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For beachgoers, one danger is the uncontrolled water runoff from the creek, and the occasional overflow from the giant Hyperion Treatment Plant to the south. The term also refers to the neighborhood that is adjacent to the beach. Locals refer to the small area of housing closest to the beach as ''The Jungle'' (it is rumored that the early episodes of '' Gilligan's Island '' were filmed here). Playa del Rey in the 1970s was known as a great Los Angeles area " Surfing spot," but due to many rock Jetties that were built to prevent beach erosion, the good surf was mostly gone. Most surfers now flock south of Dockwieler Beach, to "El Porto", the most northern part of beach in the city of Manhattan Beach . A large portion of Playa del Rey is now vacant, and homes were destroyed, after the expansion of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), brought increased flight traffic. The sound from increased flights made it less desireable to live on the dunes above the ocean under the LAX flight path. LAX bought the southern section of Playa del Rey, which today one will see nothing but barbed-wire fences protecting vacant land, and old streets, where houses once sat. The lifeguard and park services are uniform across the entire twenty mile stretch of beach, a fact which goes unremarked in Los Angeles. The ground of this area was largely Wetland , but is currently contained by the concrete channel which contains Ballona Creek. A bridge between Playa Del Rey and the jetty between Ballona Creek and the Marina is accessible to foot traffic and bicycle traffic, but not to automobiles. Bikers, skaters and joggers probably have the best chance of traversing the sidewalks of the beaches north to Santa Monica, and to the South Bay, here at this bridge. Both UCLA and LMU have Crew teams that practice on the Ballona Creek channel. Topographically , Playa del Rey sits just above sea level, beneath the Westchester hills on a flood plain which slopes gradually, north to the Santa Monica Mountains . Westchester and the Beach Cities to the south ( Manhattan Beach , Hermosa Beach , Redondo Beach , and Palos Verdes ), which lie on dunes which rise at least 50 feet above sea level. The Palos Verdes Peninsula serves as the southwest "corner" of Los Angeles, and rises several hundred feet above sea level. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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