Talk:Brentwood, Los Angeles

Map request
Someone should put a map of Brentwood, so we get an idea of where it is in relationship to other areas of Los Angeles 4.142.45.222 23:05, 11 August 2007 (UTC)eric

With respect to citations for Brent-Air Pharmacy, I'm afraid that I am not able to provide these but I can certainly give a broad overview - OJ Simpson and Marilyn Monroe are two. Others would probably mean law-suits! If I ever find legit citations, I will put them in. Cheers!

How could you not mention Barrington Street? Thanks - Sparky 09:47, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)


 * Indeed! Although I'm glad it was properly mentioned as Barrington Avenue! (I should know -- I live on Barrington!) --Diberri | Talk 20:24, May 28, 2004 (UTC)

"one of the most important districts of the Westside." Don't mean to hurt any feelings, but I can think of 6 more important westside districts: Westwood, West LA, Sawtelle, Century City, and maybe Venice. And depending on your eastern boundary, maybe Fairfax too. 69.235.195.21 16:44, 23 July 2005 (UTC)


 * You're right. Every district is important to the people who live there - we shouldn't presume to judge.-Willmcw 17:12, July 23, 2005 (UTC)

Lewinsky
Didn't Monica Lewinsky's parents live in Brentwood when she was growing up? -Willmcw 00:01, July 25, 2005 (UTC)


 * Her father did; as far as I know, he still does. I am not sure how much time she spent there, though, which is the only thing worth mentioning. This information should be available in back issues of the Los Angeles Times, if anybody has access. Uucp 10:14, 8 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Yes, her dad still lives in Brentwood. jengod 18:51, August 8, 2005 (UTC)

Spouses
Do we really need to mention all those non-famous spouses in the "famous residents" section? Uucp 10:14, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * No. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 06:17, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Sepulveda Blvd
According to the Sepulveda Blvd article, it crosses through Brentwood. Wouldn't it count as a major thoroughfare, between Mullholland and the point where it crosses the 405, for Brentwood. (Otherwise it's too far east to be considered Brentwood.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.94.89.42 (talk) 03:43, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

VA dumping ground
Here are sources about the VA dumping ground:
 * http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/environment/toxic-brentwood-graves-va-clea/
 * http://www.laweekly.com/2009-12-10/news/brentwood-39-s-toxic-grave/

Both courtesy of the LA Weekly WhisperToMe (talk) 22:00, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Notable residents

 * Mark Harmon - American actor, doesn't he live in Brentwood? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.53.217.237 (talk) 08:51, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Undeliverable mail to O. J. Simpson
Do you remember hearing that in the wake of the murders (of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman), some people sent mail to O. J. Simpson in Brentwood, and it ended up going to the Brentwood post office in northern California and was undeliverable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.82 (talk) 19:31, 5 March 2012 (UTC) 4
 * No, I don't remember that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.67.153.218 (talk) 21:08, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Edwardses
We need a good, WP:Reliable source, indicating these two people are truly WP:Notable and are not just being propped up by a commercial website; in this case, Bravo TV. Brentwood is full of almost-Notable people. Listing all these people would be a disservice to the reader. If you disagree, tell why here, or, better, find a Reliable source that attests to their Notability and use it in the article. Thank you. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 12:28, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't quite get how you can claim they aren't notable and the ref isn't good enough when there is people featured on the list with TMZ as a ref or no ref at all. Anways here's a few more articles than mention that Donnie is an NFL star, Kathryn is a reality star and they both reside in Brentwood    Kelege (talk) 13:49, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you. That's all we need: Sources. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 06:19, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

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'''Whether one event from one Olympics was or was not run in this club or that does not logically require 50 lines in a short article about a city. At best, present the correct information as a single sentence. But it really seems like trivia.'''

The Sunset Fields Golf Club, known as the Brentwood Country Club since 1941, hosted the running part of the modern pentathlon event in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

The preceding statement is incorrect and caused by a confusion of Olympic events & locations. Brentwood Country Club was known as Brentwood Country Club at the time of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. It appears as Brentwood Country Club at 590 Burlingame Avenue in the Los Angeles City Directory for 1933, which would have been compiled in 1932. A 1927 Los Angeles Times article describes the beginning of construction on Sunset Fields Golf Course near Crenshaw Boulevard between Vernon Avenue and Santa Barbara Avenue (now Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard). The book, Leimert Park, states, "The Sunset Fields Golf Course in Leimert Park was also the location of another official Olympic venue, the running portion of the modern pentathlon. ... The close proximity of the Olympic games to the neighboring community of Leimert Park brought much attention to the development." The Xth Olympiad: Los Angeles, 1932 - Official Report says, "The Cross Country Run of the Modern Pentathlon was held at 9:00 A.M. on the course of Sunset Fields Golf Club of Los Angeles. The distance was 4000 metres, slightly less than two-thirds of which was laid on the fairways of the golf course, and over and through several of the natural washes and gullies to be found on the course. The remainder involved the climbing of a very steep hill, to the level of the Olympic Village, thence down a narrow draw by a winding path and across a wide ditch to the Golf Club property again. The start and finish were a short distance in front of the clubhouse." A map of the various Olympic venues and locations in the same report shows the Olympic Village as being located southwest of the intersection of Vernon Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard, which lies exactly where Sunset Fields Golf Course was (an area now occupied by the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza).

The confusion may have arisen because part of the route of the Equestrian Cross Country portion of Modern Pentathlon may have crossed Brentwood Country Club. This event used the route of Phase D of the Cross Country portion of the Equestrian Three-Day Event competition. Riviera Country Club in Bel-Air, east of Brentwood, served as the headquarters of all Olympic Equestrian Events, A map in the Official Report shows the equestrian course briefly following Burlingame Avenue in Brentwood. As in 1932, the address of Brentwood Country Club of Los Angeles is still 590 South Burlingame Avenue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ZeroXero (talk • contribs) 20:31, 3 January 2019 (UTC)