La Mirada: I-105 : (311) Central Ave Off-Ramp
La Mirada sits in the Los Angeles Basin in Southern California, where residential districts occupy land once part of Rancho Los Coyotes. Incorporated in 1960, the city developed as a planned suburban community in southeastern Los Angeles County, close to the Orange County line. Its name, Spanish for “the view,” dates to the late-19th-century ranch founded by Andrew McNally, a co-founder of Rand McNally. Biola University, a private Christian university whose main campus is here, is a major local institution. La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and La Mirada Regional Park provide civic and recreational focal points within the city’s low-rise urban setting.
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La Mirada lies along the southeastern margin of the Los Angeles Basin, where low suburban terrain rises gently toward the Puente Hills to the northeast. This Los Angeles County city was incorporated in 1960, during the postwar expansion that shaped its largely residential character. Biola University, a private Christian university founded in 1908 and based here since 1959, is among its best-known institutions. The La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts provides a focal point for cultural programming near the civic center. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how La Mirada relates to the Los Angeles Basin and Puente Hills.
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