62-506: West Hills may refer to: West Hills, Los Angeles , California West Hills (New Haven) , a neighborhood in the Amity area of New Haven, Connecticut West Hills, Baltimore , Maryland, a neighborhood West Hills, New York West Hills (Pennsylvania) , the western suburbs of Pittsburgh West Hills, Pennsylvania West Hills, Knoxville , Tennessee) West Hills (Box Elder County, Utah) ,
124-491: A high percentage for both the city and the county. The percentages of those residents with a master's degree or higher was also high for the county. Schools within the West Hills boundaries are: The Los Angeles Unified School District operates public schools in this area. Public middle schools and high schools serving West Hills within their district boundary lines include: Among religious buildings, Our Lady of
186-447: A Bus Rapid Transit project. This exit list proceeds from east to west, since the majority of the freeway is the north-south US 101. Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964 , based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers to an overlap due to
248-592: A climate similar to other locations in the west San Fernando Valley, such as nearby Woodland Hills with a long established weather station at Pierce College. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, West Hills has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate , abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps. As of 2022, according to the Los Angeles Almanac there were estimated to be 32,267 residents of West Hills. The ethnic breakdown
310-565: A community identity that didn't previously exist, a forum for people to be involved in community affairs. Under the leadership of Joel Schiffman, residents of a three-square-mile area in western Canoga Park began a petition campaign in 1987 to separate from the larger community and establish a neighborhood of their own to be called West Hills, the same name that a 303-home subdivision in a nearby unincorporated area had carried for years. The Los Angeles city district of 4,700 single-family homes and 35 businesses would be bounded by Roscoe Boulevard on
372-407: A large maternity ward and an oncology unit. The Grossman Burn Centers, formerly based at Sherman Oaks Hospital, moved to West Hills Hospital in 2010. Opened in 1984, the hospital does not have a trauma center so any trauma/emergency cases are routed to nearby Northridge Hospital Medical Center . Thirty-eight percent of West Hills residents aged 25 and older had earned a four-year degree by 2000,
434-630: A mountain range Tualatin Mountains , a.k.a. the West Hills of Portland, Oregon, United States West Hills Community College District , a community college district located in California, with campuses in Coalinga, Lemoore, etc. See also [ edit ] West Hill (disambiguation) Western Hills (disambiguation) 西山 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
496-418: A registered Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument —LAHCM. These are: the former residence and its outdoor patio rooms, gardens, and grounds; and the equestrian stables and its patios. Lederer was the honorary Mayor of Canoga Park (pre-West Hills) for many years. In retirement he taught theatre classes, and was a member of the L.A. City Parks Board of Directors. The landmark buildings are located west of and near
558-789: A united Canoga Park/West Hills Chamber of Commerce, which is still in existence. Three ranches and a silent film star's estate in West Hills have been awarded Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument status recognition and protection, and two are city parks. In addition, on the western edge of West Hills huge open space preserves provide an undeveloped greenbelt and nearby recreation opportunities. The high number of neighborhood parks here offer sports fields and courts, play areas for children, and community rooms. All of these large Parks are open for walks, hiking, mountain biking, and equestrian riding; sunrise to sunset. The Lederer Estate, of stage actor and early film star Francis Lederer (1899–2000), has two separate structures and their settings that are each
620-528: Is Routes 101 and 134 from Route 5 to the Santa Barbara County line. This does not include the portion of Route 134 between Route 5 and Route 210 even though local usage extends the name over this portion of freeway. At the freeway's eastern terminus with Interstate 210 in Pasadena, highway signs indicate "Ventura" as the destination direction for Route 134. The interchange of SR 134 and I-5
682-460: Is a neighborhood in the western San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles , California . It is bordered by mountain ranges to the west and the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Chatsworth to the north, Canoga Park to the east, and Woodland Hills to the south. The neighborhood was formerly the home of many Native American tribes , and during the early Spanish and Mexican era
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#1732771881986744-887: Is a vegetated overpass spanning the Ventura Freeway and Agoura Road at Liberty Canyon in Agoura Hills . When built, it will be one of the largest urban wildlife crossing in the United States, connecting the Simi Hills and the Santa Monica Mountains over a busy freeway with ten traffic lanes (including exit lanes). Ventura Freeway currently carries the Los Angeles Metro express bus route 501 between Pasadena and North Hollywood. Portions of SR 134 are also being considered as part of
806-579: Is due to the fact that US 101 as a whole has an overall north–south alignment. The apparent inconsistency can be confusing to visitors, as the same freeway entrance can often be signed as "101 North" and "101 West." This is most common in the San Fernando Valley . Continuing eastward from the Hollywood Split as SR 134, the Ventura Freeway, now signed as east–west, skirts the northern edge of Griffith Park before intersecting
868-469: Is elected by West Hills stakeholders (residents and local business owners). The council also is a resource as the city's official forum for individuals and the community to learn about, discuss and take positions on local and citywide issues. The United States Postal Service : The West Hills Post Office is located at 23055 Sherman Way, West Hills, 91307 (where Platt turns into Sherman Way). The community's postal zip codes are 91307 and 91304. West Hills
930-729: Is officially the "Gene Autry Memorial Interchange", after the singing cowboy superstar Gene Autry . Autry's Museum of the American West is located near the interchange in Griffith Park. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 54, Chapter 85 in 2003 also designated Route 101 in Ventura County as the "Screaming Eagles Highway". This honors the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army , which formed on July 23, 1918 and has been involved in every major war that
992-569: Is signed as U.S. Route 101 (US 101), which was built in the late 1950s and opened on April 5, 1960. The segments from the Santa Barbara County line to Sea Cliff , and from Solimar Beach to Oxnard , are also concurrent with State Route 1 (SR 1), although no signs mention SR 1 there. East of the Hollywood Freeway intersection, the Ventura Freeway is signed as State Route 134 ( SR 134 ), which
1054-738: Is within the: West Hills is located in Los Angeles County and is represented by Lindsey Horvath . The West Hills Hospital and Medical Center, located at Medical Center Drive and Sherman Way, serves the local community as well as patients from several cities in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties . The West Hills Hospital Surgical Center opened in 1996, and performs procedures in specialties such as general and hand surgery (done by The Hand Center of Southern California), gynecology , gastroenterology , and orthopedics . The West Hills Hospital and Medical Center facilities also include
1116-609: The Los Angeles Times , West Hills is flanked on the north by the Chatsworth Reservoir , on the east by Canoga Park , on the south by Woodland Hills , on the southwest by Hidden Hills and on the west by Bell Canyon in Ventura County . In 1987, Los Angeles recognized the following description of the boundaries of West Hills Neighborhood Council: Starting at the centerline intersections of Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Nordhoff Street , westward down
1178-490: The Chatsworth Reservoir . The property was originally developed in 1959 as the Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge aerospace corporation's new headquarters. It was later used by Atomics International , Hughes Aircraft , and Raytheon for aerospace development advancements and nuclear research . Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California , United States, that runs from
1240-823: The Golden State Freeway (I-5) and crossing the Los Angeles River . After passing through Downtown Glendale south of the Verdugo Mountains , it continues along the southern slope of the San Rafael Hills between Glendale and Eagle Rock before entering Pasadena near the Arroyo Seco and terminating at the Foothill Freeway (I-210) . The road is the main connector from the San Fernando Valley and points north to
1302-694: The Oxnard Plain before ascending the short, steep Conejo Grade into the Conejo Valley . Continuing eastward through the northern Santa Monica Mountains , it crosses the Ventura/ Los Angeles county line before entering the San Fernando Valley . The freeway continues eastward along the valley's southern rim, crossing the San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405) near Sherman Oaks at an interchange consistently rated as one of
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#17327718819861364-569: The Platt Branch Library at 23600 Victory Boulevard. In 2015, the Neighborhood Councils of West Hills and Woodland Hills-Warner Center agreed to share jurisdiction over the library and its grounds, making it a part of both West Hills and Woodland Hills. The West Hills Neighborhood Council (WHNC) has a website, public meetings, and sponsors events and activities. It is governed by a 25-member board of directors that
1426-625: The San Gabriel Valley and points east. The future I-710 dead-ends at California Blvd and is signed as SR 710 . Residents of South Pasadena have blocked efforts to extend I-710 north to California Boulevard from its current end at Valley Boulevard north of I-10 near the Alhambra / Los Angeles city limit. Signs on SR 134 and I-210 refer to the SR ;710 stub in Pasadena as TO SR 110 , because exiting left from
1488-665: The Santa Barbara / Ventura county line to Pasadena in Los Angeles County . It is the principal east–west route (designated north–south) through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County . From the Santa Barbara County line to its intersection with the Hollywood Freeway in the southeastern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles (the Hollywood Split ), it
1550-482: The Chumash heirs sold Rancho El Escorpión to George Platt. He established a dairy operation on renamed Platt Ranch variously called Ferndale, ‘escorpion,’ or Cloverdale Dairy. The Rancho El Escorpión-Platt Ranch was not incorporated into Los Angeles and its water system until 1958 and was left undeveloped until 1961. West Hills was originally part of Owensmouth (founded 1912) and renamed Canoga Park (1931). There's
1612-656: The Los Angeles River, and several are considered year-round creeks. Although the creeks are now channeled and run within concrete walls, they do form a significant urban wildlife landscape and contribute to the population of indigenous wildlife left within the San Fernando Valley. Both Bell Creek and Dayton Creek in particular have received attention due to their headwaters origins inside the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in
1674-592: The SR 710 stub onto California Blvd and turning right on Arroyo Parkway leads directly to SR 110, which is Pasadena's only direct freeway link to Downtown Los Angeles . Both the SR 134 and US 101 portions of the freeway are part of the California Freeway and Expressway System , and is part of the National Highway System , a network of highways that are considered essential to
1736-660: The Simi Hills. The SSFL is mandated for an environmental cleanup due to its uses as a testing center for rocket and missile engines, nuclear reactor research and fuel reprocessing, and high technology defense systems. It was also the site of a partial nuclear core meltdown in 1959. Prominent contaminants include radionuclides , VOCs-volatile organic compounds , Chromium , Lead , Benzene , and other components of rocket engine fuel and cleaning compounds. This region experiences warm and dry summers with average temperatures peaking at 96 degree highs throughout August. West Hills has
1798-534: The United States has participated in since then. The California Legislature passed a resolution in 2017 to designate the easternmost segment of the SR 134 freeway between SR 2 and its terminus at I-210 as the "President Barack H. Obama Highway", in honor of the 44th U.S. President Barack Obama , who had attended Occidental College in Eagle Rock from 1979 to 1981. Signs were posted on December 20, 2018. The proposed Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing
1860-621: The Valley Catholic Church, Saint Bernardine Parish and the Shomrei Torah Synagogue is located near Stone Gate Drive and Valley Circle Boulevard. Chabad of West Hills is located near the intersection of Hartland Street and Valley Circle Boulevard. The Corporate Pointe business park, on the largest research and light industry property in West Hills, is in planning for redevelopment. It is located at Fallbrook Avenue and Roscoe Boulevard , near Hidden Lake and
1922-700: The West Hills Post Office and West Hills Hospital. The 29-acre (120,000 m ) Peppergate Ranch was located between Orcutt Ranch and Chatsworth Reservoir. The ranch's residence was designed by master architect Paul R. Williams (1894–1980) in the Ranch Style . It was built in 1939 for Talton R. Craig, founder of the Craig Movie Supply Company. The T.R. Craig Residence is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (#992) (in 2011), located on Pinelake Drive. Peppergate Ranch
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1984-464: The area in car caravans, shouting from megaphones and waving signs urging "Vote to Fallbrook." In the end, Picus made a controversial decision to move the eastern boundary of West Hills from Platt and Woodlake avenues to Shoup Avenue, a decision that did not please everybody. In 1994, the Canoga Park and West Hills communities achieved a "partial rapprochement" when business leaders voted to form
2046-525: The balance of the natural world. From 1797 to 1846, the area (future West Hills) was part of Mission San Fernando Rey de España (Mission San Fernando). After Mexico won independence from Spain, it later became part of Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando in Alta California . In 1845, a separate land grant for Rancho El Escorpión was issued by Governor Pío Pico to three Chumash people : Odón Eusebia, Urbano, and Urbano's son Mañuel. It encompassed
2108-505: The betterment of a community by renaming it. There's no magic in words. As the petition drive expanded to include three more areas – two on the edge of the Chatsworth Reservoir and one on the western edge of Canoga Park – the Canoga Park Chamber of Commerce took an official stand against the separation, with president William Vietinghoff calling it "a source of division and disharmony . . . an extremely dangerous precedent for
2170-480: The centerline of Nordhoff extended in a straight line to the city limits of the City of Los Angeles; thence southward, following the border of the City of Los Angeles to the centerline of Victory Boulevard ; thence eastward down the centerline of Victory Boulevard to Shoup Avenue centerline; thence northward down the centerline of Shoup Avenue to the intersection of the centerline of Roscoe Boulevard ; thence eastward down
2232-624: The centerline of Roscoe Boulevard to the centerline of Topanga Canyon Boulevard; then northward down the centerline of Topanga Canyon Boulevard to the centerline of Nordhoff Street. Bell and Dayton creeks in West Hills are several of the headwaters of the Los Angeles River that originate in the Northwest San Fernando Valley . The Los Angeles River itself begins at the confluence of Arroyo Calabasas (Calabasas Creek) and Bell Creek in Canoga Park. These and other small creeks supply stormwater and suburban runoff water to
2294-442: The community identity we sought." . . . no further petitions. I didn't know this was going to grow. I just want this to go away. In what was called a "stampede," other areas sought entry into West Hills, one homeowner on Santa Susana Place saying residents there wanted to "divorce ourselves from Canoga Park's element." Council member Hal Bernson agreed to add a square-mile area with 423 households bounded by Roscoe Boulevard on
2356-599: The community. Two private high schools are among the 13 schools within West Hills. West Hills (formerly joined with Canoga Park) is located in the western San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County and about 45 minutes (depending on traffic) from downtown Los Angeles . It is off of U.S. 101 (the Ventura Freeway ) via the Valley Circle Boulevard/Mullholland Highway off-ramp. According to the 2008 Mapping L.A. project of
2418-735: The country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration . A pre-freeway alignment of State Route 134 originated at U.S. Route 101 (Ventura Boulevard) and Fulton Avenue in Los Angeles , then along Fulton, Moorpark Street, Riverside Drive and Alameda Avenue before meeting up with U.S. 6 / 99 (San Fernando Road) in Burbank. It traveled along San Fernando Road to Colorado Street, then ran along Colorado Street (portions of which have been renamed Eagle Vista Drive) through Glendale, Eagle Rock and Pasadena before terminating at U.S. Route 66 . The alignment
2480-454: The five most congested in the nation. It then reaches an interchange with the Hollywood Freeway known as the Hollywood Split . Here, the US ;101 designation switches to the southeast-bound Hollywood Freeway, while the Ventura Freeway becomes SR 134 as it continues eastward. The northwest-bound portion of the Hollywood Freeway is designated as SR 170. The westernmost portion of
2542-435: The freeway also forms part of the unsigned SR 1 concurrency that stretches from Las Cruces in the west to Oxnard in the east, with SR 1 spitting off for about 6 miles (9.7 km) to serve Sea Cliff , Faria , Solimar Beach , and Emma Wood State Beach . The portion of the Ventura Freeway signed as US 101 is signed as a north–south route by CalTrans despite the freeway's actual alignment being east–west. This
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2604-513: The land west of present-day Woodlake Avenue in West Hills, with its adobe ranch buildings (present 1840s—1960s) sited beside Bell Creek near present-day Bell Canyon Park . California was admitted to the United States in 1850, with Spanish and Mexican land grants requiring a federal land patent to retain ownership. The United States Public Land Commission patented the Rancho to original grantees Odón Eusebia, Urbano, and Mañuel in 1876. In 1912
2666-426: The lowest population densities in Los Angeles, which itself has an overall lower population density. In 2000, the median age for residents was 39, considered old for city and county neighborhoods; the percentages of residents aged 35 and older were among the county's highest. The neighborhood was considered "moderately diverse" ethnically within Los Angeles, with a high percentage of white residents. The breakdown
2728-411: The north, Woodlake Avenue, Sherman Way and Platt Avenue on the east, Victory Boulevard on the south and the county line on the west. Proponents said the change would give the area "political clout" and increase property values. The drive, which was opposed by the Canoga Park Chamber of Commerce, was partially financed by a real estate firm, whose owner, Lynn Garvanian, said the name change would "add 5% to
2790-514: The percentages of veterans who served during World War II or the Korean War were among the county's highest. The 1980 census showed 32,370 people living in the area that later became West Hills, of whom 92% were white, 7% Hispanic, 1% black, 4% Asian and 3% other. Families constituted 90% of the population, and 72% of the residents owned or were buying their own homes. Fifty-three percent had attended college. The present day West Hills area
2852-578: The ramp and then onto what is presently the Ventura Freeway to Orange Grove Boulevard in Pasadena. The Colorado Boulevard / Figueroa Street ramps plus the segment of freeway between the ramps and just east of Orange Grove Boulevard were previously known as the Colorado Freeway. From 1964 to 1992, the Colorado Boulevard portions of Route 134 were renumbered as California State Route 248 . The official Ventura Freeway designation
2914-517: The residents requested. Many of the latter expected the name change to add thousands of dollars of value to their properties. Two weeks later Picus added another two-mile-wide section of Canoga Park that gave West Hills the Fallbrook Mall and Platt Village shopping centers, along with several smaller retail strips and some older residential tracts built in flatland areas. This addition was denounced by Schiffman, who said it did "a lot to erode
2976-630: The same evening when some four hundred people packed a meeting room at the Fallbrook Mall to wrestle with the decision on where the final boundary should be. The later event drew three hundred. A poll was taken among about 8,500 residents in an area between Topanga Canyon Boulevard and the recently adopted West Hills border at Woodlake and Platt avenues to choose an eastern border. More than a hundred protestors gathered in front of Ficus's office to protest any enlargement of West Hills, chanting "Hell, no, we won't grow!" But other residents wound through
3038-484: The south, Parthenia Street on the north, Shoup Avenue on the west and Topanga Canyon Boulevard on the east, although the commercial northwest corner of Roscoe and Topanga Canyon boulevards was to remain in Canoga Park. Those additions meant that from nearly a third to nearly half of the former Canoga Park was to be part of the new West Hills. Still, a demand continued for admittance to West Hills. A community meeting scheduled for August 31, 1987, had to be repeated later
3100-513: The title West Hills . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=West_Hills&oldid=1190012876 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages West Hills, Los Angeles West Hills
3162-520: The value of homes." The campaign was quickly criticized as "snobby and greedy" by members of the Canoga Park Chamber of Commerce but defended by supporters who said it would allow the neighborhood to preserve its residential character. Petition leaders said they hoped a new name would separate the more affluent West Hills area from Canoga Park's "fading factories, aging subdivisions and X-rated bars and theaters." They're looking for
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#17327718819863224-447: The whole San Fernando Valley." Council member Hal Bernson , however, said he did not "look at it as a slam against Canoga Park – just as a group of people wanting identity." On January 16, 1987, Councilwoman Joy Picus accepted petitions representing 3,364, or 77% of the 4,333 households in the area within her councilmanic district, and she immediately said she would direct the city's transportation department to put up boundary signs as
3286-477: Was whites , 70.9%; Latinos , 11%; Asians , 11.3%; blacks , 2.5%; and others, 4.3%. Iran (13.8%) and the Philippines (8.4%) were the most common places of birth for the 22.7% of the residents who were born abroad—a low percentage for Los Angeles. The median yearly household income in 2008 dollars was $ 103,008, considered high for the city and county. The percentage of households that earned $ 125,000 and up
3348-409: Was 60.52% White (non-Hispanic) , 15.73% Asian , 4.56% Black , 0.75% Native American , 0.05% Pacific Islander , 3.52% from other races , and 11.25% from two or more races. 12.15% were Hispanic or Latino of any race. As of the 2010 census, and according to the Los Angeles Almanac, there were 38,814 people and 10,626 households residing in West Hills. The ethnic-racial medley of the neighborhood
3410-415: Was 78.89% White , 11.97% Asian , 0.05% Pacific Islander , 2.11% African American , 0.36% Native American , 2.80% from other races , and 3.82% from two or more races. 9.26% of the population were Hispanic of any race. The Los Angeles Times reported that the 2000 U.S. census counted 30,814 residents in the 8.53-square-mile (22.1 km ) West Hills neighborhood,—or 4,551 people per square mile, among
3472-523: Was a meeting and trading point for them with the Tongva-Fernandeño and Tataviam-Fernandeño people. A cave near Hu'wam, known as the Cave of Munits, is the believed home of a mythical Chumash shaman named Munits, who was killed by an eagle after murdering the son of a Chumash chief. Escorpión Peak is one of nine alignment points in the ancestral Chumash homelands, believed essential to maintaining
3534-511: Was built by 1971. Before the construction of a new alignment in 1971, the portion east of the Golden State Freeway was known as the Colorado Freeway after nearby Colorado Boulevard , a historic thoroughfare in Pasadena and northeastern Los Angeles. The Ventura Freeway begins at the Santa Barbara / Ventura county line, west of La Conchita , as US 101. It travels eastward through the citrus orchards and strawberry fields of
3596-413: Was high for Los Angeles County . Renters occupied 12.6% of the housing stock, and house and condominium-owners occupied 87.4%. The percentages of married people were among the county's highest. In 2000, there were 785 families headed by single parents, a low percentage for both the city and the county. Eleven percent of the population were military veterans, a high rate for the city and the county, and
3658-542: Was later cut back to terminate in Studio City at Lankershim and Ventura. The Interstate 5 off-ramp at Colorado Street is actually a former routing of SR 134, and there are still mileposts that refer to it as such. Old SR 134 followed Colorado Street through Glendale and Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock to the ramp connecting Colorado Boulevard and Figueroa Street to the Ventura Freeway. Old SR 134 continued onto
3720-534: Was part of the Mission San Fernando Rey de España . In the American era, West Hills was part of Owensmouth , which was renamed Canoga Park in 1930. West Hills was established in western Canoga Park and retained its present name in 1987. Several city parks are to be found within the community. The area is highly residential; there are some religious establishments and a few commercial areas in
3782-399: Was subdivided, as Woodlake Estates and Pinelake Estates, in the 1960s. West Hills, made up of what was formerly a section of Canoga Park, is located within the City of Los Angeles — represented by Councilmember John Lee . It borders the cities of Hidden Hills, Woodland Hills, and Canoga Park all located within the San Fernando Valley in California. The Los Angeles Public Library operates
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#17327718819863844-592: Was the homeland of Native Americans in the Tongva-Fernandeño and Chumash-Venturaño tribes, that lived in the Simi Hills and close to Bell Creek and other local tributaries to the Los Angeles River . Native American civilizations had inhabited the San Fernando Valley for an estimated 8,000 years. The village, Hu'wam, of the Chumash-Venturaños, was located at the base of Escorpión Peak (Castle Peak) near present-day Bell Canyon Park . It
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