'Malibu Junction', also known as Whizin's Row after pioneer entrepreneur Art Whizin, is an Agoura Hills neighborhood in southern

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, western

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. Malibu Junction is located in the eastern

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between the

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and the

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. This district is on the

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(

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), and straddles the border between metropolitan

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to the east, and

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to the northwest.

History

Originally Whizin's (Malibu Junction) was a travelers stop on along old 2 lane Route 101, centered around Art Whizin's businesses. In 1953 he bought of the northern

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property, and established a little 12-stool, three-table hamburger stand with a couple of Mobile Oil Co. gasoline pumps out front. Soon he built a rodeo arena and held rodeos every Sunday. That lasted three years, then came motorcycle racing, and then midget car racing.

Present

The Malibu Junction district has recently become Agoura Hills's entertainment center, with a movie theater, popular restaurants, clubs, and a hotel built in the 2000s. The new construction has expanded the district southward across Agoura Road, edging into the rustic

. Agoura Hills is called the "Gateway to the

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". Malibu Junction, at the junction of the

and southbound Kanan-Dume Road, is a primary Entrance to the Parks,

Future

A proposed major development project for a large parcel along Agoura Road and Roadside Drive west of Kanan Road, included a master planned community using the principles of

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. In 2006 it was in a preliminary planning phase.
he Acorn-2006/ref> The local and regional negative community impacts, and

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would be significant from such a project, and would need in depth

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studies to produce an environmental impact statement (EIR), providing for the community, Planning Department, and elected representatives to review, discuss, and make decisions upon.

References

External links

Agoura Hills official website

Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy

Agoura Hills community History
— Los Angeles County Library
NPS Official Site for the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
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