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The affluent Brentwood section of Los Angeles is the latest wealthy suburb under threat of devastation as the Palisades Fire rages on for a sixth day just 11% contained.
Vice President Harris' neighborhood ordered to evacuate as wildfires bear down on Los Angeles January 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire as it burns a structure in the ...
Firefighting and recovery efforts continue in the Los Angeles area, where devastating fires have killing at least 28 people, destroyed more than 12,000 structures and prompted evacuation orders ...
The 1961 Brentwood-Bel-Air fire led to the destruction of 49 homes. Brenda Rees of the Los Angeles Times said "decades of construction and reconstruction erased much of the original modern design." [1] By 2000, Crestwood Hills was a wealthy neighborhood. [1]
Iran (27.2%) and the United Kingdom (4.8%) were the most common places of birth for the 21.1% of the residents who were born abroad—which was a low percentage for Los Angeles as a whole. The median yearly household income in 2008 dollars was $112,927, high for the city of Los Angeles as well as the county. [3]
This is a list of notable districts and neighborhoods within the city of Los Angeles in the U.S. state of California, present and past.It includes residential and commercial industrial areas, historic preservation zones, and business-improvement districts, but does not include sales subdivisions, tract names, homeowners associations, and informal names for areas.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has declared a local health emergency because of the fires. Health officials extended a smoke advisory of unhealthful air quality to 10 p.m. Sunday.
In 1995, Brentwood Circle became the first established neighborhood in Los Angeles to be enclosed with security fences. (The city’s other gated neighborhoods were enclosed when they were built.) [3] The Los Angeles City Council voted to allow residents to cut off public access to five streets just off Sunset Boulevard.