Woodland Hills is a neighborhood bordering the
Santa Monica Mountains
The Santa Monica Mountains is a coastal mountain range in Southern California, next to the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Transverse Ranges. Because of its proximity to densely populated regions, it is one of the most visited natural areas in ...
in the
San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley, known locally as the Valley, is an urbanized valley in Los Angeles County, California. Located to the north of the Los Angeles Basin, it contains a large portion of the City of Los Angeles, as well as unincorporated ar ...
region of
Los Angeles, California
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.
Geography
Woodland Hills is in the southwestern region of the
San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley, known locally as the Valley, is an urbanized valley in Los Angeles County, California. Located to the north of the Los Angeles Basin, it contains a large portion of the City of Los Angeles, as well as unincorporated ar ...
, which is located east of
Calabasas and west of
Tarzana. On the north it is bordered by
West Hills,
Canoga Park
Canoga Park is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California. Before the Mexican–American War, the district was part of a rancho, and after the American victory it was converted into wheat farms and ...
,
Winnetka, and
Reseda, and on the south by the Santa Monica Mountains.
Some neighborhoods are in the foothills of the
Santa Monica Mountains
The Santa Monica Mountains is a coastal mountain range in Southern California, next to the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Transverse Ranges. Because of its proximity to densely populated regions, it is one of the most visited natural areas in ...
. Running east–west through the community are
U.S. Route 101
U.S. Route 101, or U.S. Highway 101 (US 101), is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs through the states of California, Oregon, and Washington, on the West Coast of the United States. It is also known as (The Royal Roa ...
(the
Ventura Freeway
The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California, United States, running from the Santa Barbara/ Ventura county line to Pasadena in Los Angeles County. It is the principal east-west route (designated north-south) through Ventura Count ...
) and
Ventura Boulevard
Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east–west thoroughfares in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California. Ventura Boulevard is one of the oldest routes in the San Fernando Valley as it was originally a part ...
, whose western terminus is at Valley Circle Boulevard in Woodland Hills.
History
The area was inhabited for around 8,000 years by
Native Americans of the
Fernandeño-Tataviam and
Chumash-Venturaño tribes, who lived in the Santa Monica Mountains and
Simi Hills
The Simi Hills are a low rocky mountain range of the Transverse Ranges in eastern Ventura County and western Los Angeles County, of southern California, United States.
Geography
The Simi Hills are aligned east-west and run for , and average aro ...
and close to the
Arroyo Calabasas
Arroyo Calabasas (also known as Calabasas Creek) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 16, 2011 tributary of the Los Angeles River, in the southwestern San Fernan ...
(Calabasas Creek) tributary of the
Los Angeles River in present-day Woodland Hills. The first Europeans to enter the San Fernando Valley were the
Portola Expedition in 1769, exploring
Alta California
Alta California ('Upper California'), also known as ('New California') among other names, was a province of New Spain, formally established in 1804. Along with the Baja California peninsula, it had previously comprised the province of , but ...
for
Spanish mission and settlement locations. Seeing it from present-day
Sepulveda Pass
Sepulveda Pass (elevation ) is a low mountain pass through the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles. It is named after the Sepúlveda family of California, a prominent Californio family that owned the land where the pass lies.
It connects the ...
, the
oak savanna
An oak savanna is a type of savanna—or lightly forested grassland—where oaks (''Quercus ''spp.) are the dominant trees. The terms "oakery" or "woodlands" are also used commonly, though the former is more prevalent when referencing the Medite ...
inspired them to call the area ''El Valle de Santa Catalina de Bononia de Los Encinos'' (Valley of St. Catherine of Bononia of the Oaks).
The
Mission San Fernando Rey de España (Mission San Fernando) was established in 1797 and controlled the valley's land, including future Woodland Hills.
Ownership of the southern half of the valley, south of present-day Roscoe Boulevard from
Toluca Lake to Woodland Hills, by Americans began in the 1860s, first
Isaac Lankershim (as the "San Fernando Farm Homestead Association") in 1869, then Isaac Lankershim's son,
James Boon Lankershim, and
Isaac Newton Van Nuys
Isaac Newton Van Nuys (; November 20, 1836 – February 12, 1912) was an American businessman, farmer and rancher who owned the entire southern portion of the San Fernando Valley—an area 15 miles long and 6 miles wide. With the approach of ...
(as the "Los Angeles Farm & Milling Company") in 1873, and finally in the "biggest land transaction ever recorded in
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the List of the most populous counties in the United States, most populous county in the United States and in the U.S. state of California, ...
" a syndicate led by
Harry Chandler
Harry Chandler (May 17, 1864 – September 23, 1944) was an American newspaper publisher and investor who became owner of the largest real estate empire in the U.S.
Early life
Harry Chandler was born in Landaff, New Hampshire, the eldest of fou ...
of the ''
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the ...
'' with
Hobart Johnstone Whitley, Gen.
Moses Sherman, and others (as the Los Angeles Suburban Homes Company) in 1910.
[Roderick (2001), p. 48.]
Victor Girard Kleinberger bought in the area from Chandler's group and founded the town of Girard in 1922.
He sought to attract residents and businesses by developing an infrastructure, advertising in newspapers, and planting 120,000 trees.
His 300 pepper trees formed a canopy over Canoga Ave. between Ventura Boulevard and Saltillo St. became
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments are sites which have been designated by the Los Angeles, California, Cultural Heritage Commission as worthy of preservation based on architectural, historic and cultural criteria.
History
The Historic-Cult ...
#93 in 1972. The community of Girard was eventually incorporated into Los Angeles, and in 1945, it became known as Woodland Hills.
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Climate
Within the San Fernando Valley, Woodland Hills experiences some of the more extreme temperature changes season to season than other regions. During the summer, temperatures are often very hot, while during the winter, overnight temperatures are among the coldest of the region. On September 6, 2020, Woodland Hills recorded the highest temperature ever in Los Angeles County, hitting at Pierce College
Pierce College may refer to:
* Pierce College (Washington)
* Los Angeles Pierce College
** Pierce College station
See also
* Peirce College
* Franklin Pierce University
Franklin Pierce University is a private university in Rindge, New Hampsh ...
, tying with Chino's reading as the highest temperature ever recorded west of the mountains in Southern California
Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. It includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the second most populous urban ...
. The climate is classified as a hot-summer Mediterranean climate ( ''Csa'') in the Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, nota ...
, which is characterized by mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers. Precipitation in Woodland Hills averages much the same as most other regions of the west San Fernando Valley, although somewhat higher amounts of rainfall occur in the surrounding hills.
Population
In 2008 the population of Woodland Hills was approximately 63,000. The median age in 2000 was 40, considered old when compared to other city and county jurisdictions.
As of the 2000 census, and according to the ''Los Angeles Almanac,'' there were 67,006 people and 29,119 households residing in Woodland Hills. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 79.90% White
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White ...
, 6.97% Asian, 0.13% Pacific Islander
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, 3.34% African American
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, 0.33% Native American, 4.80% from other races, and 4.52% from two or more races. 11.94% of the population were Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties for ...
of any race.
In population, it is one of the least dense neighborhoods in Los Angeles, and the percentage of white people is high for the county. The percentage of residents 25 and older with four-year college degrees is 47.0%, which was high for both the city and the county. The percentage of veterans, 10.7% of the population, was high for the city of Los Angeles and high for the county overall. The percentage of veterans who served during World War II or Korea was among the county's highest.
The 2008 ''Los Angeles Times
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''s "Mapping L.A." project supplied these Woodland Hills neighborhood statistics: population: 59,661; median household income: $93,720. The ''Times'' said the latter figure was "high for the city of Los Angeles and high for the county."
Government and infrastructure
Local government
Woodland Hills Warner Center Neighborhood Council is the local elected advisory body to the city of Los Angeles representing stakeholders in the Woodland Hills and Warner Center areas.
Los Angeles Fire Department Station 84 (Woodland Hills) and Station 105 (Woodland Hills) serve the community.
The Los Angeles Police Department
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officially known as the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the municipal police department of Los Angeles, California. With 9,974 police officers and 3,000 civilian staff, it is the third-lar ...
operates the Topanga Division station in Canoga Park which provides service to the Woodland Hills area.
Post office
The United States Postal Service
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Woodland Hills Post Office is located at 21200 Oxnard Street. The community's postal codes are ''91364'', ''91365'', and ''91367''.
Federal representation
*Woodland Hills is represented in the United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and po ...
by California's Senators Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein ( ; born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933) is an American politician who serves as the senior United States senator from California, a seat she has held since 1992. A member of the Democratic Party, she wa ...
and Alex Padilla
Alejandro Padilla ( ; born March 22, 1973) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from California since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Padilla served as the 30th secretary of state of California from ...
.
*Woodland Hills is located within California's 30th congressional district
California's 30th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. The 30th district takes in the Linda Vista neighborhood of Pasadena, and the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Tujunga, Burbank, Glendale, Hol ...
represented by Democrat Brad Sherman
Bradley James Sherman (born October 24, 1954) is an American accountant and politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 30th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he first entered Congress in ...
.
State representation
Woodland Hills is within California's 45th State Assembly district
California's 46th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Jesse Gabriel of Encino.
District profile
The district takes up most of the western San Fernando Valley. ...
represented by Democrat Jesse Gabriel and California's 27th State Senate district represented by Democrat Henry Stern.
Local representation
Woodland Hills is located within Los Angeles City Council District 3
Los Angeles City Council District 3 is one of the 15 districts of the Los Angeles City Council. It covers some of the westernmost areas of Los Angeles, in the southwestern San Fernando Valley. Its current representative is Councilmember Bob Blu ...
represented by Bob Blumenfield
Robert J. Blumenfield (born September 13, 1967) is an American elected official in Southern California. Blumenfield is the Los Angeles City Councilmember for the 3rd Council District which encompasses the southwestern San Fernando Valley neig ...
.
Education
Primary and secondary schools
Public schools
Public schools serving Woodland Hills are under the jurisdiction the Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is a public school district in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the largest public school system in California in terms of number of students and the 2nd largest public school district in ...
. Much of the area is within Board District 4.
Elementary schools include:
*Calabash Street Elementary School
*Lockhurst Elementary School
*Serrania Elementary School
*Woodlake Avenue Elementary School
*Woodland Hills Charter for Enriched Studies
*Ivy Academia Entrepreneurial Charter School
*Calvert Street Elementary School
Middle schools include:
*Woodland Hills Charter Academy (formerly known as Parkman Middle School)
**The school opened in 1959 as "Parkman Junior High School." It received its current name in 2006.
*George Ellery Hale Charter Academy
High schools include:
*El Camino Real High School
El Camino Real Charter High School (also known locally as "ECR" or "Elco") is an independent charter secondary school located in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. ...
* William Howard Taft High School
*Henry David Thoreau Continuation High School
Adult School:
* West Valley Occuptional Center, 6200 Winnetka Avenue
Charter schools
* El Camino Real High School
* William Howard Taft Charter High School
William Howard Taft Charter High School is a public school located on the corner of Ventura Boulevard and Winnetka Avenue in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California, within the Los Angeles Unified Schoo ...
* Ingenium Charter School – Kindergarten through Sixth Grade
* George Ellery Hale Charter Academy 6–8 grade
* Chime Charter School K-8
* Serrania Charter for Enriched Studies – K-5
* Calvert School for Enriched Studies – K-5
Private schools
*The Alexandria Academy – secular school serving First through Twelfth Grade
*Halsey Schools – 6 weeks – 6 years.
* Louisville High School – All-female Catholic High School
*St. Bernardine of Siena – preschool through Eighth Grade
*St. Mel – preschool through Eighth Grade
*Woodland Hills Private School – serving Preschool (starting at 2 years old) through Fifth Grade.
Lycée International de Los Angeles
The International School of Los Angeles (french: Lycée International de Los Angeles, LILA) is a private, international school for students aged 4 to 18. The International School of Los Angeles holds accreditation by the French Ministry of Educat ...
had a Woodland Hills campus, which had over 140 students as of 2001. This was in a public school building, rented from the Los Angeles Unified School District
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. In 2001 LAUSD announced that it would not renew the lease.
Lycée Français de Los Angeles operated a San Fernando Valley campus in Woodland Hills, on the site of Platt Elementary School.
Colleges and universities
Colleges and universities in Woodland Hills include:
* Los Angeles Pierce College (part of the Los Angeles Community College District
The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California, and some of its neighboring cities and certain unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. Its headquarters are in Downtown Lo ...
)
Public libraries
The Los Angeles Public Library
The Los Angeles Public Library system (LAPL) is a public library system in Los Angeles, California. The system holds more than six million volumes, and with around 19 million residents in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area, it serves the lar ...
operates the Woodland Hills Branch Library (Ventura Boulevard
Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east–west thoroughfares in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California. Ventura Boulevard is one of the oldest routes in the San Fernando Valley as it was originally a part ...
) and the Platt Branch Library ( Victory Boulevard) in Woodland Hills.
Parks and recreation
Woodland Hills is home to the Woodland Hills Country Club, a private equity golf club. The country club is complete with golf course, fine dining, and entertainment options.
The Woodland Hills Recreation Center (Shoup Park) is a park in Woodland Hills. The park has a small indoor gymnasium without weights and with a capacity of 300; it may be used as an auditorium. The park also has a lighted baseball diamond, outdoor lighted basketball courts, a children's play area, a lighted football field, picnic tables, a lighted soccer field, and lighted tennis courts. Woodland Hills Pool is an outdoor seasonal unheated swimming pool.
The Warner Center Park, also known as Warner Ranch Park, is located in Woodland Hills. The park, unstaffed and unlocked, has a children's play area and picnic tables.
Serrania Park in Woodland Hills is an unstaffed, unlocked pocket park. It has a children's play area, hiking trails, and picnic tables. Alizondo Drive Park in Woodland Hills is an unstaffed, unlocked, and undeveloped park used for brush clearance once per year.
Along the western boundary of Woodland Hills is the large Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve, a regional park A regional park is an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreational use or other reason, and under the administration of a form of local government.
Definition
A regional park can be a special park distri ...
with a trail
A trail, also known as a path or track, is an unpaved lane or small road usually passing through a natural area. In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a path or footpath is the preferred term for a pedestrian or hiking trail. ...
network for miles of hiking
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, mountain biking
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, and equestrian
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Horseback riding (or Riding in British English)
Examples of this are:
*Equestrian sports
*Equestrian order, one of the upper classes in ...
rides. The trailhead and parking are at the very western end of Victory Boulevard in Woodland Hills. Scheduled walks and programs are offered. The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area has various parks nearby to the south of the community. The Top of Topanga Overlook gives panoramic views of the verdant Woodland Hills neighborhoods and the Valley.
Notable people
The Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital, a private retirement, nursing care and acute-care hospital facility is reserved for industry professionals. The section includes some people who lived and/or died there, among other residents.
* Sara Paxton
Sara Paxton (born April 25, 1988) is an American actress, voice artist, and singer. She began acting at an early age, appearing in minor roles in both films and television shows, before rising to fame in 2004, after playing the title role in the t ...
, actress
* Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Christopher Charles Mintz-Plasse (; born June 20, 1989) is an American actor and comedian. He has performed roles such as Fogell (McLovin) in '' Superbad'' (2007), Augie Farcques in ''Role Models'' (2008), and Chris D'Amico in '' Kick-Ass'' (201 ...
, actor
* Bud Abbott
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Early life
Abbott was born in Asbury Park, New J ...
, actor
* Jacques Aubuchon
Jacques Georges Aubuchon (October 30, 1924 – December 28, 1991) was an American actor who appeared in films, stage, and on television in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
Aubuchon, who grew up in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was the son of Art ...
, actor, lived in Woodland Hills at the time of his death.
* Rick Auerbach, Major League Baseball player
* Orr Barouch
Orr Barouch ( he, אור ברוך; born 29 November 1991) is an Israeli footballer who currently plays for Cal FC.
Career
Early life and career
Barouch is Jewish, and was born in Haifa, Israel. He moved to the United States with his parents a ...
, Israeli professional soccer player
* Justine Bateman
Justine Tanya Bateman (born February 19, 1966) is an American writer, director and producer. Her former acting work includes ''Family Ties'', '' Satisfaction'', '' Men Behaving Badly'', ''The TV Set'', ''Desperate Housewives'', and '' Californ ...
, actress (Originally from Rye, New York)
* Roy Campanella, Major League Baseball player
* Helena Carroll, actress
* Mary Carver
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, actress
* Ted Cassidy, actor; his cremated remains are buried in an unmarked location at his former Woodland Hills residence.
* Mary Dodson
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, art director
* Dr. Dre
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, rapper, producer, entrepreneur
* John Feldmann, musician, songwriter, and producer
* Jeff Fisher, NFL head coach, attended high school in Woodland Hills.
* Andy Gibb, singer
* Raymond Greenleaf, actor
* Ryan Hurst
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, actor, producer, and director
* Buster Keaton
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, actor and director
* Chief Keef
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, rapper
* Jack Klugman
Jack Klugman (April 27, 1922 – December 24, 2012) was an American actor of stage, film, and television.
He began his career in 1950 and started television and film work with roles in ''12 Angry Men'' (1957) and ''Cry Terror!'' (1958). Du ...
, actor
* Ryan Lavarnway, Major League Baseball catcher
* Geoffrey Lewis, actor
* Austin Matelson (aka Luchasaurus), professional wrestler, grew up in Woodland Hills.
* Charles McPhee, author, talk-show host, "The Dream Doctor Show", Dream Researcher, 1962–2011
* Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
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Meghan wa ...
, actress
* Janel Moloney
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, actress
* Dolores Moran, actress
* Nichelle Nichols
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, actress on '' Star Trek: The Original Series'', recruiter for NASA
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* Joy Picus, City Council member, 1977–91; ''Ms.'' magazine Woman of the Year
*Rafa Sardina
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Sardina ...
, 4-time Grammy Award
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and 10-time Latin Grammy Award
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winner recording and mixing engineer resides in Woodland Hills.
* Tupac Shakur
Tupac Amaru Shakur ( ; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known as 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He is widely considered one of the most influential rappers of all time. Shakur is among the b ...
, rapper, writer, and actor.
* Thomas D. Shepard, City Council member, 1961–67
* Tyler Skaggs
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, Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
* Bob Smale, pianist on '' The Lawrence Welk Show'', resided and died in 2010 in Woodland Hills.
* Jan Smithers
Karin Jan Smithers (born July 3, 1949) is an American actress. She is known for playing Bailey Quarters on the CBS sitcom ''WKRP in Cincinnati'' (1978–1982).
Life and career
Smithers grew up with her parents and three sisters in Woodland Hill ...
, actress
* Russell Thacher (1919-1990), author and film producer who co-produced the films '' Soylent Green'' and '' The Last Hard Men'' together with Walter Seltzer
* Laurence Trimble, actor, writer, film director
*Troy Van Leeuwen
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, musician and record producer
* Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart), musician, singer and composer. Captain Beefheart's definitive album '' Trout Mask Replica'' was composed and rehearsed in a communal house in Woodland Hills in 1968–1969.
* Robin Yount, Hall of Fame
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baseball player
File:Orr Barouch.jpg, Orr Barouch
Orr Barouch ( he, אור ברוך; born 29 November 1991) is an Israeli footballer who currently plays for Cal FC.
Career
Early life and career
Barouch is Jewish, and was born in Haifa, Israel. He moved to the United States with his parents a ...
File:Ryan Lavarnway 2012.jpg, Ryan Lavarnway
File:Dr._Dre_in_2011.jpg, Dr. Dre
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File:Robin Yount.jpg, Robin Yount
See also
* Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
* Simi Hills
The Simi Hills are a low rocky mountain range of the Transverse Ranges in eastern Ventura County and western Los Angeles County, of southern California, United States.
Geography
The Simi Hills are aligned east-west and run for , and average aro ...
References
External links
Woodland Hills Warner Center Neighborhood Council
Woodland Hills-Tarzana Chamber of Commerce
About Woodland Hills
laparks.org: West Valley Woodland Hills bike route MAP
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1922 establishments in California
Communities in the San Fernando Valley
Neighborhoods in Los Angeles
Populated places in the Santa Monica Mountains
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