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4 unusual facts about Brea


Brea Olinda Unified School District

Brea Olinda Unified School District is the school district serving the City of Brea in Orange County, California, United States.

Brea-Olinda Oil Field

As of the beginning of 2009, 475 wells remained active on the field, operated by several independent oil companies, including Linn Energy, BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P., Cooper & Brain, and Thompson Energy.

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District

The Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (PYLUSD) is a public school district that serves Placentia, Yorba Linda and parts of Anaheim, Brea, and Fullerton located in Orange County, California.

Suzuki VX 800

The VX800 was designed at U.S. Suzuki's Design Studio in Brea, California from 1986 to 1989, and produced in years 1990 to 1997.


Brea Creek

The creek begins in the northeasternmost part of the Coyote Creek drainage basin, in a mountain canyon named Brea Canyon, at the Los Angeles CountySan Bernardino County line.

Brea Olinda High School

Though not an alumnus, James Cameron, Director of such blockbuster films as Terminator 2, Avatar and Titanic lived in Brea and drove the lunch truck for BOUSD food services while writing The Abyss

California State Route 142

State Route 142 (SR 142), also known as Carbon Canyon Road for most of its length, runs southwest from State Route 71 in Chino Hills, through Olinda Village to its intersection with Lambert Road and Valencia Avenue in Brea.

George Hancock

George Allan Hancock (1875–1965), owner of the Rancho La Brea Oil Company

Illogan

It was part of an ornamental garden for the old Rectory now called Maningham - now a private house - built of bath stone in 1783 for the Rev John Basset, brother of Lord De ­Dunstanville whose monument is seen on Carn Brea.

King King

According to the Los Angeles Times, "King King is a 12-song live recording that captures the band in fine, aggressive form at the La Brea Avenue club".

La Brea Avenue

"La Brea" is Spanish for "the tar", a reference to the La Brea Tar Pits.

La Brea near Wilshire is home to Museum Row, including landmarks such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the La Brea Tar Pits, and the George C. Page Museum.

La Brea Bakery

Since opening its flagship store on La Brea Avenue in 1989, La Brea has opened two much larger bakeries in Van Nuys, California, and Swedesboro, New Jersey, to serve wholesale clients.

Oraristrix

Oraristix brea, the Brea Owl, is the an extinct owl reported from the upper Pleistocene asphalt deposits of Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California.

The Brea Owl has also been found in the upper Pleistocene asphalt deposits of Carpinteria, California.

Pico and Sepulveda

The lyrics are mostly just a recitation of Los Angeles-area streetnames: Doheny, Cahuenga, La Brea, La Jolla, Sequoia, Alvarado, Santa Monica, Beverly, and Vine (Figueroa is also a Los Angeles street).

Salt Spring

Salt Spring, originally, Aguaje de la Brea (tar springs), a spring in the Antelope Plain on the southeast end of Pyramid Hills, 0.6 miles south of Emigrant Hill and 1.5 miles north of Wagon Wheel Mountain in the Pyramid Hills of Kern County, California.


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