Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles

Laurel Canyon is a canyon in the Santa Monica Mountains and a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. It has been mentioned in numerous films, novels and songs about Los Angeles, including in the film drama Laurel Canyon from the year 2002.

The name probably derives from growing there California laurel ( Umbellularia californica ), which is also called its California bay laurel.

On December 14, 1962 of a Lockheed Super Constellation in the residential area were 29 buildings were damaged and killed all five people on board and three residents in the crash.

In the years 1910-1915 in Laurel Canyon also wrong the first operated in scheduled passenger transport trolleybus of the United States.

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