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===Education===
===Education===
Toluca Lake is a part of the [[Los Angeles Unified School District]], and Toluca Lake Elementary School<ref>[http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Toluca_Lake_EL/ Toluca Lake Elementary School]</ref> is within its borders.
Toluca Lake is a part of the [[Los Angeles Unified School District]], and Toluca Lake Elementary School<ref>[http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Toluca_Lake_EL/ Toluca Lake Elementary School]</ref> is within its borders.

==Famous residents==
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*[[Dana Andrews]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Richard Arlen]],<ref name="TLCoChist"/><ref>http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=richard+arlen+toluca+lake&btnG=Search+Archives&hl=en&ned=us&scoring=a</ref> actor, first "unofficial Mayor" of Toluca Lake
*[[Mary Astor]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Ford Austin]],<ref name="The Tolucan Times"/> independent film icon, President of The Hollywood Appreciation Society
*[[Gene Autry]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Frankie Avalon]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Zooey Austin]],<ref name="The Tolucan Times"/>
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*[[George Barris (auto customizer)]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[John Beal (composer)|John Beal]],<ref>http://www.moviemusicuk.us/beal.htm</ref> composer
*[[Ken Berry]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Ann Blyth]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Jimmy Brown]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Brooke Burns]],<ref name="Celebrity Dog Watcher">{{Cite web|url= http://www.celebritydogwatcher.com/2008/01/16/brooke-burns-walks-max/ |title=Brooke Burns Walks Max |date=January 16, 2008 |accessdate=June 18, 2009|publisher=CelebrityDogWatcher.com}}</ref> actress
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*[[Joe Campanella]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Steve Carell]],<ref name="SFGate">{{cite news|url= http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/26/RE43RKN3C.DTL |title=Carell-Walls family moving up to Toluca Lake |date=August 26, 2007 |first=Ruth |last=Ryon |accessdate=June 17, 2009 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |publisher=SFGate.com}}</ref> actor
*[[Jack Carson]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Angela Cartwright]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Sarah Calvert]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/> actress and singer
*[[Bing Crosby]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Billy Ray Cyrus]] country singer and father of Miley Cyrus
*[[Miley Cyrus]],<ref name="Vanity Fair">{{Cite web|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/06/miley200806 |title=Miley Knows Best |date = June 2008|first=Bruce |last=Handy |accessdate=June 17, 2009|publisher=VanityFair.com}}</ref> actress and singer
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*[[Bobby Darin]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[John Davidson (entertainer)|John Davidson]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Doris Day]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Lisa Day]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Sandra Dee]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Hilary Duff]],<ref name="ReferenceA">[[E!|E! Entertainment]]'s "20 Under 25" TV special. December 22, 2008.</ref> actress and singer
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*[[Fabian]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Peter Facinelli]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/> actor
*[[W.C. Fields]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Kirk Fogg]],<ref name="blockshopper">{{Cite web|url=http://losangeles.blockshopper.com/news/story/900028265-Former_Nickelodeon_game_show_host_seeks_2_24M_in_Toluca_Lake/|title=Former Nickelodeon game show host seeks $2.24M in Toluca Lake|last=Valens|first=Cindy|date=2009-07-23|work=Blockshopper Los Angeles|accessdate=2009-07-27}}</ref> actor and game show host
*[[Tennessee Ernie Ford]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Red Foxx]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Robert Fuller]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
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*[[Andy García]],<ref name="TLCoChist"/><ref name="The New York Times">{{cite news|url= http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/12/movies/12garc.html?_r=1 |title=His Homeland, His Obsession |date=February 12, 2005 |first=Mirta |last=Ojito |accessdate=June 18, 2009|publisher=NYTimes.com}}</ref> actor
*[[James Garner]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Jennie Garth]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/> actress
*[[Selena Gomez]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/> actress and singer
*[[Andy Griffith]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
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*[[Goldie Hawn]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Neal Hefti]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/arts/music/16hefti.html?_r=2&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin | work=The New York Times | first=Bruce | last=Weber | title=Neal Hefti, 85, Jazz and Hollywood Composer, Dies | date=October 16, 2008}}</ref>
*[[Paul Henning]] and his daughter [[Linda Henning|Linda]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Jennifer Love Hewitt]],<ref name="People">{{Cite web|url= http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20148744,00.html |title=Insider |date=December 1, 2003 |first=Tom |last=Cunneff |accessdate=June 17, 2009|publisher=People.com}}</ref> actress
*[[William Holden]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Bob Hope]],<ref name="TLCoChist"/> actor
*[[Ron Howard]] and his brother [[Clint Howard|Clint]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
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*[[David Janssen]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Jonas Brothers]],<ref name="Jonas">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ivnnetwork.com/news/207/ARTICLE/23899/2008-10-06.html |title=Jonas Brothers' live home in the Toluca Lake area of LA |date=October 6, 2008 |accessdate=May 24, 2009|publisher=IVNNetwork.com.com}}</ref> actors and singers
*[[Jackie Calaizis]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
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*[[Ruby Keeler]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Wayne Knight]],<ref name="People archives">{{Cite web|url= http://storage.people.com/jpgs/20031201/20031201-750-68.jpg |title=Hello, New Man! |date=December 1, 2003 |first=Allison |last=Adato |accessdate=June 18, 2009|publisher=People.com}}</ref> actor
*[[Swoosie Kurtz]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
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*[[Dorothy Lamour]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[George Lopez]],<ref name="The Tolucan Times">{{Cite web|url= http://tolucantimes.info/2009/05/13/the-gift-of-life-celebrated-by-george-lopez/ |title=The Gift of Life Celebrated by George Lopez |date=May 13, 2009 |first=Margie |last=Barron |accessdate=June 18, 2009 |publisher=TolucanTimes.info}}</ref> actor
*[[Demi Lovato]],<ref name="OMG 2009-04-14">{{Cite web|url=http://omg.yahoo.com/photos/2-hot-2-handle/2816?nc#id=6|title=2 Hot 2 Handle|date=April 14, 2009|publisher=OMG.yahoo.com|accessdate=April 14, 2009}}</ref> actress and singer (former resident)
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*[[Garry Marshall]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Billy Martin]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Eric McCormack]],<ref name="The Tolucan Times"/> actor
*[[Frank McHugh]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Dudley Moore]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Wayne Morris]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Audie Murphy]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
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*[[Jim Nabors]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[John James Nazarian]]<ref>Martin Lasden, [http://www.callawyer.com/story.cfm?pubdt=NaN&eid=877922&evid=1 "The Pellicano Effect,"] ''California Lawyer,'' October 2006.</ref>
*[[Ozzie Nelson|Ozzie]] & [[Harriet Nelson]] and their sons [[David Nelson (actor)|David]] and [[Ricky Nelson|Ricky]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Wendell Niles|Wendell Niles, Sr.]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
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*[[Donny Osmond|Donny]] and [[Marie Osmond]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Patton Oswalt]]<ref name="Toluca Talk">{{Cite web|url= http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/ec8756b7fc/toluca-talk-with-patton-oswalt/ |title=Toluca Talk with Patton Oswalt|date=September 1, 2009 |accessdate=April 8, 2010 |publisher=FunnyorDie.com}}</ref> actor and stand-up comedian
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*[[George Patterson]] ([[The Wellingtons (folk group)‎]]
*[[Luis Rodolfo Pena]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Roger Perry]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Zazu Pitts]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Mala Powers]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Jason Priestley]],<ref name="OMG 2009-04-14"/> actor
*[[Denver Pyle]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
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*[[Tex Ritter]] and his son [[John Ritter|John]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
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*[[Juliana Sedgers]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Frank Sinatra]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Keely Smith]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Craig Strong]]
*[[Tara Strong]], actress, voice-over actress, comedian and singer
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*[[Alan Thicke]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Ashley Tisdale]],<ref name="the Insider">{{Cite web|url= http://www.theinsider.com/news/2237179_Ashley_Tisdale_and_Scott_Speer_Toluca_Lake_Lovers |title=Ashley Tisdale and Scott Speer: Toluca Lake Lovers |date=June 1, 2009 |accessdate=June 17, 2009|publisher=TheInsider.com}}</ref> actress and singer
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*[[Rudy Vallée]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
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*[[Denzel Washington]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Henry Winkler]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Jonathan Winters]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
*[[Jo Anne Worley]]<ref name="TLCoChist"/>
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==Nearby points of interest==
==Nearby points of interest==

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Toluca Lake
Toluca Lake sign
Toluca Lake sign
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyLos Angeles
CityLos Angeles
Established1923
Population
 (2009)[1]
 • Total7,782
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes
91602
Area code818

Toluca Lake is a district, 12 miles (19 km) north of downtown Los Angeles, in the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California, and a "community within two communities, North Hollywood and Burbank".[2]

Toluca Lake started out as Forman Toluca Ranch, a ranch known for its crops of peaches, apples and walnuts,[2] but after development is currently home to affluent residents, many of whom work as part of nearby Hollywood's film industry.

Geography

Toluca Lake is situated in the southeastern San Fernando Valley straddling the city of Burbank, the Los Angeles district of North Hollywood, and near the unincorporated county area of Universal City, at the northern base of the Hollywood Hills section of the Santa Monica Mountains.

The area’s historic boundaries were Cahuenga Boulevard, Camarillo Street, Clybourn Avenue, and the Los Angeles River,[2][3] but have been widened to Vineland between the 170 freeway and the Los Angeles River [4] and it is located between two major film and television production studios, Universal Studios to the south and Warner Bros. to the east. The Santa Monica Mountains surround the area.

The geologic Toluca Lake is a 6-acre (2.4 ha) body of water located near the district’s southeastern boundaries. The historic natural lake was fed by springs of upwelling groundwater from the substantial Los Angeles River and San Fernando Valley subterranean aquifers. Late 19th and 20th century L. A. DWP well extraction and 1930s concrete river channelization lowered the water table, and currently community wells at the lake’s edges maintain the water level.[2][5] The bottom of the lake is surfaced with four inches (102 mm) of asphalt concrete to prevent seepage.[2] Owned by the surrounding homeowners, the lake has been maintained by the Toluca Lake Property Owners Association, a non-profit corporation established in 1934.[2] The lake, surrounded by private residences and the Lakeside Golf Club, is inaccessible to the public.[citation needed]

Demographics

In 2009, the Los Angeles Times’s “Mapping L.A.” project supplied these Toluca Lake neighborhood statistics: population: 7,782; median household income: $73,111.[1]

Community

History

The Tongva people lived in the locale, and the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles basin, for 8,000 years.[6] The Tongvan settlement Cahuenga used the springs and marsh for water, fishing, hunting, harvesting, and building supplies (tule plants).[7]

After the Spanish conquest in the 1790s of Las Californias the San Fernando Valley, including the "Toluca Lake locale" became the extended property of the Mission San Fernando Rey de España. After the 1823 Independence of Mexico, the secularization of missions in Alta California included the issuing of a Mexican land grant for Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando.[8] The extreme eastern end of the lake was within the 1843 Rancho Providencia grant to Vincente de la Osa.[9] In 1862. Pío Pico sold his share of the Ex-San Fernando Mission land, the entire southern half of the Valley below Roscoe Boulevard, to Isaac Lankershim (operating as the "San Fernando Farm Homestead Association") in 1869. In 1873, Isaac Lankershim's son James Boon (J. B.) Lankershim, and future son-in-law, Isaac Newton Van Nuys, took over management of the property, including the lake at Toluca. During the 1880s, the San Fernando Farm Homestead Association was succeeded by the "Los Angeles Farm & Milling Company".

Original Toluca Lake lot parcels in the Lankershim Ranch Land and Water Company land sales of 1887

In 1893, a petition was filed with the U.S. Postal Service for the area's first post office, to be named "Toluca Post Office". General Charles Forman, a wealthy local landowner and one of the proponents of the petition, later stated that he had chosen the name "Toluca" from a Paiute Indian word meaning "fertile" or "beautiful" valley. Though part of a larger area traditionally called "Lankershim" after a Colonel of the same name — and with a Southern Pacific Railroad train station named "Lankershim" also opened in 1893 across from the post office — Forman called his own ranch and the surrounding land "Toluca".[10]

One of the wealthiest men in Nevada, Forman had made his fortune from nothing, starting in mining, then cattle ranching, and then lumber. Falling in love with and marrying Los Angeles native Mary Agnes Gray, he soon moved to the area in the late 1880s and started the Kern River Company, a power company which delivered electricity from generators at the Kern River to Los Angeles. He also bought a large parcel of rich farm land, which included much of modern day Toluca Lake and at least the western portion of the "ancient and historical" marshy pond now called Toluca Lake.[10] By 1923, the Forman Toluca Lake Ranch was a flourishing producer of peaches, apples and walnuts.[2][11] That year, investors bought and developed the land as "Toluca Lake Park". This initial venture failed, but a new group soon took over, renaming the development company "The Toluca Lake Company". With a "vision of creating a first 'bedroom community' for Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley", the company formally changed the name of the community to simply Toluca Lake, and adopted as their logo the "swan on rippled water" image still associated with the community today.[10]

The name Lankershim also was considered for the town. Colonel J. B. Lankershim established the town site of Toluca at the eastern edge of the family's vast holdings in 1888. During the late 1890s, the town name Lankershim had replaced Toluca.[12] By 1927, the lure of Hollywood inspired local merchants to launch a campaign to change the community's name to North Hollywood.[13] The original town site of Toluca is now part of Toluca Lake.

Newlyweds Ronald and Nancy Reagan in Toluca Lake, 1952

Aviator Amelia Earhart lived in Toluca Lake on Valley Spring Lane after marrying flamboyant publishing magnate George P. Putnam in 1931. The Spanish colonial-style home, which still exists today, features a front-yard tree under which she signed her round-the-world flight plan. She made her home in Toluca Lake because the best aircraft in the world were being designed and built nearby at the Lockheed plant in Burbank.[citation needed] Entertainer Bob Hope moved to Toluca Lake in the late 1930s and lived there until his death in 2003 at the age of 100.[14] In the 1938 Little Rascals film Three Men in a Tub, the kids hold a regatta on the lake, which is shown to be still largely surrounded by open country at that time.[15] In 1945, Frank Sinatra and his family moved into a house in Toluca Lake and spent weekends at their Lone Palm Hotel in Palm Springs. The house was located down the street from where Earhart had lived.[13] Former actor and 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan had his wedding reception with second wife Nancy Reagan at the Toluca Lake home of actor (and best man) William Holden on March 4, 1952.[16]

Politics

Toluca Lake is represented by City Councilman Tom LaBonge in the Los Angeles City Council and Mike Gatto in the California State Assembly. NBC-4 weatherman Fritz Coleman is the honorary mayor of Toluca Lake.

Toluca Lake homeowner groups have recently begun mobilizing against a proposed development in North Hollywood by NBC-Universal and Thomas Properties Group. The Metro Studio Project involves upwards of 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m2) of space and would house employees leaving NBC's Burbank facility. The project also proposes a Times Square-style supergraphics and digital illuminated billboards. It would be built partly on land for which NBC Universal has a lease agreement from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Given the current recession, there have been signs the project may be delayed indefinitely. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has yet to act on the proposal, and Environmental Impact Reports are not finalized.[citation needed]

Education

Toluca Lake is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, and Toluca Lake Elementary School[17] is within its borders.

Famous residents

Nearby points of interest

Toluca Lake is known for a point of interest located in Burbank: a Bob's Big Boy. The Burbank restaurant, a California Point of Historical Interest, is the oldest in America;[35] it is just beyond the boundary of Toluca Lake and is often misidentified as being located there.[36][37][38]

St. Charles Borromeo Church of North Hollywood, is attended by various well-known Toluca Lake residents and has played host to several celebrity weddings and funerals, including the funerals of Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour.[39] Choir director Paul Salamunovich was the former director of the Los Angeles Master Chorale.[39]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Toluca Lake" entry on the Los Angeles Times "Mapping L.A." website
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt History of Toluca Lake from TolucaLakeChamber.com, retrieved on September 15, 2010.
  3. ^ Yahoo Maps: Toluca Lake (District) - Satellite view
  4. ^ Greater Toluca Lake Neighborhood Council Map
  5. ^ Yahoo Maps: Toluca Lake (Body of water) - Satellite view
  6. ^ USA Today article USA Today Accessed 5/22/2010
  7. ^ SSPSHP ethnohistory from California State Parks
  8. ^ Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco
  9. ^ Brief History of Vicente de la Ossa and Family
  10. ^ a b c Bogy, Richard (July 13, 2007). "A Bit of Toluca Lake History from Richard Bogy". Museum of the San Fernando Valley. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
  11. ^ "Toluca Lake City Profile". TolucaLake-ca.com. Retrieved January 1, 2005.
  12. ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2007/dec/02/local/me-then. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) [dead link]
  13. ^ a b http://www.gtlnc.org/toluca_lake_history.php
  14. ^ "Comedian Bob Hope dies". BBC News. July 28, 2003.
  15. ^ http://ourgang.wikia.com/wiki/Three_Men_In_A_Tub
  16. ^ "Ronald Reagan Presidential Library: Historical Photographs". Reagan.UTexas.edu. Retrieved January 6, 2009.
  17. ^ Toluca Lake Elementary School
  18. ^ http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=richard+arlen+toluca+lake&btnG=Search+Archives&hl=en&ned=us&scoring=a
  19. ^ a b c d Barron, Margie (May 13, 2009). "The Gift of Life Celebrated by George Lopez". TolucanTimes.info. Retrieved June 18, 2009.
  20. ^ http://www.moviemusicuk.us/beal.htm
  21. ^ "Brooke Burns Walks Max". CelebrityDogWatcher.com. January 16, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2009.
  22. ^ Ryon, Ruth (August 26, 2007). "Carell-Walls family moving up to Toluca Lake". Los Angeles Times. SFGate.com. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
  23. ^ Handy, Bruce (June 2008). "Miley Knows Best". VanityFair.com. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
  24. ^ E! Entertainment's "20 Under 25" TV special. December 22, 2008.
  25. ^ Valens, Cindy (2009-07-23). "Former Nickelodeon game show host seeks $2.24M in Toluca Lake". Blockshopper Los Angeles. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  26. ^ Ojito, Mirta (February 12, 2005). "His Homeland, His Obsession". NYTimes.com. Retrieved June 18, 2009.
  27. ^ Weber, Bruce (October 16, 2008). "Neal Hefti, 85, Jazz and Hollywood Composer, Dies". The New York Times.
  28. ^ Cunneff, Tom (December 1, 2003). "Insider". People.com. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
  29. ^ "Jonas Brothers' live home in the Toluca Lake area of LA". IVNNetwork.com.com. October 6, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
  30. ^ Adato, Allison (December 1, 2003). "Hello, New Man!". People.com. Retrieved June 18, 2009.
  31. ^ a b "2 Hot 2 Handle". OMG.yahoo.com. April 14, 2009. Retrieved April 14, 2009.
  32. ^ Martin Lasden, "The Pellicano Effect," California Lawyer, October 2006.
  33. ^ "Toluca Talk with Patton Oswalt". FunnyorDie.com. September 1, 2009. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
  34. ^ "Ashley Tisdale and Scott Speer: Toluca Lake Lovers". TheInsider.com. June 1, 2009. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
  35. ^ BOB'S BIG BOY RESTAURANT AND SIGN from California's Office of Historic Preservation
  36. ^ RoadsidePeek.com - Bob's Big Boy
  37. ^ LAOkay.com - Bob's Big Boy[dead link]
  38. ^ YouAreHere.com - Bob's Big Boy
  39. ^ a b St. Charles Catholic Church - SeeingStars.com Retrieved on January 6, 2009.