ENCINO One of San Fernando Valley's shining stars, Encino, known for its fashionable shopping centers. But this community has as much heart as it does style. Encino, which means "evergreen oak," has been home to the rich and famous throughout its history. Among the high-profile entertainers who have lived in the community are John Wayne, Clark Gable, W.C. Fields, Houdini, Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler, Spencer Tracey, Dinah Shore, Mary Astor, Jack Webb, Margaret O'Brien, Shirely MacLaine, Cher and Michael Jackson. Honorary mayors have included residents Dick Van Dyke, Bob Barker, Steve Allen and Gary Owens. It has as much ritz as it does glamour. Yet is has that sense of home with many diverse Real Estate Market where you can fine your home. Geography Encino is bordered by Tarzana on the west, the Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area on the north, Sherman Oaks on the east, and the Encino Reservoir of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power on the south. The district's boundaries are roughly Mulholland Drive on the south, Lindley Avenue on the west, Victory Boulevard on the north, and the San Diego Freeway on the east. Major thoroughfares include Ventura, Magnolia and Burbank Boulevards, as well as White Oak Avenue, Balboa Boulevard, Haskell Avenue and Hayvenhurst Avenue School Information Encino is the location of Phillips Graduate Institute and a Pepperdine University satellite campus.Area public primary and secondary schools are operated by the Los Angeles Unified School District. The area is within Board District 4.The public elementary schools serving Encino are: - Emelita Elementary School
- Encino Elementary School
- Lanai Road Elementary School
- Hesy Oaks School
The public middle schools serving Encino are: - Mulholland Middle School
- Portola Middle School
- Hesby Oaks School
The public high schools serving Encino are: - Birmingham High School
- Reseda High School
Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies is a magnet school in the area.Zane Grey Continuation High School is in the area.The private schools are: - Children’s Community School,
- Los Encinos School,
- The Learning Center Foundation
- Valley Beth Shalom Day School,
- St.Cyril's of Jerusalem
- Westmark School
- Holy Martyrs Armenian High School
- Crespi Carmelite High School, and
- Our Lady of Grace.
Libraries The Los Angeles Public Library operates the Encino-Tarzana Branch at 18321 Ventura Boulevard in Tarzana. TARZANA Tarzana is a located east of Woodland Hills and west of Encino in the San Fernando Valley. Tarzana has approximately 40,000+ residents. Edgar Burroughs, author of Tarzan books, first applied the name to the 550 acre ranch he bought in 1919. In 1927, the 300 residents of the surrounding community held a contest and chose the name Tarzana for this rural place of berry farms and chicken ranches. Homes in the area sell from the $400,000 and range on up. It is a lovely community with many fascinating areas to wander through it's extensive history. Geography Tarzana, a district of Los Angeles, is surrounded by Reseda to the north, Woodland Hills to the west, Encino to the east, and the Santa Monica Mountains (also a part of Los Angeles) to the south. Major roads in Tarzana include Reseda Boulevard, Tampa Avenue, Wilbur Avenue, Burbank Boulevard, and Ventura Boulevard, the commercial backbone of the southern San Fernando Valley. Most of Tarzana's inhabitants live in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains south of Ventura Boulevard. North of the Ventura Freeway, there is a uniquely designed area meant to emulate a more rural setting called Melody Acres. Tarzana contains two country clubs (with golf courses) in the Santa Monica Mountains: El Caballero Country Club and Braemar Country Club. At the remote southern end of Reseda Blvd., there are a number of gated communities, including Mulholland Park, Silverhawk Ridge, Monte Verde, and Braemar Estates. North of the Boulevard, where a smaller portion of the population lives, there are fewer houses and more apartment buildings. Tarzana extends north to Victory Boulevard, encompassing a wide swath of medium-density housing. Zoned elementary schools include: Zoned middle schools include: Zoned high schools serving Tarzana include: - Birmingham High School in (Lake Balboa area)
- Reseda High School (in Reseda area)
- Taft High School (in Woodland Hills area)
Woodcrest Elementary School is a private preschool-5th grade school in Tarzana. Find out the school district for a particular address, just click here. Shopping - located in the north-western part of the San Fernando Valley. Features over 170 stores and restaurants, plus a movie theatre. - In its prime, this mall defined the LA shopping mall experience. It was featured in movies and the popular 1980s-era song, "Valley Girl" by Frank Zappa. The mall has gone through some reorganization and was recently remodeled. There are only a few stores here, but you'll find a movie theatre and some nice places to eat, such as P.F. Chang's, Fuddruckers and The Cheesecake Factory. - Anchored by Macy's and the Valley's only Bloomingdale's. Over 120 specialty stores and eateries. - 132 specialty stores including Nordstrom, Robinson's May, Sears, food court and restaurants. |