If you said you live in the city of Van Nuys or the city of Hollywood, thanks for playing our game, and we have some lovely parting gifts for you. Toluca Lake and Silver Lake, Brentwood and Hollywood, Harbor City and Panorama City — none is an actual city. When I asked them if they lived in Los Angeles, they all said no.”Explaining L.A. With Patt Morrison Los Angeles is a complex place. (Los Angeles Times)Like Hollywood, once more famous than the city that ended up taking it over. That ticked off North Hills, which then took the name North Hills West — west of the 405 Freeway — and that left the left-behind Sepulveda to call itself North Hills East.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 09, 2021 12:56 UTC