40-970: [REDACTED] Look up lac in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. LAC may refer to: Places [ edit ] La Crescenta, California , unincorporated area in Los Angeles County Latin America and the Caribbean Latin American and Caribbean Group , United Nations geoscheme region Line of Actual Control , a demarcation line between Indian-controlled and Chinese-controlled territories (1959–present) Los Angeles County in California Los Angeles, California Education [ edit ] Liberal arts college , undergraduate educational institution Longburn Adventist College ,
80-527: A Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol tunnel Laboratoire Aimé-Cotton , French research laboratory Linear acetylenic carbon , a polymeric carbon chain Location Area Code , a unique 16-digit fixed length location area identity code broadcast by a "base transceiver station" in GSM public land mobile network, that identifies a phone number's location area Lorenz asymmetry coefficient , a statistic used in
120-458: A Mexican schoolteacher from Pueblo de Los Ángeles , Ygnacio Coronel (1795–1862). La Crescenta does not mean "the crescent," which in Spanish would be el creciente . From his home, early settler Benjamin B. Briggs "could see three crescent-shaped formations, which suggested to him the artificial name," accepted by the U.S. Post Office in 1888. Montrose was chosen "as the result of a contest for
160-527: A Seventh-day Adventist school near Palmerston North, in Longburn, New Zealand Government and military [ edit ] California State Prison, Los Angeles County Leading Aircraftman , a rank in some air forces Organizations [ edit ] LAC Group , library services vendor in America LAC Minerals , a Canadian mining company Ladies' Alpine Club (1907–1975),
200-817: A club for women climbers, based in London, merged in 1975 with the Alpine Club Lake Avenue Church , Pasadena Ca. Lancashire Aero Club , flying club in the United Kingdom Legal Aid Commission, organisation providing legal aid related to Community legal centres , Australia Library and Archives Canada , national memory institution preserving documentary heritage about Canadian life Liga Antituberculosa Colombiana, an organization focused on curing and preventing tuberculosis Science and technology [ edit ] L2TP Access Concentrator, endpoint of
240-638: A family birthing center, and bariatric and orthopedic surgical services. La Crescenta and the Crescenta Valley area is served by the Crescenta Valley Weekly and the Glendale News Press . The Amtrak Thruway 19 provides twice daily connections to/from Lowell and Honolulu Avenues to/from Bakersfield to the north, and San Bernardino to the east, with several stops in between. The closest Amtrak station
280-468: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages La Crescenta, California La Crescenta-Montrose ( pronunciation ) is an unincorporated area in Los Angeles County , California , United States. The community is bordered by Glendale to the south and west, La Cañada Flintridge to the east, and Angeles National Forest to
320-552: Is in Glendale . The Metro 90 bus connects La Crescenta to North Hollywood station and downtown Los Angeles . St. Luke's of the Mountains Episcopal Church was designed and built by the famous artist Seymour Thomas in 1924. Constructed of natural stone from the valley, it is reminiscent of a woodlands church in northern Europe. It is considered to be the architectural centerpiece of the valley. St. Luke's
360-485: Is located at 2563 Foothill Boulevard. Le Mesnager Barn is a stone barn perched high above the valley, built in 1911 by George Le Mesnager, a French patriot, to store and process grapes from his vineyards in the Sparr Heights area. These grapes supplied his Old Hermitage Vineyards in downtown Los Angeles. There is still a Mesnager Street in the downtown area where the winery had been located. The barn, now owned by
400-541: Is often counted on to facilitate community-wide forums to inform or garner opinion from residents. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Glendale Health Center in Glendale, serving La Crescenta and Montrose. USC Verdugo Hills Hospital is a 158-bed nonprofit primary-care facility. It features emergency services, inpatient and outpatient diagnostic and treatment facilities,
440-653: The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2005, it was the successor of an airline with the same name that folded in 2003 , but had a different air operator's certificate . The carrier started operations in 2005 with LAC - SkyCongo aircraft flying on LAC's behalf. It was shut down in 2006, following an accident with a Convair 580 , but was reactivated under a joint venture with Bravo Airlines . When this latter airline folded in 2007, LAC
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#1732765671307480-590: The "Screen Actors' Sanitarium," housing such patients as Billie Burke and Gladys Baker, mother of Marilyn Monroe . Closed in 2006, the property was purchased by the City of Glendale in 2008. As of early 2016, the site is being considered for "adaptive reuse." Another, more notorious sanitarium existed in La Crescenta from the 1920s to the early 1960s. A few yards west of the La Crescenta Motel, on
520-660: The American Legion Hall had stood. In the spring of 2012, a black bear wandered regularly from the Angeles National Forest into the La Crescenta-Montrose-Glendale residential area, rummaging through trash cans and showing a preference for Costco meatballs and tuna. The bear was subdued in La Crescenta and returned to the forest. A Twitter account from an individual posting as "GlenBearian" appeared with updates from
560-604: The CDP was $ 30,196. About 3.9% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over. In 2009, the Los Angeles Times' s Mapping L.A. project supplied these neighborhood statistics based on the 2000 census. The percentages of Asian and white people in La Crescenta-Montrose were high for the county. Median income at $ 82,693
600-695: The City of Glendale, is an educational nature/history center. Le Mesnager Barn is located in Deukmejian Wilderness Park at the top of Dunsmore Ave. La Crescenta is home to one of two American ashrams founded by Indian teacher and mystic poet Swami Paramananda who came to America in 1906. Founded in 1923, the Ananda Ashram is located at the top of Pennsylvania Avenue near Deukmejian Wilderness Park. Lignes A%C3%A9riennes Congolaises Lignes Aériennes Congolaises (English: Congolese Airlines ), also known by its acronym LAC ,
640-571: The Crescenta Valley Station in La Crescenta, serving La Crescenta and Montrose. The Crescenta Valley Town Council (CVTC) is composed of nine democratically elected councilmembers, each of whom serve three-year terms upon installation. CVTC is currently the Los Angeles County unincorporated area's main advisory body to the county supervisor's office and other governing agencies, as well as an organized institution that
680-580: The Crescenta Valley neighborhoods below. More than 400 homes were destroyed in La Cañada, La Crescenta, Montrose and Tujunga. Scores of people were killed, and hundreds were left homeless. Entire families were wiped out. The mudslides that began in the mountains above La Cañada and La Crescenta carved a path of destruction all the way to the Verdugo Wash and beyond. Some Montrose residents sought shelter from flooding at American Legion Post 288, which
720-972: The ICAO operator designator for Lockheed Corporation (Lockheed Aircraft Corporation), United States Lignes Aériennes Congolaises (defunct airline of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) Linea Aerea Cuencana, a regional airline operating out of Cuenca, Ecuador Líneas Aéreas Canarias Lockheed Aircraft Company , American aerospace company Granada LAC , a BRT system in the city of Granada, Spain Lancing railway station , station code See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "lac" on Misplaced Pages. Lanthanum carbide (LaC2) All pages with titles beginning with LAC All pages with titles containing LAC Lac (disambiguation) LACS (disambiguation) LACC (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
760-548: The La Crescenta home of a friend, writer Rosie Shuster . Kidder was discovered in Glendale and hospitalized. In the state legislature, La Crescenta-Montrose is situated in the 25th senate district, represented by Senator Anthony Portantino , and the 44th assembly district, represented by Assemblywoman Laura Friedman . The area is in California's 28th congressional district , represented by Congresswoman Judy Chu . The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) operates
800-416: The age of 18 living with them, 57.4% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.8% were non-families. 24.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.22. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 26.5% under
840-459: The age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.9 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $ 60,089, and the median income for a family was $ 69,381. Males had a median income of $ 60,027 versus $ 38,532 for females. The per capita income for
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#1732765671307880-481: The analysis of wealth or income inequality lac operon , a DNA operon relating to the metabolism of lactose found in some bacteria Sports [ edit ] London Aquatics Centre Los Angeles Chargers , a National Football League team based in Inglewood, California Los Angeles Clippers , a National Basketball Association team based in Inglewood, California Transport [ edit ] LAC,
920-482: The bear's perspective. The historic 1946 La Crescenta Motel, formerly known as the May Lane Motel, with its classic postwar L-shaped layout on Foothill Boulevard, has been used as a location for numerous feature films and television shows, such as Glee , Criminal Minds , Mad Men and True Blood . Rockhaven Sanitarium on Honolulu Avenue, built entirely of rock, opened in 1923. It became known as
960-753: The cities of Glendale or La Cañada Flintridge. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined La Crescenta-Montrose as a CDP. La Crescenta-Montrose is bordered on the north by the San Gabriel Mountains and Angeles National Forest, on the east by La Cañada Flintridge, on the south by the Verdugo Mountains and central Glendale, and the northwest by the Sunland-Tujunga community of Los Angeles. The Foothill Freeway (I-210) runs through
1000-621: The corner of Foothill Boulevard and Rosemont Avenue, is the site of the Kimball Sanitarium, which was housed in a large, foreboding, converted Victorian mansion built in the 1880s. Bela Lugosi attempted to overcome his morphine addiction at the Kimball, represented in the Tim Burton film Ed Wood . Actress Frances Farmer , misdiagnosed as a " paranoid schizophrenic ," received insulin shock therapy at Kimball. Plans to expand
1040-649: The disaster, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the County of Los Angeles built a flood control system of catch basins and concrete storm drains, designed to prevent a repeat of the 1934 disaster. The flood was commemorated in Woody Guthrie 's song "Los Angeles New Year's Flood". To honor the victims of that New Year's calamity and to mark its 75th anniversary, a small monument was dedicated January 1, 2004, at Rosemont and Fairway avenues in Montrose, near where
1080-666: The north. According to the United States Census Bureau , the La Crescenta-Montrose Census-Designated Place (CDP) measures about 3.4 square miles (8.8 km ), and the population was 19,997 at the 2020 census, up from 19,653 in 2010 and 18,532 in 2000. La Crescenta-Montrose encompasses those parts of the Crescenta Valley , northwestern San Rafael Hills , and northeastern Verdugo Mountains not within
1120-634: The population) lived in households, 1 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 7,088 households, out of which 2,700 (38.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 4,190 (59.1%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 784 (11.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, 298 (4.2%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 212 (3.0%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 42 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 1,533 households (21.6%) were made up of individuals, and 555 (7.8%) had someone living alone who
1160-425: The population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 6,174 people (31.4%) lived in rental housing units. According to the 2010 United States Census, La Crescenta-Montrose had a median household income of $ 89,375, with 7.4% of the population living below the federal poverty line. As of the census of 2000, there were 18,532 people, 6,945 households, and 4,944 families residing in the CDP. The population density
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1240-499: The sanitarium were rejected by local residents in the early 1960s, and the sanitarium was torn down. Construction workers readying the building for demolition found padded cells with straitjackets and manacles attached to the walls. The site became a shopping plaza in 1989, and a Ralphs supermarket occupies the spot where the disreputable sanitarium once stood. During a bipolar episode in 1996, actress Margot Kidder attempted to walk 12 miles (19 km) from downtown Los Angeles to
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1280-605: The southern portion of the area. The 2010 United States Census reported that La Crescenta-Montrose had a population of 19,653. The population density was 5,717.8 inhabitants per square mile (2,207.7/km ). The racial makeup of La Crescenta-Montrose was 12,807 (65.2%) White (57.9% Non-Hispanic White), 142 (0.7%) African American , 70 (0.4%) Native American , 5,375 (27.3%) Asian , 12 (0.1%) Pacific Islander , 533 (2.7%) from other races , and 714 (3.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2,232 persons (11.4%). The Census reported that 19,652 people (100% of
1320-539: The subdivision established in 1913 on part of the La Crescenta development. In November 1933, wildfires raged through the nearby San Gabriel mountains above the communities of La Crescenta, La Cañada and Montrose. During the last week of December of that year, a series of winter storms pounded the mountainside with 12 inches (300 mm) of rain. On New Year's Eve, more heavy rains led to sporadic flooding. Around midnight, hillsides in at least three mountain locations collapsed sending millions of tons of mud and debris into
1360-401: Was 41.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males. There were 7,350 housing units at an average density of 2,138.4 per square mile (825.6/km ), of which 4,568 (64.4%) were owner-occupied, and 2,520 (35.6%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.6%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.1%. 13,478 people (68.6% of
1400-483: Was 5,407.0 inhabitants per square mile (2,087.7/km ). There were 7,108 housing units at an average density of 2,073.9 per square mile (800.7/km ). The racial makeup of the CDP was 72.93% White , 0.52% African American , 0.36% Native American , 18.68% Asian , 0.04% Pacific Islander , 2.69% from other races , and 4.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.91% of the population. There were 6,945 households, out of which 37.7% had children under
1440-411: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77. There were 5,272 families (74.4% of all households); the average family size was 3.26. The population distribution was 4,612 people (23.5%) under the age of 18, 1,635 people (8.3%) aged 18 to 24, 4,590 people (23.4%) aged 25 to 44, 6,388 people (32.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,428 people (12.4%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
1480-585: Was among the county's highest. Most percentages are rounded to the nearest whole figure. Schools in La Crescenta-Montrose are a part of the Glendale Unified School District . Elementary schools Middle schools High schools Independent study Private The area is part of the homelands of the Tongva people . It became part of Rancho La Cañada , a Mexican land grant given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to
1520-683: Was an airline of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , with its head office in Kinshasa , and its central administration on the property of N'djili Airport in Kinshasa. The carrier has the latter airport as the base of its flight operations. It was liquidated in 2013. Along with all other airlines registered in the country, the company was banned from flying into any member state of the European Union 's bloc. Formed by
1560-415: Was destroyed, killing 12. Parts of Foothill Boulevard were buried under 12 feet (4 m) of mud, boulders and debris. The mud was deep enough to bury cars completely on Montrose Avenue. Miles of Honolulu Boulevard were inundated by several feet of sand and silt. Two notable victims of the flood were silent-era identical-twin child actors Winston and Weston Doty , who died at the age of 19. Following
1600-411: Was high for the county, The percentages of households that earned $ 60,000 to $ 125,000 and $ 125,000 and up were high for the county. 40.8% of residents 25 and older had a four-year degree, high for the county. The percentages of residents ages 35 to 49 and 50 to 64 were among the county's highest. The single-parent rate was 8.8 percent, low for the county. The percentage of veterans who served during Vietnam
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