Winnetka, Los Angeles, California
Encyclopedia
Winnetka is a district in the west-central San Fernando Valley
in the City of Los Angeles
.
Winnetka is located next to Canoga Park
on the west, Woodland Hills
on the south, Chatsworth
to the north, and Reseda
to the east. Corbin Avenue is the eastern boundary, DeSoto Avenue is the western boundary, Victory Boulevard
is the southern boundary, and Nordhoff Street is the northern boundary. It is bordered by the Southern Pacific Coast Line railroad to the north and the Los Angeles River
to the south. Major thoroughfares include Winnetka Avenue, Mason Avenue, Roscoe Boulevard, Sherman Way, Saticoy Street, Parthenia Street and Vanowen Street. The postal ZIP code
is 91306, the telephone area code (818).
, Illinois
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Before World War II
, this area was rural, in agricultural use, as was much of the western San Fernando Valley.
Despite a common misconception, the township of Winnetka was never a part of neighboring Canoga Park. Winnetka was founded in 1922 by Charles Weeks and has remained a distinct entity since. Canoga Park did not receive its name until 1931.
s "Mapping L.A." project supplied these Winnetka neighborhood statistics: population: 46,943; median household income: $62,535. The demographic makeup of the Winnetka community is: 42.1% Latino, 35.6% Caucasian, 14.2% Asian, 5.9% Black, 2.9% Multi-Racial, 0.3% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific Islander. The median household income was $49,064. Dun & Bradstreet
businesses = 1,002.
Public elementary schools that serve portions of the Winnetka area include:
Public middle schools that serve portions of the Winnetka area include:
Public high schools that serve portions of the Winnetka area include:
In addition the Multicultural Learning Center charter school is in Winnetka.
San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, United States, defined by the dramatic mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it...
in the City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
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Winnetka is located next to Canoga Park
Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California
Canoga Park is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, United States about 25 miles northwest of Downtown Los Angeles....
on the west, Woodland Hills
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
Woodland Hills is a district in the city of Los Angeles, California.Woodland Hills is located in the southwestern area of the San Fernando Valley, east of Calabasas and west of Tarzana, with Warner Center in its northern section...
on the south, Chatsworth
Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California
Chatsworth is a district of Los Angeles, California, United States; in the northwestern San Fernando Valley. The district is bordered by the Santa Susana Mountains and unincorporated Los Angeles County lands to the north, Porter Ranch to the northeast, Northridge to the east, West Hills, Canoga...
to the north, and Reseda
Reseda, Los Angeles, California
Reseda is a San Fernando Valley district in the city of Los Angeles, California.-History:The area now known as Reseda was originally inhabited by Native Americans of the Tongva tribe that lived close to the Los Angeles River....
to the east. Corbin Avenue is the eastern boundary, DeSoto Avenue is the western boundary, Victory Boulevard
Victory Boulevard (Los Angeles)
Victory Boulevard is a major east-west arterial road that runs traversing the entire length of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. Through much of the San Fernando Valley, Victory Boulevard divides the affluent communities at the southern end of the Valley , from the less affluent...
is the southern boundary, and Nordhoff Street is the northern boundary. It is bordered by the Southern Pacific Coast Line railroad to the north and the Los Angeles River
Los Angeles River
The Los Angeles River is a river that starts in the San Fernando Valley, in the Simi Hills and Santa Susana Mountains, and flows through Los Angeles County, California, from Canoga Park in the western end of the San Fernando Valley, nearly southeast to its mouth in Long Beach...
to the south. Major thoroughfares include Winnetka Avenue, Mason Avenue, Roscoe Boulevard, Sherman Way, Saticoy Street, Parthenia Street and Vanowen Street. The postal ZIP code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
is 91306, the telephone area code (818).
History
In 1920, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce requested that Charles Weeks come to the San Fernando Valley to establish a series of one-acre egg farms. The farms would be based on the successful formula Mr. Weeks developed in East Palo Alto, California. The "poultry colony" Mr. Weeks created in the Winnetka area of the valley eventually developed into a small farming community named Weeks Poultry Colony. Later Weeks renamed the colony to Winnetka, after a farm he owned in WinnetkaWinnetka, Illinois
Winnetka is an affluent North Shore village located approximately north of downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. Winnetka was featured on the list of America's 25 top-earning towns and "one of the best places to live" by CNN Money in 2011...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
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Before World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, this area was rural, in agricultural use, as was much of the western San Fernando Valley.
Despite a common misconception, the township of Winnetka was never a part of neighboring Canoga Park. Winnetka was founded in 1922 by Charles Weeks and has remained a distinct entity since. Canoga Park did not receive its name until 1931.
Parks and recreation centers
- Winnetka Recreation Center: The center has an indoor gymnasium without weights, which can be used as an auditorium; it has a capacity of 400. In addition the center has a lighted baseball diamond, a children's play area, a community room which often hosts election polls, and picnic tables.
- Quimby Park: Quimby Park, which is unstaffed, has unlighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, and unlighted tennis courts. The park has no toilet facilities.
- Runnymeade Park: an unstaffed pocket park. The park has a children's play area, picnic tables, and unlighted tennis courts.
- Winnetka Child Care Center: operated by the city in Winnetka. The center takes children from ages 2.9 to 13 and has a capacity of 59 after-school children and 40 preschool children.
Government
- Los Angeles City Council District 3, Councilman Dennis P. Zine.
- California Congressional District 27California's 27th congressional districtCalifornia's 27th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California based in Los Angeles County. The district includes a large portion of the San Fernando Valley and Burbank, as well as the communities of Northridge and Reseda in the Greater Los Angeles Area.The...
, Representative Brad ShermanBrad ShermanBradley J. "Brad" Sherman is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing ....
. - California State Senate District 20California's 20th State Senate districtCalifornia's 20th State Senate District is one of 40 Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Alex Padilla of Los Angeles. The district encompasses a part of Los Angeles County in the San Fernando Valley, including all of San Fernando and more than a fifth of Los...
, State Senator Alex PadillaAlex PadillaAlejandro "Alex" Padilla is a California State Senator. He was elected as the state senator for California's 20th State Senate district in November 2006 and was inaugurated in early December. Prior to serving in the Senate he served 7½ years on the Los Angeles City Council representing the 7th...
. - California State Senate District 23California's 23rd State Senate districtCalifornia's 23rd State Senate district is one of 40 senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Fran Pavley of Agoura Hills.-District profile:...
, State Senator Fran PavleyFran PavleyFrances J. "Fran" Pavley is a Democratic politician who currently represents Senate District 23, including portions of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties in the California Legislature. She previously served as a California Assemblywoman and as the first mayor of the Southern California community of...
(Most of Winnetka is in the 20th District but a small portion of the southern and northwestern parts are in the 23rd District). - California State Assembly District 40California's 40th State Assembly districtCalifornia's 40th State Assembly District is one of 80 districts in the California State Assembly. As of the November 2008 election, it is currently represented by Democrat Bob Blumenfield of Woodland Hills.-District profile:...
, State Representative Bob BlumenfieldBob BlumenfieldRobert J. Blumenfield Robert J. Blumenfield Robert J. Blumenfield (born September 13, 1967 is an American elected official. He currently represents the 40th district in the California State Assembly, encompassing the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles...
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Services
- Post Office: The United States Postal ServiceUnited States Postal ServiceThe United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States...
Winnetka Post Office is located at 7655 Winnetka Avenue. - Los Angeles Police Department:
- North of Roscoe, use - Devonshire Community Police Station; located at 10250 Etiwanda Avenue, Northridge; non-emergency (818)-832-0633 Voice.
- South of Roscoe, use - West Valley Community Police Station located at 19020 Vanowen Street; Reseda; non-emergency (818)-374-7611 Voice
- Los Angeles Fire Department: Station #104; located at 8349 Winnetka Ave.
Demographics
Population in 2004: 49,154 (In 1990: 39,261). In 2009, the Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
s "Mapping L.A." project supplied these Winnetka neighborhood statistics: population: 46,943; median household income: $62,535. The demographic makeup of the Winnetka community is: 42.1% Latino, 35.6% Caucasian, 14.2% Asian, 5.9% Black, 2.9% Multi-Racial, 0.3% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific Islander. The median household income was $49,064. Dun & Bradstreet
Dun & Bradstreet
Dun & Bradstreet is a Fortune 500 public company headquartered in Short Hills, New Jersey, USA that provides information on businesses and corporations for use in credit decisions, B2B marketing and supply chain management...
businesses = 1,002.
Public schools
Winnetka residents are zoned to Los Angeles USD schools.Public elementary schools that serve portions of the Winnetka area include:
- Fullbright Elementary School
- Sunny Brae Elementary School
- Winnetka Elementary School
- Limerick Avenue School
Public middle schools that serve portions of the Winnetka area include:
- John A. Sutter Middle School
- Lawrence Middle School (in Chatsworth)
- Northridge Middle School (in Northridge)
Public high schools that serve portions of the Winnetka area include:
- Canoga Park High SchoolCanoga Park High SchoolCanoga Park High School is a public school located in Canoga Park in the western San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States, and is in the Los Angeles Unified School District...
(in Canoga ParkCanoga Park, Los Angeles, CaliforniaCanoga Park is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, United States about 25 miles northwest of Downtown Los Angeles....
) - Chatsworth High SchoolChatsworth High SchoolChatsworth High School is a public secondary school located in Chatsworth in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, U.S..As of the 2005–06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 3183 students and 117.8 classroom teachers , for a student-teacher ratio of 27.0.- History :The campus...
(in ChatsworthChatsworth, Los Angeles, CaliforniaChatsworth is a district of Los Angeles, California, United States; in the northwestern San Fernando Valley. The district is bordered by the Santa Susana Mountains and unincorporated Los Angeles County lands to the north, Porter Ranch to the northeast, Northridge to the east, West Hills, Canoga...
) - Cleveland High SchoolCleveland High School (Los Angeles, California)Grover Cleveland High School is a public school serving grades 9-12. Cleveland Humanities Magnet is part of Cleveland High School. The school is located in Reseda, in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California....
(in ResedaReseda, Los Angeles, CaliforniaReseda is a San Fernando Valley district in the city of Los Angeles, California.-History:The area now known as Reseda was originally inhabited by Native Americans of the Tongva tribe that lived close to the Los Angeles River....
) - Taft High SchoolTaft High School (Los Angeles)William Howard Taft High School is a public school located on Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, USA, within the Los Angeles Unified School District.-History:Taft opened in 1960....
(in Woodland HillsWoodland Hills, Los Angeles, CaliforniaWoodland Hills is a district in the city of Los Angeles, California.Woodland Hills is located in the southwestern area of the San Fernando Valley, east of Calabasas and west of Tarzana, with Warner Center in its northern section...
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In addition the Multicultural Learning Center charter school is in Winnetka.
Private schools
The area is also served by several private schools, including:- AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian SchoolAGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian SchoolNot to be confused with the Demirdjian.AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School is an Armenian-American private school located in Winnetka, Los Angeles, California, USA. It is financed and run by the Armenian General Benevolent Union. With 947 students, it is the 2nd largest Armenian private school in the...
- Chatsworth Hills AcademyChatsworth Hills AcademyChatsworth Hills Academy is a private, coeducational day school located in Chatsworth, California, USA. CHA students are enrolled in Grades K through Eight and Preschool....
- Chaminade College PreparatoryChaminade College Preparatory School (California)Chaminade College Preparatory is a private Catholic preparatory school with two campuses in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California...
- New Community Jewish High SchoolNew Community Jewish High SchoolNew Community Jewish High School is a Jewish high school in West Hills, California. It offers a college preparatory program for students in grades 9-12; 145 academic courses including 58 electives; 5 world languages; 14 Advanced Placement courses in Math, Science, English, History, and Languages;...
- St. John Eudes School
- Sierra Canyon School
- St. Joseph the Worker