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Mulholland Drive

Mulholland Drive is a street and road in the eastern Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California. It is named after pioneering Los Angeles civil engineer William Mulholland. The western rural portion in Los Angeles and Ventura counties is named Mulholland Highway. The road is featured in innumerable movies, songs, and novels. David Lynch, whose film Mulholland Drive is suffused with the atmosphere of the road, once said that one can feel "the history of Hollywood" on it.

Located at 34.1313, -118.49 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Streets in Los Angeles County, California, Roads in Los Angeles County, California, Transportation in the San Fernando Valley, Landmarks in Los Angeles, California, Irish-American history, San Fernando Valley, Santa Monica Mountains

Ventura Boulevard

Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east–west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley, California, USA; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is one of the oldest routes in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. Route 101 before the freeway (which it is parallel to for much of Ventura Boulevard's length) was built and it was also signed as Business U.S. Route 101.

Located at 34.159, -118.499 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Streets in Los Angeles County, California, San Fernando Valley, Transportation in the San Fernando Valley, U.S. Route 101

Sepulveda Dam

Located in Los Angeles, California, the Sepulveda Dam is a project of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, built in 1941 to withhold winter flood waters along the Los Angeles River. It is located south of center in the San Fernando Valley, about eight miles east of the river's official source in the western end of the Valley. Sepulveda Dam, along with Hansen Dam in the north San Fernando Valley, was constructed after the historic 1938 floods on the Los Angeles River which killed 144 people.

Located at 34.1665, -118.473 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Dams in California, Los Angeles River, Landmarks in Los Angeles, California, San Fernando Valley, United States Army Corps of Engineers dams, Dams completed in 1941

The Japanese Garden

The Japanese Garden 6.5 acres (26,000 m²) is located on the grounds of the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant in Woodley Park, at 6100 Woodley Avenue, Van Nuys, California, USA, in the midst of the San Fernando Valley. It was designed by Dr. Koichi Kawana and constructed between 1980 and 1983, with formal dedication on June 18, 1984. The Garden has been ranked tenth out of 300 public Japanese gardens in the United States by the Journal of Japanese Gardening.

Located at 34.1837, -118.481 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Parks in the San Fernando Valley, Botanical gardens in California, Parks in Los Angeles County, California, Japanese gardens, San Fernando Valley, Film shooting locations

Crespi Carmelite High School

Crespi Carmelite High School, called Crespi, is a private, Roman Catholic, four-year college preparatory all-male high school located in Encino, California in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The school was named for Friar Juan Crespí, and was founded in 1959 by the Carmelite religious order, and has been run by the Carmelites since that time.

Located at 34.1621, -118.521 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Boys' schools in the United States, Roman Catholic secondary schools in Los Angeles County, California, Educational institutions established in 1959, Carmelite Order, High schools in the San Fernando Valley, Carmelite educational institutions, High schools in Los Angeles County, California

Valley Beth Shalom

Valley Beth Shalom (informally called VBS) is a Conservative Synagogue in Encino, Los Angeles, California. With over 1,800 member families it is one of the largest synagogues in Los Angeles and one of the largest Conservative synagogues in the United States. Newsweek includes it on its list of America’s 25 Most Vibrant Congregations, saying "Valley Beth Shalom continues to be one of America's most relevant and community-minded synagogues".

Located at 34.1556, -118.477 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Conservative Jewish day schools, Jewish day schools in California, Synagogues in Los Angeles, California, 21st-century attacks on synagogues and Jewish communal organizations, Conservative synagogues in the United States, Antisemitism in the United States

The Leo Magnus Cricket Complex

The Leo Magnus Cricket Complex is located in the Van Nuys district of Los Angeles, California, United States. The cricket complex is also called Woodley Cricket Field since it is located in Woodley Park. Former Jamaican Test cricketer Franklyn Rose says "It has the best cricket field facilities in the US".

Located at 34.1856, -118.484 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Cricket grounds in the United States, Sports venues in Los Angeles, California

Bull Creek (Los Angeles County)

Bull Creek is a 9.6-mile-long tributary of the Los Angeles River in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles County, California. The creek rises in Bull Canyon on Oat Mountain. After leaving its canyon, it is encased in a concrete flood control channel, wherein it runs south from Granada Hills though North Hills, Van Nuys (including its airport), and Lake Balboa.

Located at 34.1789, -118.498 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Rivers of Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles River, Geography of the San Fernando Valley