Palisades Park. The sheds were open on the street side, protected by chain-link fencing.Inside were dioramas of the Holy Family made from store mannequins; critics arguedthat many of them did not resemble real people, were damaged, or were otherwiseinappropriate. In 2001 the city decided to temporarily end the practice of allowing privategroups to place displays in city parks, but in 2004 the Christmas displays returned.Santa Monica is known for having a large population of British and Irish expatriates,which accounts for the numerous pubs in the city. Some bars are as likely to showEnglish Premiership games as they are American football games.Natives and tourists alike have enjoyed the Santa Monica Rugby Club since 1972. Theclub has been very successful since its conception, most recently winning back-to-backnational championships in 2005 and 2006. Santa Monica defeated the Boston IrishWolfhounds 57-19 in the Division 1 final, convincingly claiming its second consecutiveAmerican title on June 4th, 2006, in San Diego. They offer Men's, Women's and athriving childrens programs.Every Fall the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce hosts The Taste of Santa Monica onthe Santa Monica Pier. Visitors can sample food and drink from Santa Monicarestaurants.EducationFounded in 1929 with an enrollment of 153, Santa Monica College (SMC, informallyknown as Pico Tech or Harvard-by-the-Sea), a junior college, now occupies 35 acres (14ha) and enrolls 30,000 students annually. The two-year college is the leading source oftransfers to the University of California system. Rolling Stone magazine rated it amongthe top ten community colleges in the nation in 1998. Notable SMC alumni and dropoutsinclude: James Dean, Dustin Hoffman, Rickie Lee Jones, Arnold Schwarzenegger, andformer Microsoft chief technology officer Nathan Myhrvold. The college also serves asthe location of the studios of 89.9 KCRW, a National Public Radio affiliate known for itseclectic music programming.The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District provides public education at theelementary and secondary levels. Private high schools in the city include the CrossroadsSchool, New Roads School, Lighthouse Christian Academy and Saint Monica's ParochialSchool.TransportationThe Santa Monica Freeway (Interstate 10) begins in the Santa Monica near the PacificOcean and heads east from there. The Santa Monica Freeway between Santa Monica anddowntown <strong>Los</strong> <strong>Angeles</strong> has the distinction of being one of the busiest highways in all ofNorth America. After traversing <strong>Los</strong> <strong>Angeles</strong> County, I-10 continues all the way acrossthe USA, crossing seven more states, to the Atlantic Ocean at Jacksonville, Florida. At
the eastern edge of Santa Monica, there is a large road sign designating this route as theChristopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway, but it is doubtful that more of thesesigns have been erected by the states. California State Highway 1 (LincolnBoulevard/Pacific Coast Highway) passes through Santa Monica on its way from thesouthern boundary of California to the northern boundary. California State Route 2(Santa Monica Boulevard) begins in Santa Monica and continues northeast across <strong>Los</strong><strong>Angeles</strong> County, crossing the San Gabriel Mountains as the <strong>Angeles</strong> Crest Highway.Santa Monica is also the western (Pacific) terminus of historic U.S. Route 66, a road fromChicago, Illinois, to <strong>Los</strong> <strong>Angeles</strong> County. Route 66 terminates at the Santa Monica Pier, alocation that has served as the setting for numerous television shows, commercials andmovies. Close to the eastern boundary of Santa Monica the very long SepulvedaBoulevard passes on its way from southmost <strong>Los</strong> <strong>Angeles</strong> County to the San FernandoValley. Also close to the eastern boundary of Santa Monica lies Interstate-405, the SanDiego Freeway, a major north-south route in <strong>Los</strong> <strong>Angeles</strong> County. To summarize, in spiteof its relatively small land area, Santa Monica is a critical highway junction and terminus.Santa Monica is also the home for the Third Street Promenade, a major outdoorpedestrian oriented shopping district that stretches for four blocks between Wilshire Blvd.and Colorado Blvd.The City of Santa Monica runs its own award-winning bus service, the Big Blue Bus,which also serves much of <strong>Los</strong> <strong>Angeles</strong>'s Westside and UCLA. A Big Blue Bus wasfeatured prominently in the motion picture Speed.The city is also served by the <strong>Los</strong> <strong>Angeles</strong> County Metropolitan TransportationAuthority's bus lines. Metro also complements Big Blue service, as when Big Blue routesare not operational overnight, Metro buses make all Big Blue Bus stops, in addition toMTA stops. It currently has no rail service but Metro is working on bringing light rail toSanta Monica in the form of the Exposition Line. The Red Line subway is also in themidst of an extension to Santa Monica, dubbed "subway to the sea". In the past, SantaMonica had rail service operated by the Pacific Electric Railway, until it was dismantledin the 1960's.Santa Monica beach and pier
- Page 1:
703 Radford LaneFoster City, CA 944
- Page 4 and 5:
The city is divided into three majo
- Page 6 and 7:
• Willow Elementary School• Yer
- Page 8 and 9:
has since developed on Valley Boule
- Page 10 and 11:
Arcadia, CaliforniaFrom Wikipedia,
- Page 12 and 13:
James Dobson, a previous Arcadia re
- Page 14 and 15:
EconomyThe median income for a hous
- Page 16 and 17:
Burbank, CaliforniaSeal of BurbankF
- Page 18 and 19:
In the meantime, the United States
- Page 20 and 21:
for service south into Downtown and
- Page 22 and 23:
Looking east over Burbank from Univ
- Page 24 and 25:
at Lockheed's Skunkworks• Patton
- Page 26 and 27:
From Wikipedia, the free encycloped
- Page 28 and 29:
José María Verdugo, a corporal in
- Page 30 and 31:
and the musical Hollywood Hotel wit
- Page 32 and 33:
Community organizationsThe City of
- Page 34 and 35:
The municipal pier in downtown Herm
- Page 36 and 37:
The modern day punk band Pennywise
- Page 38 and 39:
Lancaster is the ninth-largest city
- Page 40 and 41:
SealLocationLocation within Los Ang
- Page 42 and 43:
Tourists are also drawn to Long Bea
- Page 44 and 45:
Shipping and transportationAerial v
- Page 46 and 47:
Long Beach has some bike paths alon
- Page 48 and 49:
Long Beach Grand PrixThe Long Beach
- Page 50 and 51:
During the two Olympic Games held i
- Page 52 and 53:
ParadesChristmas boat "parades" are
- Page 54 and 55:
including truck beds,steering colum
- Page 56 and 57:
Private high schools• Cambodian C
- Page 58 and 59:
• St Maria GorettiElementary Scho
- Page 60 and 61:
• Bixby Village• Bluff Park•
- Page 62 and 63:
• Dave Hansen: MajorLeague Baseba
- Page 64 and 65:
• George Deukmejian:Governor ofCa
- Page 66 and 67:
TriviaDouglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan
- Page 68 and 69:
Transportation• Long Beach Public
- Page 70 and 71: Manhattan Beach) was purchased by A
- Page 72 and 73: The district as a whole received a
- Page 74 and 75: • Brian Cook: Powerforward for th
- Page 76 and 77: Street map from Google Maps or Yaho
- Page 78 and 79: Palmenthal, the first European sett
- Page 80 and 81: • The Palmdale SchoolDistrict is
- Page 82 and 83: Valley College maincampus.• Chapm
- Page 84 and 85: original village in the1800’s.•
- Page 86 and 87: Quartz Hill (district).Some P.O. bo
- Page 88 and 89: eliable that wind turbines are used
- Page 90 and 91: • Grubb & Ellis• ICS Perely & S
- Page 92 and 93: Public transportationThe Palmdale T
- Page 94 and 95: Street map from Google Maps or Yaho
- Page 96 and 97: The original inhabitants of Pasaden
- Page 98 and 99: Southern California in 1941, and th
- Page 100 and 101: • The Waverly School• Mayfield
- Page 102 and 103: observatory sinceLowe was such apat
- Page 104 and 105: parrots fall into as many as five d
- Page 106 and 107: • The Gamble House• Old Town Pa
- Page 108 and 109: According to the local newspaper, t
- Page 110 and 111: allows properties within two to thr
- Page 112 and 113: Redondo Beach is the birthplace of
- Page 114 and 115: A typical stretch of Valencia Boule
- Page 116 and 117: Television and movie productionBeca
- Page 118 and 119: Santa Monica is a coastal city in w
- Page 122 and 123: The city owns and operates a genera
- Page 124 and 125: DemographicsThe seal of the City of
- Page 126 and 127: See also• Lynette Fromme,criminal
- Page 128 and 129: City of Torrance, CaliforniaSealLoc
- Page 130 and 131: Torrance Beach lies between Redondo
- Page 132 and 133: • Other schools: Thelargest Engli
- Page 134 and 135: • Lisa Moretti - WWE's"Ivory"•
- Page 136 and 137: Website: www.weho.orgWest Hollywood
- Page 138 and 139: As of the census GR2 of 2000, there
- Page 140 and 141: The West Hollywood Halloween Carnav