Los Angeles area

Sideshow at the Santa Monica Pier on Saturday, April 18, 2009

An eclectic and fast-paced show featuring jugglers, fire-eaters, tap dancers, singers, clowns, puppeteers, mimes

and comedy teams-just for openers. The events will take place between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

It is 77 miles between Venice, CA and Santa Barbara, CA

It is 20 miles between Venice, CA and Malibu, CA

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Farmers Market has two large parking lots, one immediately adjacent to the Market and another just across Farmers Market Place at

North Market. When you park in these lots, you’ll get a parking card. Have any merchant at Farmers Market validate your pass and the

first two hours of parking are free. The next hour is $3.00 with your validation; hours after that rise to a maximum of $15.00. The Market

has valet parking service on Friday evenings and all day Saturday and Sunday at reasonable rates.

There is additional parking in the large and convenient parking structure at The Grove at Farmers Market, which is immediately next door

to Farmers Market. Validation for parking in this structure is available only from Grove merchants.

The Grove Los Angeles - Next to the Farmers Market
Dining and Shopping at The Grove, Los Angeles

Hours: Open daily     Cost: Parking fee
Location: Corner of Third and Fairfax, driving directions below
How Long: An hour or so to browse, longer to see a movie or have a meal
Best Time to Visit: Any time, but especially lively at night

Griffith Observatory 2800 East Observatory Road Los Angeles, CA 90027

6925 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA. / (323) 464-8111 or (323) 461-3331

Westwood Memorial Park. 1218 Glendon Avenue Westwood. LA.

Pierce Bros Westwood Village Memorial Park is hidden behind the towering high-rises that line

busy Wilshire Boulevard; you could easily drive right past the park without even realizing it was there.

The "Golden Age" Hollywood stars buried here include some of the biggest names in the history of Hollywood:

Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Jimmy Stewart, Jean Harlow, Humphrey Bogart, Mary Pickford, Errol Flynn, Spencer Tracy...

No other cemetery can match the sheer number of superstars that you'll find buried here at Forest Lawn Glendale.

That includes George Burns & Gracie Allen, W.C. Fields, Tom Mix, Sammy Davis Jr., Walt Disney, Red Skelton, Robert Young,

Lon Chaney, Ethel Waters, Alan Ladd, Dick Powell, Robert Taylor, Wallace Beery, Ted Knight, Sam Cooke, Joe E. Brown,

Sydney Greenstreet, Nat King Cole, Jack Oakie, Ed Wynn, Jack Carson, Norma Shearer, Chico Marx, Dorothy Dandridge,

Robert Cummings, Sid Grauman, Dan Daily, William Boyd ("Hopalong Cassidy"), Marie Dressler ("Tugboat Annie"), Irving Thalberg,

Casey Stengel, Larry Fine, Aimee Semple McPherson, Edward Everett Horton and Jean Hersholt

Looking north through its front gates, you can see the Hollywood Sign up atop the Hollywood Hills. Looking south, you can

see the historic back lot of the famous Paramount Studios. And interred throughout the cemetery grounds are some of the most

famous stars in the history of Old Hollywood, including Rudoph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks, Nelson Eddy, Peter Lorre,

Janet Gaynor, Tyrone Power Clifton Webb.We will first visit the mausoleum on the far west side of the park, which is named the

"Abbey of the Psalms."  Here, you will find the crypts of actress Norma Talmadge (and her sisters Constance & Natalie); famed director

Victor Fleming, actress Joan Hackett, movie mogul Jesse Lasky, actress Darla Hood, and Charlie Chaplin Jr   Jayne Mansfield

Make a u-turn by the obelisk and head back north to Maple Avenue. Turn right (east) on Maple, and look for three small, green cypress

trees and a bed of red flowers near the curb, on the left (north) side of the road. This is the grave of Carl Switzer (1927-1959), better

known as "Alfalfa" in the "Our Gang" comedies, who was shot and killed at age 31 while arguing over a $50 reward for a dog. His

headstone bears the name "Alfalfa", as well as a portrait of a dog. Some sources say it's the "Our Gang" dog, "Petey," others disagree,

saying it represents one of Carl's 's own hunting dogs.

Sharing the grounds with Hollywood Forever, in the southwest corner, is another, smaller cemetery, named the Beth Olam Cemetery,

where infamous gangster Bugsy Siegel (1906-1947) is buried inside the large mausoleum which runs along most of the park's southwest edge.

Enter this mausoleum and turn right at the main hallway (the second hallway from the north). Head west down the corridor to the west

end of this long hallway, where there is a stained glass window of a Star of David and the words "The Alcove of Peace." Now, turn around,

and walk back (east) to the nearest doorway. Bugsy's crypt is located between this doorway and the next hallway, on the south side, three r

ows from the bottom. His crypt doesn't have a number, but it is located directly above crypt #1087 (Rebecca Levi). Bugsy's crypt has a marker

shaped like an open book, with a small Star of David above his name.

Jerome "Curly" Howard   Shemp Howard   Fanny Brice   Louis B. Mayer
 

Located next to the Fox Hills Mall and only a few miles away from M-G-M Studios, Hillside is a beautiful memorial park, with rolling

green hills studded with cypress trees and classic white buildings. And it is also the final resting place of, among others:

Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor, David Janssen, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Milton Berle, George Jessel,

Allan Sherman, Vic Morrow, Jeff Chandler, Moe Howard, Dinah Shore,Shelley Winters.

The largest of these monuments belongs to superstar Al Jolson

There aren't quite as many Hollywood celebrities buried here as there are at the original Forest Lawn park in Glendale,

but there are still many notables to be found, including Bette Davis, Lucille Ball, Telly Savalas, William Conrad,

Buster Keaton, Liberace, Freddie Prinze, Andy Gibb, Jack Webb, Stan Laurel, Ricky Nelson and many more.

More recently, John Ritter, Gene Autry, Sandra Dee, Lou Rawls, Rod Steiger, Isabel Sanford and Steve Allen.

Located near Griffith Park, this Forest Lawn is only ten minutes west of the larger Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale,

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