, and the city recognizes a larger North Venice Walk Streets Historic District.
• West HillsOwners hold 87.4 percent of West Hills homes and renters only 12.6 percent.
• West HollywoodThe streets around Fountain Avenue, Harper Avenue and Havenhurst Drive hold many 1920s Spanish Revival and Art Deco apartment buildings, a number of them by Leland Bryant.
• WestchesterWestchester sits in LADWP's Western Los Angeles water area, supplied from the aqueduct and the State Project.
• Westlake VillageDrinking water, recycled water and sewer service in Westlake Village all come from the Las Virgenes water district.
• WestsideMuch of the Westside inside city limits falls in LADWP's Western Los Angeles water area, from Pacific Palisades and Brentwood down to Venice and Westchester.
• WestwoodRenters occupy 64.1 percent of Westwood's housing, and condominium towers crowd the Wilshire corridor east of Westwood Boulevard.
• Windsor SquareAccording to its neighborhood association, Windsor Square has about 1,100 houses between Beverly and Wilshire boulevards.
• Woodland HillsWoodland Hills grew out of the town of Girard, founded in 1922 by Victor Girard Kleinberger and renamed Woodland Hills in 1945.