Arcadia

i was just reading about my city on wikipedia and saw some randomness:

In a motel located in Arcadia across the street from Santa Anita Racetrack, author Hunter S. Thompson wrote much of his novel, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in the 1970s.

also:

A scene in Mission Impossible III where Tom Cruise is seen running into a hospital is shot at the Arcadia Methodist Hospital (inside the hospital and in the parking lot).
(i was born there!)

Jet Li was born there.

The parking lot of the Santa Anita Fashion Park mall and the Santa Anita Park Racetrack was also the home of Wally World from National Lampoon's Vacation. The entrance to the park and the long shot of the parking lot were filmed there.