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Encino (Spanish for evergreen or holm oak) is a hilly district of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. Specifically, it is located in the central portion of the southern San Fernando Valley and on the north slope of the Santa Monica Mountains. It derives its name from the Rancho Los Encinos (Ranch of the Evergreens), a parcel of land given to three Mission Indians by the Mexican government following its secularization of the California missions beginning in 1834. Rancho Encino was established in 1845.

The portion of the Los Angeles River that runs through the Encino area is one of only two unpaved areas necessitated by the high water table. The original aquifer that fed the City of Los Angeles is the one located below Encino.

Encino is bordered by Tarzana on the west, the Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area on the north, Sherman Oaks on the east, and the Encino Reservoir of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power on the south.

The district's boundaries are roughly Mulholland Drive on the south, Lindley Avenue on the west, Victory Boulevard on the north, and the San Diego Freeway on the east. Major thoroughfares include Ventura, Magnolia and Burbank Boulevards, as well as White Oak Avenue, Balboa Boulevard, Haskell Avenue and Hayvenhurst Avenue.

It is the setting and namesake of the 1992 comedy, Encino Man.

Within Encino is what was the Encino RKO Ranch, where the mythical town of Bedford Falls stood during the filming of It's A Wonderful Life.

Dave Grohl mentioned wearing a black "Encino" shirt to the MTV Movie Awards in a Spin Magazine interview and says of Encino, "There are some really good delis out here." Grohl also mentions, "Dude, I love the Valley!"[29] [30]

It is a place where the crew of Blue Thunder, a 1983 film with Roy Scheider, during their helicopter shift secretly watch a woman performing physical exercise at her house while elsewhere LA councilwoman Diane McNeely is shot.

"The Point" from Fast Times at Ridgemont High was located at one of the baseball fields in Encino Little League.

Ali's (Elisabeth Shue) family lived in Encino in the movie The Karate Kid. Their country club was Encino Oaks and they lived on Alonzo Avenue.

Encino is where live-action specials on the popular cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants take place. The character Patchy the Pirate from SpongeBob SquarePants lives in Encino.

Encino is the setting of the first half of Chilean author Alberto Fuguet's novel Las películas de mi vida (The Movies Of My Life).

Encino is where, according to a recurring on-air gag, Match Game panelist Brett Somers would take host Gene Rayburn to a nice hotel after the show if she were "feeling frisky."

In the 2008 movie Hancock, Ray Embrey, one of main characters, states that his son plays on the little league soccer team the Encino Hurricanes, suggesting that the movie is at least partially set there.

Miles Straume of Lost claims to be from Encino.

* Clark Gable
* David Hasselhoff
* Chick Hearn
* Joseph Jackson
* Katherine Jackson
* Rebbie Jackson
* Jackie Jackson
* Tito Jackson
* Randy Jackson
* Janet Jackson
* Phil Hartman
* Brynn Hartman
* Michael Milken
* Erin Murphy
* Gregg Palmer
* Ronald (Ronnie) Turner
* Tom Petty
* Ashlee Simpson
* John Wayne
* John Wooden
* Roger Williams (pianist)
* Dave Grohl
* Steve Vai
* Daniel Pearl
* Charmian Carr
* Rodney Serverlin
* Nikki Serverlin
* Foster Brooks
* Edgar Rice Burroughs

Parks
Anthony C. Beilenson Park
This is an 80 acre water recreation facility within the Sepulveda Flood Control basin. The centerpiece of the park, Lake Balboa, is a 27 acre lake. Recreation activities include fishing, boating, remote-control boating and jogging/walking.

Encino Park
16953 Ventura Blvd. (one block west of Balboa Blvd.) The park is the site of the refounding of the Encino Chamber of Commerce in 1936. It has tennis couts and a children's play area.

Los Encinos State Historic Park
Just east of Balboa Blvd. is a pedestrian entrance. The main entrance is on Moorpark St., a block north of Ventura Blvd. The park is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.- Wednesday through Sunday. The park can be rented for private parties (818)784-4849

Pedlow Skateboard Park
17334 Victory Blvd.

Sepulveda Basin Dog Park
Victory Blvd. between White Oak Ave. and Encino Ave. (818) 756-8060

Woodley Park
Woodley Ave. between Victory Blvd. and Burbank Blvd. (818)756-8060