Dryer repair in Los Angeles County.

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• Agoura HillsAn all-electric reach code for new construction took effect in Agoura Hills on February 25, 2023.
• AlhambraAlhambra has designated 26 single-family residential areas as historic neighborhoods, among them the Bean Tract and the Midwick Tract.
• ArcadiaHarry Chandler of the Los Angeles Times developed a large tract of estate homes in Arcadia.
• Beverly GroveDebates over zoning, housing density and anti-mansion rules in Beverly Grove continued into the 2020s.
• BeverlywoodRenters occupy about 30 percent of Beverlywood's housing, and owners about 70 percent.
• BradburyAt the 2010 census, owners occupied about 87 percent of Bradbury's occupied homes.
• BurbankBurbank's greenhouse gas reduction plan set a target of electrifying all new construction by 2023.
• Canoga ParkDaily highs in Canoga Park range from about 66 degrees in winter to about 93 degrees in summer.
• CarthayCarthay households averaged 2.1 people, small for Los Angeles, in a neighborhood of about average density for the city and county.
• Century CityThe whole of Century City makes up a single census tract, number 2679.01, covering about 0.4 square miles.
• ChatsworthChatsworth summers are hot and dry, with average daily highs of 90 to 100 degrees.
• Cheviot HillsCheviot Hills holds houses by noted architects, among them Raphael Soriano's Strauss-Lewis House and the Harry Culver Estate by Wallace Neff.
• Culver CityCulver City adopted a framework in October 2022 for banning natural gas in new buildings.
• Del ReyDel Rey is divided into eight census tracts that form its neighborhood council's Areas A through H.
• Echo ParkTemperatures in Echo Park run almost identical to those downtown, under a hot-summer Mediterranean climate.
• El SegundoEl Segundo takes its name from Chevron's second refinery, built there in 1911.
• EncinoThe whole Bedford Falls town set for It's a Wonderful Life was built on four acres in Encino in 1946.
• FairfaxThe Fairfax District averaged about 10,122 residents per square mile at the 2000 census, close to the density of Los Angeles as a whole.
• GlendaleGlendale's building electrification package, which includes EV charging and solar requirements for new buildings, took effect on January 1, 2023.
• Granada HillsOnly about 26 percent of the housing in Granada Hills is occupied by renters.
• Hermosa BeachWesterly sea breezes temper the summer heat in Hermosa Beach, where average temperatures run about 70 degrees in summer and 55 in winter.
• Hidden HillsThe 2020 census counted 635 housing units in Hidden Hills, 593 of them occupied.
• HollywoodA sign reading HOLLYWOODLAND went up in the hills in 1923 to advertise a housing development, and the last four letters came down in 1949.
• Hollywood / Central LAThe four most densely populated neighborhoods counted by Mapping L.A. all lie in Central Los Angeles, led by Koreatown and Westlake.
• Hollywood HillsThe 2000 census counted 21,588 people across the Hollywood Hills' 7.05 square miles, about 3,063 per square mile.
• Hollywood Hills WestAmong the neighborhoods of Central Los Angeles, Hollywood Hills West had the lowest share of renters and the oldest population.
• KoreatownAfter the Shelley v. Kraemer ruling ended racially restrictive covenants, Koreans began moving north of Olympic Boulevard to set up homes and businesses.
• La Cañada FlintridgeAugust is the warmest month in La Cañada Flintridge, with highs in the low to mid 90s and lows in the low 70s.
• Lake BalboaOwners hold about 66 percent of Lake Balboa's housing and renters about 34 percent.
• Larchmont VillageAt about 17,747 people per square mile in 2000, Larchmont had one of the highest population densities in Los Angeles County.
• Laurel CanyonA fire in July 1959 destroyed some 38 homes in Laurel Canyon.
• Los FelizThe gated enclave of Laughlin Park, inside Los Feliz, holds 60 houses.
• Malibu / Santa Monica MountainsThe range has dry summers with frequent coastal fog on its ocean side and rainy, cooler winters.
• Mar VistaMost of the dingbat apartment buildings south of Venice Boulevard in Mar Vista fall under the city's Rent Stabilization Ordinance.
• Marina del ReyThe Admiralty High-Rise, three condominium towers at the edge of Marina del Rey, holds about 800 units, home to nearly 30 percent of the community's population.
• Mid-WilshireWilshire Vista, within Mid-Wilshire, is a neighborhood of about 1,700 homes.
• Miracle MileDeveloper A. W. Ross laid out his Wilshire Boulevard strip to serve automobile traffic rather than pedestrian shoppers.
• MonroviaAt the 2020 census, owners occupied about 46 percent of Monrovia's occupied homes and renters about 54 percent.
• Mount OlympusIts developers marketed Mount Olympus alongside other tracts of theirs called Hollywood Oasis, Dor-Mar Estates and Willow Hills North.
• Nichols CanyonIn August 2005 a brush fire above Hollywood Boulevard threatened forty to sixty Nichols Canyon homes before firefighters put it out.
• North HollywoodRenters occupy about 75 percent of North Hollywood's housing.
• NorthridgeRenters occupy about 46 percent of Northridge's housing, and owners about 54 percent.
• PalmsTwo UCLA family and graduate student housing complexes stand among the apartment buildings on the main streets of Westside Village in Palms.
• Pico-RobertsonWith about 17,468 people per square mile at the 2000 census, Pico-Robertson ranked among the most densely settled neighborhoods in the city.
• Playa del ReyIn 1910 Playa del Rey opened the Motordome, the world's first board track, used for bicycle and early auto racing.
• Playa VistaPlaya Vista was one of six communities chosen in 1998 as a national pilot project of the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing.
• Porter RanchIn October 2015 SoCalGas workers found a leak at the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage field, about a mile north of Porter Ranch homes, and thousands of residents were relocated.
• Rancho Palos VerdesOfficials cut power to 245 homes in the Rancho Palos Verdes landslide area in September 2024, when the governor declared a state of emergency.
• Rancho ParkArea boosters named Rancho Park after World War II, when residents south of Olympic Boulevard sought an identity apart from Westwood.
• Redondo BeachRedondo Beach has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, with mild winters and warm, almost rainless summers.
• ResedaReseda is named for Reseda odorata, the fragrant mignonette that was common in gardens of the time.
• Rolling HillsThe climate of Rolling Hills is classed as cold semi-arid.
• Rolling Hills EstatesAbout 90 percent of occupied homes in Rolling Hills Estates were owner-occupied at the 2020 census.
• San Fernando ValleyLADWP supplies electricity to the Los Angeles two-thirds of the Valley, Burbank and Southern California Edison serve other parts, and SoCalGas delivers the natural gas.
• San GabrielThe 2020 census counted 13,461 housing units in San Gabriel, about 96 percent of them occupied.
• San Gabriel ValleyEarly Chinese settlers in the San Gabriel Valley packed oranges, picked walnuts, worked construction and owned or worked in laundries.
• SawtelleSawtelle's Japanese American community took shape between the wars in response to exclusionary housing and land-use policies elsewhere in Los Angeles.
• Sherman OaksIn 2009 the City Council redrew Sherman Oaks' boundaries to take in an area of about 1,800 homes from Van Nuys.
• Sierra MadreSierra Madre has warm, dry summers and cool, wet winters.
• Silver LakeArchitects including Gregory Ain, John Lautner, Rudolph Schindler and Raphael Soriano designed houses in Silver Lake.
• South BayOil refineries run by Chevron in El Segundo, PBF Energy in Torrance and several companies in Wilmington and Carson line the South Bay.
• South PasadenaThe 2020 census counted 11,146 housing units in South Pasadena, about 95 percent of them occupied.
• Sunset StripUntil West Hollywood incorporated in 1984, the Sunset Strip lay in unincorporated Los Angeles County, where gambling was legal.
• TarzanaTarzana's climate is classed as hot-summer Mediterranean.
• Temple CityTemple City's original townsite, Tract 6561, was recorded with the county in June 1923.
• Toluca LakeAt 6,393 people per square mile, Toluca Lake's density was among the lowest in the City of Los Angeles.
• TopangaSummers in Topanga are warm rather than hot, with no monthly average temperature above 71.6 degrees.
• TorranceTorrance has a moderate year-round climate with about 12 inches of rain a year.
• Valley GlenValley Glen is described as about average for Los Angeles in population density, income, education and homeownership.
• Valley VillageWhen David Carradine's family moved to Valley Village in 1939, it was an isolated two-block town amid orange and walnut groves, peach orchards and cornfields.
• Van NuysGeneral Motors ran its Van Nuys Assembly plant at Van Nuys Boulevard and Arminta Street from December 1947 until August 1992.
• VeniceMost of Abbot Kinney's Venice canals were later filled in and paved over, and the former lagoon became a traffic circle.
• West HillsWest Hills summers are warm and dry, with average highs peaking at 96 degrees in August.
• West HollywoodWest Hollywood's record high of 111 degrees was set on September 26, 1963, and its record low of 24 degrees on January 4, 1949.
• WestchesterIn the late 1930s Fritz Burns and Fred W. Marlow built a tract of inexpensive prefabricated houses on a former hog farm at Manchester and Sepulveda boulevards.
• Westlake VillageAbout 81 percent of occupied homes in Westlake Village were owner-occupied at the 2020 census.
• WestsideThe Westside has no official boundary, and its eastern edge is placed variously at downtown, La Cienega Boulevard or the 405 Freeway.
• WestwoodNorth Westwood Village, west of Gayley and north of Weyburn, is mostly multifamily housing where many UCLA students live.
• Windsor SquareThe houses that once fronted Wilshire Boulevard were demolished for commercial buildings, but a neighborhood association has kept the character of the rest of Windsor Square.
• Woodland HillsThe NOAA station at Pierce College in Woodland Hills averages about 115 days a year at 90 degrees or hotter, on 1991–2020 normals.