Beverly Hills is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. Originally a Spanish ranch where lima beans were grown, it was incorporated in 1914 by a group of investors who had failed to find oil, but found water instead and eventually decided to develop it into a town. It is now home to 34,290 inhabitants. Sometimes merely known by one of its primary zip codes, "90210", it has been home to actors and celebrities. The city also includes the shopping district Rodeo Drive and the Beverly Hills Oil Field.
Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood are together entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. Specifically, Beverly Hills is bordered on the northwest by the Los Angeles neighborhood of Bel-Air and the Santa Monica Mountains, on the east by West Hollywood, the Carthay neighborhood of Los Angeles, and the Fairfax Districtof Los Angeles, and on the south by the Beverlywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. The area's "Platinum Triangle" is formed by the city of Beverly Hills and the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Bel Air and Holmby Hills.
The city is located in the southwest portion of the San Fernando Valley and comprises a portion of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is 22 miles (35 km) away from Downtown Los Angeles. It is bordered by theWoodland Hills area of Los Angeles to the northeast, Topanga to the east, Malibu to the south, Agoura Hills to the west, and Hidden Hills to the north. The historic El Camino Real runs east-west through Calabasas as U.S. Route 101.
Beverly Hills has a hot and warm Mediterranean climate, with an average high of 85 degrees Fahrenheit (29.4 degrees Celsius) in August, and an average high of 67 degrees Fahrenheit (19.5 degrees Celsius) in January (source Weather.com). Beverly Hills also receives an average 18 inches (460 mm) of rain per year. Summers are marked by warm to hot temperatures with very little wind, while winters are warm to moderate, to cool with occasional rain alternating with periods of Santa Ana winds. Measurable snowfall has been recorded only in 1882, 1922, 1932 and 1949.
The 2010 United States Census[39] reported that Beverly Hills had a population of 34,109. The population density was 5,973.1 people per square mile (2,306.2/km²).
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Education
Public schools
Beverly Hills High SchoolGymnasium
Beverly Hills is served by Beverly Hills Unified School District, which includes four K-8 schools (Hawthorne, El Rodeo, Beverly Vista, and Horace Mann), Moreno High School, and the Beverly Hills High School.
Private schools
Beverly Hills also has several private schools. Good Shepherd School, a PreK-8 school in Beverly Hills, is a part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Other Beverly Hills private schools include Beverly Hills Preparatory School, Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy, Emanuel Academy of Beverly Hills, and Page Private School.
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Public schools
Beverly Hills High SchoolGymnasium
Beverly Hills is served by Beverly Hills Unified School District, which includes four K-8 schools (Hawthorne, El Rodeo, Beverly Vista, and Horace Mann), Moreno High School, and the Beverly Hills High School.
Private schools
Beverly Hills also has several private schools. Good Shepherd School, a PreK-8 school in Beverly Hills, is a part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Other Beverly Hills private schools include Beverly Hills Preparatory School, Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy, Emanuel Academy of Beverly Hills, and Page Private School.
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Local Interests
Beverly Hills has been featured in a number of television shows and movies set in Beverly Hills, including:
Landmarks
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Beverly Hills has been featured in a number of television shows and movies set in Beverly Hills, including:
- The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965) (and on his radio program from 1932–1955),
- The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971)
- The Beverly Hills Cop movies
- Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
- Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990 to 2000) and 90210 (2008 –2013)
- The opening scene of The Andy Griffith Show showing Sheriff Taylor and Opie carrying fishing poles was shot at the Franklin Canyon Reservoir at the north end of town just west of Coldwater Canyon[citation needed]
- The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is a reality show featuring rich women living in and around Beverly Hills
Landmarks
- Beverly Gardens Park
- Beverly Hills High School
- Beverly Hills Hotel
- Beverly Wilshire Hotel
- Electric Fountain
- Greystone Mansion
- La Cienega Park
- Pickfair
- Beverly Hills Women's Club
- Virginia Robinson Gardens
- Greenacres
- Beverly Hills Police Department
- Roxbury Memorial Park
- Will Rogers Memorial Park
- Beverly Hills City Hall
- Rodeo Drive
- Beverly Hills Public Library
- Beverly Hills 9/11 Memorial Garden
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Notable People
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- David Ascalon, sculptor and stained glass artist
- Brandon Bowman, basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil in Israel
- Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein), actor, voice actor, writer, comedian, and director
- Barry Brucker, businessman and politician
- Jimmy Delshad, politician
- Amy Ephron, novelist, screenwriter, journalist, and film producer
- Carrie Fisher, actress, novelist, screenwriter, and performance artist
- Guilford Glazer, real estate developer and philanthropist
- Alec Gores, American-Israeli businessman
- Daryn Kagan, broadcast journalist, formerly a news anchor for CNN
- Kim Kardashian[60]
- Logan Lerman, actor
- Jeff Lynne
- Leslie Moonves, President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation
- Jay Leno, comedian, actor, voice actor, writer, producer and television host
- Jonathan Prince, actor, director, screenwriter, and movie producer
- Anthony Pritzker, member of the Pritzker family and an heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune; Managing Partner of the Pritzker Group.
- Melissa Rivers[61]
- Joe Shapira, digital media entrepreneur
- Charlie Sheen[62]
- Pauly Shore, comedian and actor
- Sharon Stone, actress, film producer, and former fashion model
- Taylor Swift, country singer, song writer and actor
- Dara Torres, former competition swimmer and world record-holder who is a 12-time Olympic medalist
- Lisa Vanderpump[63]
- Mark Wahlberg
- Charles B. Wessler, film producer
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