Encino (

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for "oak") is a neighborhood in the

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region of

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History

In 1769, the Spanish

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, first Europeans to see inland areas of California, traveled north through

Sepulveda Pass Sepulveda Pass (elevation ) is a low mountain pass through the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles. It is named after the Sepúlveda family of California, a prominent Californio family that owned the land where the pass lies. It connects the ...

into the San Fernando Valley on August 5 and stayed two nights at a native village near what is now Los Encinos State Historic Park. Fray

Juan Crespi ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

, a Franciscan missionary traveling with the expedition, named the valley "El Valle de Santa Catalina de Bolonia de Los Encinos" (The Valley of St. Catherine of Bologna of the Holm Oaks). All of Crespi's name was later dropped except "Encino".

Rancho Los Encinos Rancho Los Encinos (also Rancho El Encino and Rancho Encino) was a Spanish grazing concession, and later Mexican land granted cattle and sheep rancho and travelers way-station on the El Camino Real in the San Fernando Valley, in present-day En ...

(''Ranch of Holm Oaks'') was established in 1845 when a large parcel of former Mission San Fernando land was granted to three

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by governor

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. Many ranchos were created after the secularization of the California missions, which began in 1834. Encino derives its name from the rancho.

Demographics

The 2000 U.S. census counted 41,905 residents in the Encino neighborhood — , among the lowest

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for the city but average for the county. In 2008, the city estimated that the resident population had increased to 44,581. In 2000 the median age for residents was 42, considered old for city and county neighborhoods; the percentages of residents aged 50 and older were among the county's highest.
"Encino," Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times'' The neighborhood demographic breakdown was Non-Hispanic Whites, whites, 80.1%;

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, 8.5%; Asians, 4.9%;

blacks Black is a racialized classification of people, usually a political and skin color-based category for specific populations with a mid to dark brown complexion. Not all people considered "black" have dark skin; in certain countries, often in ...

, 2.4%; and others, 4.1%.

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(30.1%) and

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(6.4%) were the most common places of birth for the 32.8% of the residents who were born abroad—an average percentage for Los Angeles. The median yearly household income in 2008 dollars was $78,529, considered high for the city. The percentage of households that earned $125,000 and up was high for

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. The average household size of 2.3 people was low when compared to the rest of the city and the county. Renters occupied 38.4% of the housing stock and house- or apartment-owners held 61.6%. The percentages of divorced residents and of widowed men and women were among the county's highest. In 2000 military veterans amounted to 10.6% of the population, a high rate for the county.

Geography

Encino is situated in the central portion of the southern

and on the north slope of the

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. It is flanked on the north by Reseda,

Lake Balboa Lake Balboa is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. The area was previously part of Van Nuys. Sepulveda Basin The Sepulveda Dam is a project of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers designed to withhold winter flood waters along the Los Angeles River. Completed in 1941, at a cost of $6,650,561 (), it is located south of center in the San Fernando Valley, appro ...

, on the east by

Sherman Oaks Sherman Oaks is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California located in the San Fernando Valley, founded in 1927. The neighborhood includes a portion of the Santa Monica Mountains, which gives Sherman Oaks a lower population density than ...

, on the south by Brentwood, and on the west by Tarzana.
Colored map, Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times''

Climate

Economy

The local economy provides jobs primarily in health care (including one of two

Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center The Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center consisted of two hospitals, one in Tarzana and the other in Encino, California. Together, the two hospitals had approximately 400 beds. The hospitals were owned by Tenet Healthcare until 2008. Previ ...

hospitals), social services, and professional services (accounting and financial services, real estate, and legal) sectors. There are approximately 3,800 businesses employing about 27,000 people at an annual payroll of $1.4 billion.

Government and infrastructure

Encino is in

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district 3 and

Los Angeles City Council District 4 Los Angeles City Council District 4 is one of the 15 districts of the Los Angeles City Council, situated in Central Los Angeles, the southern San Fernando Valley, and eastern Santa Monica Mountains. It is represented by Councilmember Nithya Raman, ...

. It is also represented within the city of

by the Encino

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, an advisory body. The

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operates the Encino Post Office at 5805 White Oak Avenue and the Balboa Van Nuys Post Office at 4930 Balboa Boulevard.

Transportation

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lot with 160 spaces is located at 5174 Hayvenhurst Avenue, which provides connections to various LADOT commuter buses.

Education

By 2000, forty-six percent of Encino residents aged 25 and older had earned a

four-year degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

, a high percentage for both the city and the county. The percentage of those residents with a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

or higher was also high for the county. Schools within the Encino boundaries are:

Public

Encino is served by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). * Hesby Oaks Leadership Charter School (K-8 school) * Encino Charter Elementary School * Emelita Street Elementary School * Fred E. Lull Special Education Center * Lanai Road Elementary School As of 2009, there were no public high schools in Encino. Public high schools serving portions of Encino were

Birmingham High School Birmingham Community Charter High School (formerly Birmingham High School) is a charter coeducational high school in the neighborhood/district of Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles, California, United States. It was ...

Lake Balboa Lake Balboa is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. The area was previously part of Van Nuys. Reseda High School Reseda Charter High School (RCHS), established in 1955, is located in the Reseda section of the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, United States. In the fall of 2018, the school became a charter and is now Reseda Charter Hi ...

in Reseda. In 1982 the board considered closing Rhoda Street Elementary School in Encino. In April 1983 an advisory committee of the LAUSD recommended closing eight LAUSD schools, including Rhoda Street School. In August 1983 the board publicly considered closing Rhoda, which had 262 students at the time. In 1984 the board voted to close the Rhoda Street School.

Private

* Sage Academy, elementary, 5901 Lindley Avenue *

Westmark School Westmark School is a private school in Encino, California, teaching 2nd through 12th grade. The school serves children with language-based learning differences including attention-deficit disorder and dyslexia among other learning disorders. Th ...

, 5461 Louise Avenue * Holy Martyrs Armenian High School/Ferrahian, 5300 White Oak Avenue *

Crespi Carmelite High School Crespi Carmelite High School, shortly known as Crespi, is a private Catholic all-male four-year college preparatory high school located in Encino District, Los Angeles, California. It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The ...

, 5031 Alonzo Avenue * Our Lady of Grace School, elementary, 17720 Ventura Boulevard * Los Encinos School, elementary, 17114 Ventura Boulevard * Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, elementary, 4650 Haskell Avenue * Valley Beth Shalom Day School, 15739 Ventura Boulevard *

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(Lycee International de Los Angeles), 5933 Lindley Avenue

Parks and recreation

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operates the Los Encinos State Historic Park in Encino. The park includes the original nine room de la Ossa Adobe, the Garnier Building, a blacksmith shop, a pond, and a natural spring. The

Sepulveda Dam The Sepulveda Dam is a project of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers designed to withhold winter flood waters along the Los Angeles River. Completed in 1941, at a cost of $6,650,561 (), it is located south of center in the San Fernando Valley, appr ...

Recreation Area, located in Encino, includes the Woodley Worel/Magnus Cricket Complex. Also included in the basin is the Encino Golf Course and the Balboa Golf Course. The Balboa Sports Complex in Encino includes a lighted baseball diamond, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, a community room, a lighted football field, a lighted handball court, an indoor gymnasium without weights and with a capacity for 400 people, an unlighted soccer field, lighted tennis courts, and lighted volleyball courts. The Sepulveda Basin Off-leash Dog Park is a

dog park A dog park is a park for dogs to exercise and play off-leash in a controlled environment under the supervision of their owners. Description Dog parks have varying features, although they typically offer a 4' to 6' fence, separate double-gated ...

in Encino. The dog park has of leash-free dog area, a small dog area, an on-leash picnic area, 100 parking spots, and public telephones. The Sepulveda Garden Center, a community garden area in Encino, has about of land and 420 garden plots.

Notable people

A–K

Bud Abbott William Alexander "Bud" Abbott (October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974) was an American comedian, actor and producer. He was best known as the straight man half of the comedy duo Abbott and Costello. Early life Abbott was born in Asbury Park, New J ...

, comedian *

Steve Allen Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American television personality, radio personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, and writer. In 1954, he achieved national fame as the co-cre ...

, actor, author *

Don Ameche Don Ameche (; born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor, comedian and vaudevillian. After playing in college shows, stock, and vaudeville, he became a major radio star in the early 1930s, which ...

, actor *

Daniel Amen Daniel Gregory Amen (born July 1954) is an American celebrity doctor who practices as a psychiatrist and brain disorder specialist as director of the Amen Clinics. He is a five-time ''New York Times'' best-selling author as of 2012. Amen has ...

, psychiatrist, born in Encino * Marc Anthony, singer-songwriter *

Gilbert Arenas Gilbert Jay Arenas Jr. (; born January 6, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. Arenas attended Grant High School in the Valley Glen district of Los Angeles, and accepted a scholarship offer to the University of Arizona lat ...

, NBA player *

Catherine Bach Catherine Bach (born Catherine Bachman; March 1, 1954) is an American actress. She is known for playing Daisy Duke in the television series ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' and Margo Dutton in ''African Skies''. In 2012, she joined the cast of the CBS ...

, actress *

Colleen Ballinger Colleen Mae Ballinger (born November 21, 1986) is an American comedian, YouTuber, actress, singer and writer. She is best known for her Internet character Miranda Sings, posting videos of the character on YouTube, performing her one-woman come ...

, actress, comedian, singer *

Foster Brooks Foster Brooks (May 11, 1912 – December 20, 2001) was an American actor and comedian best known for his portrayal of a lovable drunk in nightclub performances and television programs. Early life Brooks was born in Louisville, Kentucky on ...

, comedian *

Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best-known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter, he ...

, author *

Reggie Bush Reginald Alfred Bush Jr. (born March 2, 1985) is an American former football running back who now serves as an on-air college football analyst for Fox Sports. He played college football at USC, where he earned consensus All-American honors twi ...

, NFL player * Richard Carlson, actor and film director *

Jack Carson John Elmer Carson (October 27, 1910 – January 2, 1963) was a Canadian-born American film actor. Carson often played the role of comedic friend in films of the 1940s and 1950s, including ''The Strawberry Blonde'' (1941) with James Cagney and ...

, actor *

Johnny Carson John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television host, comedian, writer and producer. He is best known as the host of ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' (1962–1992). Carson received six Pr ...

, talk show host *

Dana Carvey Dana Thomas Carvey (born June 2, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, impressionist, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his seven seasons as a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1986 to 1993, which earned him fiv ...

, actor-comedian *

Johnny Cash John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his ca ...

, singer *

Richard Crenna Richard Donald Crenna (November 30, 1926 – January 17, 2003) was an American film, television and radio actor. Crenna starred in such motion pictures as ''The Sand Pebbles'', ''Wait Until Dark'', ''Un Flic'', ''Body Heat'', the first three ' ...

, actor *

James Charles James Charles Dickinson (born May 23, 1999) is an American beauty YouTuber and makeup artist. While working as a local makeup artist in his hometown of Bethlehem, New York, Charles started a YouTube channel, where he posts makeup tutorials. ...

, makeup artist, influencer *

Marie Currie Marie Michelle Currie (born November 30, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and artist. Currie is best known for playing in a band with her identical twin Cherie Currie called Cherie & Marie Currie. Their song " Since You Been ...

, singer and actress, born in Encino *

Sondra Currie Sondra Currie is an American actress. Currie is married to television and film director Alan J. Levi. As a couple, Currie and Levi co-produced the short film ''Take My Hand''. The film was directed by Levi and written by actress Eileen Grubba ...

, actress *

Lenny Dykstra Leonard Kyle Dykstra (; born February 10, 1963), is an American former professional baseball center fielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets (1985–1989) and Philadelphia Phillies (1989–1996). Dykstra was a thre ...

, professional athlete *

Percy Faith Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian-American bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of pop and Christmas standards. He is often credited with popularizing the "easy listeni ...

, bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor *

Alice Faye Alice Faye (born Alice Jeanne Leppert; May 5, 1915 – May 9, 1998) was an American actress and singer. A musical star of 20th Century-Fox in the 1930s and 1940s, Faye starred in such films as '' On the Avenue'' (1937) and ''Alexander's Ragtime ...

, actress *

David Forst David Lee Forst (born May 18, 1976) is an American baseball executive with the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. He is the general manager of the Athletics. Early and personal life Forst was born in Santa Monica, California, and rais ...

, general manager of Oakland Athletics * Annette Funicello, actress *

Clark Gable William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901November 16, 1960) was an American film actor, often referred to as "The King of Hollywood". He had roles in more than 60 motion pictures in multiple genres during a career that lasted 37 years, three decades ...

, actor * David Gregory, television journalist"David Gregory's Jewish roots, and how they define him" by Steve North
Jewish Journal. November 5, 2015. *

Dave Grohl David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American musician. He is the founder of the rock band Foo Fighters, in which he is the lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter. Prior to forming Foo Fighters, he was the drummer of gru ...

, musician *

Selena Gomez Selena Marie Gomez ( ; born July 22, 1992) is an American singer, actress and producer. Gomez began her acting career on the children's television series ''Barney & Friends'' (2002–2004). As a teenager, she rose to prominence for starring a ...

, singer and actor *

Phil Harris Wonga Philip Harris (June 24, 1904 – August 11, 1995) was an American actor, comedian, musician and songwriter. He was an orchestra leader and a pioneer in radio situation comedy, first with ''The Jack Benny Program'', then in '' The Phil Harr ...

, musician *

Phil Hartman Philip Edward Hartman (; September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-American actor, comedian, screenwriter and graphic designer. Hartman was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, and his family moved to the United States w ...

, actor *

David Hasselhoff David Michael Hasselhoff (born July 17, 1952), nicknamed "The Hoff", is an American actor, singer, and television personality. He has set a Guinness World Record as the most watched man on TV. Hasselhoff first gained recognition on ''The You ...

, actor and singer *

Chick Hearn Francis Dayle "Chick" Hearn (November 27, 1916 – August 5, 2002) was an American sportscaster who was the play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association for 41 years. Hearn is remembered for his rapid ...

, sportscaster *

Edward Everett Horton Edward Everett Horton Jr. (March 18, 1886 – September 29, 1970) was an American character actor. He had a long career in film, theater, radio, television, and voice work for animated cartoons. Early life Horton was born in Kings County ...

, actor *

Ron Howard Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He first came to prominence as a child actor, guest-starring in several television series, including an episode of ''The Twilight Zone''. He ...

, actor, director and producer *

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, rapper and actor *

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, musical group *

Samuel L. Jackson Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer. One of the most widely recognized actors of his generation, the films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed over $27 billion worldwide, making him ...

, actor and producer * Kelly Johnson, engineer, Lockheed Aircraft executive *

Al Jolson Al Jolson (born Eizer Yoelson; June 9, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was a Lithuanian-American Jews, Jewish singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian. He was one of the United States' most famous and highest-paid stars of the 1920s, and was self-bi ...

, singer and actor *

Victoria Justice Victoria Dawn Justice (born February 19, 1993) is an American actress and singer. She has received several accolades, including two Young Artist Awards and nominations for three Imagen Awards, an NAACP Image Award, and three Kids' Choice Awar ...

, actress and singer *

Daren Kagasoff Daren Maxwell Kagasoff (''KA-guh-sawf''; born September 16, 1987) is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Ricky Underwood on the ABC Family teen drama series ''The Secret Life of the American Teenager'' from 2008 to 2013. Early ...

, actor, born in Encino *

Lisa Kudrow Lisa Valerie Kudrow ( ; born July 30, 1963) is an American actress, producer, and screenwriter. She rose to fame for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the sitcom ''Friends'' (1994–2004), which has since been named one of the greatest television cha ...

, actress *

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, jazz guitarist, music educator

L–Z

Nick Lachey Nicholas Scott Lachey ( ; born November 9, 1973) is an American singer, actor, television personality, and host. He rose to fame as the lead singer of the multi-platinum-selling boyband 98 Degrees, and later starred in the reality series '' Newl ...

, singer *

Tim Laker Timothy John Laker (born November 27, 1969) is an American professional baseball catcher and coach. He was most recently the hitting coach for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Montreal Expos, Baltimor ...

, professional baseball player *

Robin Lane Robin Lane (born 1947, Los Angeles, California) is an American rock singer and songwriter. Her band, Robin Lane & the Chartbusters, released three albums on Warner Bros. Records in the early 1980s, and was best known for its single "When Thing ...

, rock singer/songwriter *

Martin Lawrence Martin Fitzgerald LawrenceStated in interview on ''Inside the Actors Studio'' (born April 16, 1965) is an American comedian and actor. He came to fame during the 1990s, establishing a Hollywood career as a leading actor. He got his start playin ...

, actor and comedian * Carole Lombard, actress * Julie London, actress *

Sean McVay Sean McVay (born January 24, 1986) is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He became the youngest NFL head coach in the modern era when he was hired by the Rams in 201 ...

, head coach of the

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* Jayne Meadows, actor, author * Leighton Meester, actress and singer * Michael Milken, financier; born in Encino * Mahbod Moghadam, internet entrepreneur * Lori Nelson, actress * Barney Oldfield, race car driver * Kelly Paris, baseball player; born in Encino * Candace Parker and Shelden Williams, basketball stars * Chris Paul, NBA player * Logan Paul, YouTuber, actor, and director * Daniel Pearl, journalist * Tom Petty, singer-songwriter * Richard Pryor, actor and comedian"Comedian Richard Pryor Dead at 65 — Groundbreaking Black U.S. Comedian Richard Pryor Has Died after Almost 20 Years with Multiple Sclerosis"
December 10, 2005. ''BBC News''. Retrieved January 11, 2010. *Jeff Rake, producer and screenwriter * Billy Ray (screenwriter), Billy Ray (born 1971), screenwriter and film director * Sally Ride, physicist and astronaut; born in Encino * Jenni Rivera, singer * Mickey Rooney, actor * Kyle Richards, actress * Ann Sheridan, actress * Ashlee Simpson, singer and actress * Slash (musician), Slash, musician * Kenny Smith, NBA player and TNT host * Kader Sylla, professional skateboarder * Bob Thomas (reporter), Bob Thomas, Hollywood reporter and author * John Travolta, actor * Arthur Treacher, actor * Steve Vai, guitarist * John Wayne, actor and director * Jack Webb, actor and director * Roger Williams (pianist), Roger Williams, pianist * John Wooden, basketball coach

Notable attractions

The Encino Velodrome has provided an outdoor oval bicycle racing track since 1961. Los Encinos State Historic Park features historic buildings, a small museum, and picnic grounds. In 2009 it faced closure due to California's budget crisis. The Park remains open today. The Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area is a large area with multiple golf courses, tennis courts, soccer fields, baseball diamonds, bike paths, and a lake bordered by about 2,000 Pink Cloud cherry trees that blossom in the spring. Encino Park was founded around 1937 and has a playground, as well as basketball courts and two lighted tennis courts. For over a millennium, the area known as Encino was the home of a massive California live oak known as the Encino Oak Tree. It is possible that Encino is named because of this particular tree. (''Encino'' is the Spanish word for "evergreen" or "holm oak.") It was known for its size and longevity. The tree died on February 7, 1998, after an El Niño storm felled it. Today there is a monument to the tree at the corner of Ventura Boulevard and Louise Avenue where the Encino Oak once stood.

In popular culture

*Encino is a recurring location in the ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' series, where the character List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters#Supporting characters#Patchy the Pirate, Patchy the Pirate takes residence in the neighborhood. In the special episode ''SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis, Atlantis SquarePantis'', Patchy stars in a subplot in which he had to return home to Encino to watch the new ''SpongeBob'' episode, but the neighborhood had disappeared. *The 1992 movie ''Encino Man'' revolves around two geeky teenagers from Encino who discover a caveman in their backyard, frozen in a block of ice where he has to learn to live in the 20th century while teaching the teenagers about life. *Paul Thomas Anderson's 2021 movie ''Licorice Pizza'' is largely set in 1970s Encino. *Frank Zappa's song "Valley Girl" mentions Encino in the lyrics. *The movie "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" filmed several scenes in Encino. *In the "Columbo" TV series episode "A Bird In The Hand," the scene where Columbo visits a car dealership was filmed in Encino. * The 2022 comedy horror film ''Studio 666'' sees Foo Fighters frontman

battle supernatural forces while the band try to record an album in an Encino mansion. *In the ''Gex (series), Gex'' video game series, the eponymous character grew up in Encino.

Gallery

File:Encino Hospital Medical Center - 05.31.10.JPG, Encino Hospital Medical Center, Ventura Boulevard File:Encino Place Shopping Ctr, Los Angeles, CA.JPG, Encino Place, Ventura Boulevard File:Children's Carousel at Encino Place, Los Angeles.JPG, Children's carousel at Encino Place File:Coldwell Banker Bldg, Encino, Los Angeles.JPG, Coldwell Banker, Encino Executive Plaza, Ventura Blvd. and Hayvenhurst File:Statuary, Ventura Boulevard.JPG, Statue, Statuary on Ventura Boulevard File:Lake Balboa.jpg, Lake Balboa, an artificial lake in Encino's Balboa Park File:RanchoEncino-1900.jpg,

, part of the town's original namesake, 1900

References

Works cited

* * * * * * * * * * Johnson, Clarence L.; Smith, Maggie (1985). ''More than My Share of It All''. Smithsonian Institution.

External links

"A history rooted in farms and film stars", ''Los Angeles Times'', Real Estate section, Neighborly Advice column, 17 July 2005

* [http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/neighborhood/encino/crime/ Encino crime map and statistics] {{Authority control Encino, Los Angeles, Communities in the San Fernando Valley Neighborhoods in Los Angeles Populated places established in 1845 Populated places in the Santa Monica Mountains