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12.71 milesActor Harrison Ford crash-landed his vintage World War 2 era Ryan airplane near the 8th hole of Penmar Golf Course in Venice, California on March 5th, 2015. An experienced pilot, Ford reported a loss of engine power shortly after taking off from Santa Monica Municipal Airport and was attempting to return to the airport when he crashed on the golf Read more...
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13.06 milesActor Orson Bean was struck and killed by a car on the evening of February 7th, 2020 on North Venice Boulevard at Pisani Place in Venice, Los Angeles. The accident occurred outside the Pacific Resident Theatre where 91-year-old Bean and his wife, actor Alley Mills, were members. Read more...
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13.13 milesThe LA Galaxy MLS soccer team plays its home games at the Dignity Health Sports Park (formerly called the Home Depot Center and the StubHub Center) in Carson, California, 15 miles south of Los Angeles. The stadium is part of a multi-sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills. Read more...
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14.81 milesBruce’s Beach park in Manhattan Beach, California, is named after a former beach resort of the same name in the park’s location, operated by a black couple, Charles and Willa Bruce. The Bruces purchased beachfront property along the Strand between 26th and 27th streets in Manhattan Beach in 1912, developing it into a popular resort for African-American beachgoers and vacationers. Read more...
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15.22 milesThe house used as the home of Elliott’s family in the movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is on Lonzo Street in Tujunga, California. Read more...
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21.09 milesBritish film director and producer Tony Scott died by suicide, aged 68, when he jumped off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in the San Pedro district of Los Angeles, California, on August 19th, 2012. He had left his Toyota Prius car parked on the bridge, with a note containing contact information, and a note for his family was found later in Read more...
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22.53 milesThe Angeles Crest Highway (or State Route 2) between La Cañada Flintridge and Wrightwood, California, goes through the Angeles National Forest. The road is 66 miles (or 106 kilometers) end-to-end and passes through the San Gabriel Mountains, reaching a summit of 7,903 feet (or 2,409 meters) at the Dawson Saddle. The Angeles Crest Highway is normally closed over winter between Read more...
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22.75 milesThe Los Angeles River begins at the confluence of Bell Creek and Arroyo Calabasas (also known as Calabasas Creek) at Owensmouth Avenue and Bassett Street in Canoga Park, Los Angeles. Read more...
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26.36 milesFormer LA Lakers basketball star Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash on January 26th, 2020 on a hillside near Las Virgenes Road and Willow Glen Street in Calabasas, California. The 41-year-old NBA Champion was a passenger in a Sikorsky S-76B N72EX which crashed in foggy conditions, killing all nine people on board, including Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter, Gianna. Read more...
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27.01 milesThe Anaheim Ducks ice hockey team plays its home games at Honda Center (formerly called The Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim) in Anaheim, California. It has been home to the Anaheim Ducks since the team’s founding by The Walt Disney Company in 1993. They played their first regular season game at the arena on October 8, 1993, against the Detroit Red Read more...
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27.05 milesThe nearest hotel to the Honda Center in Anaheim is the Ayres Hotel located just across the street at East Katella Avenue and Douglass Road. Read more...
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29.11 milesGenerally, dogs are not permitted on the beach at Huntington Beach, with the exception of guide dogs, signal dogs or service dogs. However, dogs are allowed on a designated area of beach along Pacific Coast Highway, between 22nd Street and Seapoint Avenue, known as Dog Beach. Dogs may be allowed off leash on the sand, provided they are well behaved Read more...
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30.69 milesA bronze statue of the late Duke Kahanamoku with a surfboard stands at the corner of Main Street and Pacific Coast Highway in downtown Huntington Beach, California. A plaque acknowledges his connection with surfing in Huntington Beach. Read more...
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30.7 milesThe City Beach around Huntington Beach Pier closes at 10 pm and opens at 5 am. No person may be on the beach between these hours. No person can remain on the Pier or Pier Plaza between the hours of midnight and 5 am. No unaccompanied minor may be in any public place or on the premises of any establishment Read more...
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30.71 milesDuke’s restaurant in Huntington Beach, California, does not allow dogs, with the exception of service animals such as guide dogs, signal dogs or other animal individually trained to provide assistance to an individual with a disability. Read more...
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30.77 milesHuntington Beach Pier is 1,856 feet (or 565 meters) in length, making it the longest pier in Orange County. The concrete pier was completed in 1992, replacing the previous shorter pier which was closed after being badly damaged in a storm in 1988. Read more...
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33.63 milesActor Paul Walker died in a car crash on the afternoon of November 20th, 2013, on Hercules Street on the Rye Canyon Business Park in Santa Clarita’s Valencia neighborhood. 40-year-old Walker, a star of the Fast & Furious film franchise, was a passenger in a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT driven by Roger Rodas, who also died in the crash. The Read more...
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40.98 milesLake Piru’s swim areas and beaches are open from the Friday before Memorial Day weekend through the Friday after Labor Day. There are designated areas for swimming and wading at Reasoner Cove beach, the shore line between the northernmost outcropping of Reasoner Cove north to Juan Fernandez Launch ramp, the Juan Fernandez beach, Cow Cove, Skiers Cove, Santa Felicia Cove, Read more...
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41.01 milesGlee actress Naya Rivera died by accidental drowning, aged 33, at Lake Piru in Ventura County, California on July 8th, 2020. Rivera rented a pontoon boat on the lake with her 4-year-old son, Josey, and was reported missing when she failed to return. Her son was found alone on the boat. A search team found her body in the northeastern Read more...
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58.59 milesDogs are permitted at San Mateo Campground but they must be under control at all times and on a leash no longer than six feet. They must be kept in a vehicle or tent at night and not be left unattended at any time. Only service dogs are allowed in buildings or on the beach. Read more...