Pacoima (hometown of Ritchie Valens) is correct. Specifically, Whiteman Airport.

The apropos-ness between the photo and the death of Ritchie Valens isn't as dramatic as I perhaps implied: just the presence of a small airplane.

Okay ... I didn't say it was easy. The main clue is the accident report from when that specific plane caught a wing on a fence in 1998 while taxiing at Van Nuys airport. The report says the pilot "was attempting to return to his home base at the Whiteman Airport."

The second picture is on the Hansen Dam bike path, which is just a half mile or so from Whiteman airport. The Hansen Dam golf course is off to the right. The slope is the dam itself.

The clue in the third, obviously, is the sign. The grocery store in the background is the Lake View Farm Market, in the Lake View Terrace area, close to the other two locations. Plus, the Zacky Farms truck suggests Southern California at least.

I'm glad to see this thread (and contest) is alive again. :)

Probably still pretty easy, but not the dead giveaway it could have been...

Not totally certain, but I think:

Baker Beach, San Francisco

If you could see further to the right, the Golden Gate Bridge would make it a dead giveway.

So it was too easy; at least I've got you guessing now (though - no surprise - the guess was spot on) rather than absolutely certain...it was a pretty soft lob, but it's back in your court again.

Probably a lob, and perhaps somewhat redundant, but:

Okay, obviously we need some help.

Yes, please. I searched google maps for plazas that boast a Staples and a Michaels in the area of the prior posts, but I didn't have any luck.

The photo looks like it was shot in 1987! :eek:

I know I'm out of line here, but does anybody know where this is ? Please ??:o

https://forum.oneclickchicks.com/atta...4&d=1189777085

Not quite that old. 1998.

That's the exactly correct approach. It's fair to assume it's close to the location of the earlier posts. Given the passage of time, stores relocate, though I will observe that the location of Staples stores tends to be stable.