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    Whittier (/ˈhwɪtiər/) is a city in Southern California in Los Angeles County, part of the Gateway Cities. The 14.7-square-mile (38.0 km2) city had 87,306...
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    South Whittier (pronunciation) is an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California just south of the city of Whittier. For statistical purposes...
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    East Whittier (pronunciation) is an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 9,757 at the 2010 census...
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    Whittier College is a private liberal arts college in Whittier, California. It is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and, as of spring 2024, had 815...
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  • California High School (CHS) is a public high school in South Whittier, California and belongs to the Whittier Union High School District. "Cal Hi", as...
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    West Whittier-Los Nietos (pronunciation) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, near the San Gabriel River and the San Gabriel...
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    The 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake occurred in the southern San Gabriel Valley and surrounding communities of Southern California, United States, at...
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    Whittier High School (WHS) is a high school located in Whittier, California. It was the original school of the Whittier Union High School District. It...
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    John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States...
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  • Whittier may refer to: Whittier, Alaska Whittier Airport Whittier, California, named for John Greenleaf Whittier Whittier College, a private liberal arts...
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    to Brea, California. The street is one of the main thoroughfares in both Whittier and East Los Angeles. At various times, portions of Whittier Boulevard...
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    North Whittier is an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California. The population was 4,351 according to the 2000 census...
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    605), and connecting the eastern parts of Long Beach and Pasadena via the Whittier Narrows. Under their legal descriptions, SR 19 runs north to Gallatin Road...
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    Whittier. As well the unincorporated communities of: Rowland Heights, Hacienda Heights, Los Nietos, East Whittier, North Whittier, and South Whittier...
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    Eric Stoltz (category People from Whittier, California)
    regular director on the television series Glee. Stoltz was born in Whittier, California, the son of Evelyn (née Vawter), a violinist and schoolteacher, and...
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    Tricia Nixon Cox (category People from Whittier, California)
    Nixon was born on February 21, 1946, at Murphy Memorial Hospital in Whittier, California. She grew up in Washington, D.C., attending Horace Mann Elementary...
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    Richard Nixon (category People from Whittier, California)
    family ranch failed in 1922, and the family moved to Whittier, California. In an area of East Whittier with many Quakers, Frank Nixon opened a grocery store...
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  • (abbreviated LSHS) is a public high school in Whittier, California that was founded in 1961 and is part of the Whittier Union High School District. The school...
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    Cimarron Bell (category People convicted of murder by California)
    in California List of death row inmates in California List of serial killers in the United States Ruby Gonzalez (April 19, 2011). "South Whittier killer...
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    for youth located on Whittier Boulevard, in Whittier, California. Operated by the California Youth Authority, now part of California Department of Corrections...
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  • Trinidad Silva (category Road incident deaths in California)
    Silva died at the age of 38 in a car crash with a drunken driver in Whittier, California. His wife and toddler son were also injured. Douglas Robert Owens...
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    state of California. The route runs along Whittier Boulevard in the Los Angeles area from SR 39 in La Habra to Interstate 605 in Whittier. SR 72 forms...
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  • Whittier College is a private liberal arts college in Whittier, California. Following are some of its notable alumni. Willa Baum, historian and pioneer...
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    National Bank of Whittier Building is a historic commercial building in uptown Whittier, California. Built in 1923 by John and David Parkinson in the Beaux...
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    Boyd Coddington (category People from Stanton, California)
    readmitted a few days later to Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier, California. Doctors performed surgery; despite the prognosis of a complete recovery...
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  • James Troesh (category Actors from Whittier, California)
    (1956-11-12)November 12, 1956 Whittier, California, US Died October 1, 2011(2011-10-01) (aged 54) Burbank, California, US Occupations Actor Screenwriter...
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    Kathy Hilton (category Actors from Whittier, California)
    Kathleen Elizabeth Hilton (née Avanzino; born March 13, 1959) is an American socialite, fashion designer, actress, and television personality. She is the...
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    Lauren Tewes (category Actors from Whittier, California)
    name was "Tweeze," and it hung on ever since.'" The family moved to Whittier, California when Tewes was eight. She attended Ada S. Nelson Elementary School...
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    Melissa Villaseñor (category Actors from Whittier, California)
    2022, after six seasons as a cast member. Villaseñor was born in Whittier, California, in Los Angeles County, on October 9, 1987, the daughter of Mexican...
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  • Baseball Reliquary (category 1996 establishments in California)
    was founded in 1996 in Monrovia, California, and since 2015 has been located at Whittier College in Whittier, California. The organization is funded in...
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