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GEOGRAPHY Baldwin Hills is bordered on the southwest by Inglewood , on the south by View Park-Windsor Hills , on the west by Culver City , on the north by Mid-City , and on the east by the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles. The district's ZIP Code is 90008. The hills that are the namesake of the neighborhood have long been drilled for Petroleum . As the oil companies leave, some of their properties are being taken over by public agencies. One section has been designated the ''Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area''. DEMOGRAPHICS , Tina Turner and the late Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley . Like nearby Ladera Heights and View Park -Windsor Hills , it has seen a recent influx of white, Asian, and Latino families drawn to its relatively affordable yet extremely high-quality housing. DISASTERS Baldwin Hills has experienced many natural and man-made disasters. A few days before Christmas in 1963 , the Baldwin Hills Reservoir (in what is now Kenneth Hahn State Park), situated in the hills above many expensive homes, began to crack. Within a few hours, the leak from the small crack had expanded to a torrent of water that cascaded through a growing gaping hole down the canyon along Cloverdale Avenue. Many homes were washed away and destroyed. Most of Baldwin Village, including the historic Village Green community, was flooded as well. The crack in the dam was ultimately attributed to Subsidence caused by overexploitation of the Inglewood Oil Field . The disaster caused the Los Angeles Department Of Water And Power to phase out small local reservoirs such as Baldwin Hills and Silver Lake , opting instead to store water in groundwater basins and behind the Hansen Dam in Lake View Terrace . During the summer of 1985, an arsonist started a brush fire along La Brea Avenue . The fire spread up the canyon towards the expensive homes along Don Carlos Drive in the Baldwin Hills Estates tract. Many homes were destroyed despite the valiant attempts of the Los Angeles fire department to suppress the flames. The arsonist was never caught. EDUCATION New Designs Charter School New Designs Charter School is located in the Baldwin Hills community. The middle school site is located on Santa Rosalia Drive and the high school site is located on Don Felipe Dr. There are about 300 students enrolled at New Designs Charter School. The New Designs Charter School has successfully completed its first school year which ended summer of 2005. New Designs is currently in its second year. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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