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Forest Lawn-Long Beach is a 38-acre mortuary and memorial garden in Long Beach, California, United States. The gardens were established as Sunnyside Memorial Gardens in 1921 by Cecil E. Bryan, Sr., an entrepreneur whose family operated the facility for three generations. Sunnyside was one of the first major cemeteries in Long Beach.
Ernest Carroll Moore (1871–1955), educator, co-founder of University of California, Los Angeles [120] Harvey Seeley Mudd (1888–1955), engineer and educator; William Mulholland (1855–1935), engineered the Los Angeles Aqueduct, Mulholland Dam, St. Francis Dam and other dams, Panama Canal consultant, namesake of Mulholland Drive [121] [81]
John Clinton Porter (1871–1959), former mayor of Los Angeles; Don Post (1902–1979), makeup artist; Jerry Pournelle (1933–2017), author and journalist; June Preston (1928–2022), child actress and opera singer [55] Freddie Prinze (1954–1977), actor and comedian [5] [56] Alan Purwin (1961–2015), helicopter pilot
[citation needed] The interments include pioneers and members of prominent families in Los Angeles and the state. [citation needed] Rosedale was the first cemetery in Los Angeles open to all races and creeds, and was the first to adopt the design concept of lawn cemeteries. This is where the grounds are enhanced to surround the graves with ...
Hollywood Forever Cemetery is a full-service cemetery, funeral home, crematory, and cultural events center which regularly hosts community events such as live music and summer movie screenings. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in Los Angeles, California and is located at 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Hollywood.
A series of life-threatening fire have destroyed homes and taken lives across Los Angeles County and surrounding areas this month. CNN is tracking the fires in maps and charts.
An aircraft flies to drop fire retardant over the area of a wildfire burning near Pacific Palisades on the west side of Los Angeles during a weather driven windstorm on Jan. 7, 2025. California ...
Woodlawn Cemetery was founded and deeded to the city by Mayor Juan José Carrillo in 1884.. Woodlawn Cemetery, Mausoleum & Mortuary, formerly Ballona Cemetery, is located at 1847 14th Street, alongside Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica, California, United States.