More about Reseda California

Reseda began as a farm town named “Marian” which began in 1912. The town was named after Marian Otis Chandler, daughter to Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of the Los Angeles Times. The cities name was changed in 1920 to Reseda, named after a North-African yellow dye plant known as the Reseda odorata. The population was 1,805 in 1930 and exploded to 16,000 in 1950. Reseda was one of the first suburbs to be developed in the San Fernando Valley just as those who has fought in World War II were returning home. It is not widely known that the 1994 Northridge Earthquake really had its epicenter in Reseda. At first, the epicenter was reported as in San Fernando, then near Northridge and finally a week later, officially pinpointed in Reseda, but unfortunately, by then, the media had dubbed it the Northridge Earthquake, and the name never went away. Reseda is home to some notable features such as the Reseda Country club, the Reseda Theatre and Reseda Park. The Country Club that was once a legendary concert venue during the punk era of the 1980s. The club hosted bands such as U2, Oingo Boingo, and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. The Reseda Theatre is a city Landmark and is due to be converted from a theatre to a food and entertainment center. As for Reseda Park, it is home to a large duck pond that lies in the center of the park, and during the 1950s and 1960s the duck pond had a boathouse attached where visitors could rent electric boats by the hour. The city is also popular among the movie, television and music industry; scenes from The Karate Kid and Terminator 2: Judgement Day have been filmed here as well as the movie Boogie Nights in which the nightclub scenes were filmed in the Country Club on Sherman Way.