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Lake Sherwood, originally Potrero Lake, is the oldest man-made lake in California.It was built in 1904 and is approximately 165 acres (0.67 km 2).It was changed to Lake Sherwood when the surrounding areas, used for the filming of "Robin Hood" starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., in 1921, became known as "Sherwood Forest" and "Maid Marian Park."
The Los Angeles Times reported that the 2000 U.S. census counted 61,166 residents in the 9.15-square-mile Sherman Oaks neighborhood, including a wide swath of the Santa Monica Mountains—or 6,687 people per square mile, among the lowest population densities for the city. In 2008, the city estimated that the resident population had increased to ...
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Corky's was a restaurant in Los Angeles, California's Sherman Oaks neighborhood. It was designed by Armet & Davis and built in 1958. It has a sweeping roofline characteristic of Googie architecture. [1] It was remodeled in the 1970s and has been restored in recent years. [1]
The restaurant was opened by Rafael Vega, whose mother crossed the U.S.-Mexico border into National City in 1934 to give birth to him, in 1956 when he was 22. [1] [2] [3] It is located at the corner of Ventura Blvd. and Fulton Avenue. [3]
Since 2018, the Lee family has served some of L.A.'s top Cantonese barbecue, chile oil and combo plates heaped with grandma-inspired curry and roast meats from a small storefront in downtown's ...
Jul. 2—Theatre of the Big Bend's 59th season opens with "Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood" by Ken Ludwig Friday, July 5, at the Kokernot Outdoor Theatre in Alpine. Based on the English ...
In the mid-1990s he was the drummer for Eric Burdon's I band. Though his resume was impressive, Craney's greatest commercial success was drumming for the Gino Vannelli single "I Just Wanna Stop" which soared to #4 in the US and #1 in Canada. Craney died of complications from diabetes and pneumonia in Sherman Oaks, California, at the age of 53.