La Mirada is a city in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, and is one of the Gateway Cities. The population was 48,527 at the 2010 census, up from 46,783 at the 2000 census. The city of La Mirada was listed on CNN Money Magazine's "Best Place to Live" list. La Mirada placed 34th on the list, with the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and the Splash! La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center as two of its main attributes.
Population: 48,527
Latitude: 33° 55' 2.06" N
Longitude: -118° 00' 43.24" W
Golden West Airlines, Flight 261, a De Havilland Twin Otter DHC-6, collided with a Cessna 150 (N11421), owned by CessnAir Aviation, Inc., near Whittier, California. The accident occurred on January 9, 1975 at approximately 4:07 p.m.
Garden Grove High School is a high school located in Garden Grove, California.
East Whittier is a census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 9,757 at the 2010 census, up from 9,538 at the 2000 census.The name was changed from East La Mirada in 2012, likely due to its prec…
Compton/Woodley Airport (IATA: CPM, ICAO: KCPM, FAA LID: CPM) is a county-owned public-use airport located two miles southwest of downtown Compton, in southern Los Angeles County, California. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for…
Blair Field is a stadium in Long Beach, California. It originally opened in 1956 and is primarily used for baseball. It holds 3,238 people.
The Whittier Narrows is located at the southern boundary of the San Gabriel Valley, in Los Angeles County, California. It is a water gap between the Puente Hills to the east and the Montebello Hills to the west.
West Puente Valley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, USA, northwest of La Puente. The population was 22,636 at the 2010 census, up from 22,589 at the 2000 census.
Bishop Mora Salesian High School is an all-male Roman Catholic high school located in the Boyle Heights community of Los Angeles, California. The school mascot is the Mustangs. It was named after Francisco Mora y Borrell, Bishop of the former Monter…
Mayfair High School is a high school and middle school in the Bellflower Unified School District in the city of Lakewood, California.
Lions Drag Strip was a US raceway in the Wilmington district of Los Angeles, California adjacent to Long Beach that existed from 1955 to 1972. The track was named after its sponsors Lions Clubs International and featured many races that were sanctio…
La Serna High School (abbreviated LSHS) is a public high school in Whittier, California that was founded in 1961 and is part of the Whittier Union High School District.
East San Gabriel is a census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
The Wholesale District or more recently[when?] the Warehouse District, of Los Angeles is a group of warehouses located in the southeast part of Downtown Los Angeles. Most of the warehouses are industrial in nature and serve the greater Los Angeles a…
University Hills is a district on the East Side of Los Angeles, California.
Titan Gym is a 4,000 seat, indoor multi-purpose stadium on the campus of California State University, Fullerton in Fullerton, California.
The Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park in Santa Ana, California is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) zoo focusing on the animals and plants of Central and South America. The Santa Ana Zoo hosts more than 270,000 people annually. The zoo opened in 1952 and is owned and…
Rancho Los Nietos was one of the first, and the largest, Spanish land concession in Alta California. Located in present day Los Angeles County and Orange County, California.
Pony Express is a steel motorbike roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California.