Malibu Junction, Agoura Hills, California

Malibu Junction
—  Neighborhood of Agoura Hills  —
Malibu Junction Location in Los Angeles
Coordinates: 34°9′12″N 118°45′42″W / 34.15333°N 118.76167°W / 34.15333; -118.76167
Elevation	281 m (922 ft)
Time zone	PST
Area code(s)	818[1]

'Malibu Junction' (also known as "Whizin's Row" after pioneer entrepreneur Art Whizin) is an Agoura Hills Neighborhood in southern Agoura Hills, western Los Angeles County, California. Malibu Junction is located in the eastern Conejo Valley between the Simi Hills and the Santa Monica Mountains. This district is on the Ventura Freeway (U.S. Route 101) and straddles the border between metropolitan Los Angeles to the east, and Ventura County to the northwest.

History

Originally Malibu Junction was a travelers stop on along old Route 101, centered around Art Wizen's businesses. He had bought 320 acres (1.3 km²) that was part of Paramount Ranch and Center, and a little 12-stool, three-table hamburger stand with a couple of Mobile Oil Co. gasoline pumps out front in 1953. Soon he built a rodeo arena and held rodeos every Sunday. That lasted three years, then came motorcycle racing and then midget car racing.^[2]

Present

The Malibu Junction district has recently become Agoura Hills's entertainment center, with the established movie theater and new popular restaurants, clubs, and a hotel built in the 2000s. The new construction has expanded the district southward into the rustic Santa Monica Mountains.^{[citation needed]}

Agoura Hills is called the "Gateway to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area". Malibu Junction, at the junction of the Ventura Freeway and southbound Kanan-Dume Road, is a primary Entrance to the Parks,

Future

A proposed major development project for a large parcel along Agoura Road (Roadside Drive to west of Kanan Road), proposing a master planned community using the principles of New Urbanism has been announced.^{[citation needed]} As of 2006 it is in the preliminary planning phase.^[3] The local community, Southern California region, and Environmental degradation impacts would be significant and will require serious Environmental impact assessment studies that Agency and private consultants will use to produce an Environmental impact statement, providing for the community, Planning Department, and elected representatives to review, discuss, and make decisions upon.

References

1. ^ "Number Administration System - NPA and City/Town Search Results". http://www.nanpa.com/nas/public/npa_city_query_step2.do?method=displayData&cityToNpaModel.stateAbbr=CA&cityToNpaModel.city=Agoura%20Hills. Retrieved 2007-01-18. 
2. ^ "[1] [Wizen's history]
3. ^ [2] [The Acorn-2006]

External links

• Local Guide of City
• Agoura Hills official website
• Conejo Valley Guide - Activities and Events in the Conejo Valley
• NPS Official Site for the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
• Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
• Agoura area chamber of commerce
• Agoura Hills community History LA County library