Reseda, California

Reseda, California was one of the first suburbs in the San Fernando Valley. It was developed by realtors just as the veterans of World War II were returning home. The earliest families came to live among orange groves which were successively plowed under in favor of housing. At the time, most of the jobs were in the Los Angeles basin, to the south, over the Santa Monica mountains.

Northridge, Woodland Hills, Sepulveda, and Canoga Park bound Reseda to the north, south, east and west. The concrete-lined Los Angeles River runs along the southern edge of Reseda.

Today, Reseda's claim to fame is that it was the movie set of The Karate Kid and other Valley-oriented fare, including Arnold Schwarzenegger's car chase scenes down the channel of the Los Angeles River.