Editing Ladera Heights, California (section)

==History==
Ladera Heights originated in the late 1940s with the development of "Old Ladera". In the 1960s, custom homes were built in "New Ladera". Prominent architect builders included Valentine and Gallant. Robert Earl, who designed many of the Valentine homes, went on to build large multimillion-dollar estates throughout Southern California and in other countries.  Neighboring [[Fox Hills, Culver City, California|Fox Hills]] contained a golf course with rolling hills that backed up to Wooster Avenue. Valentine built Robert Earl designed homes on Wooster overlooking the Fox Hills golf course.

Baseball player [[Frank Robinson]] and other sports players began moving to Ladera Heights in the early 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.laderaheights.org/newsletters/2005summer-lhca-newsletter-scanned.pdf |title=Ladera Heights Community Association Newsletter |access-date=May 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427210247/http://www.laderaheights.org/newsletters/2005summer-lhca-newsletter-scanned.pdf |archive-date=2011-04-27 |url-status=dead}}</ref>  Many celebrities have lived in Ladera Heights over the years, including [[Peter Vidmar]], [[Vanessa Williams]], [[Chris Darden]], [[Chris Strait]], [[Lisa Leslie]], [[Olympia Scott]], [[Ken Norton]], [[Arron Afflalo]], [[Tyler, The Creator]], [[Michael Cooper]] and [[Byron Scott]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Ryan |first=Ruth
|date=September 15, 1996 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-09-15-re-44117-story.html |title=In His Book It's Ladera Heights |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>
Ladera Heights is known as a residence for [[African American upper class|affluent African Americans]].<ref name=usa>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/10/19/starbucks-coffee-shop-black-community-los-angeles/1694101002/ |title=When a Starbucks closes in L.A., does anyone notice? |author=Sabrina Ford |newspaper=USA TODAY |date=October 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=July 7, 2017|title=See the 10 Most Affluent African-American Neighborhoods in America|url=https://www.bet.com/article/4nev6s/see-the-10-most-affluent-black-neighborhoods-in-america|access-date=2020-06-09|work=BET}}</ref>