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Dave Harmon, PW editor
- Nov 12, 2018
- 1 min read

“Western Town” inside Santa Monicam Mountains NRA, oft-used site for movie shoots, burns down

The Woolsey Fire has destroyed a tourist icon in the Santa Monica Mountains: Paramount Ranch, a Western-style town in Agoura where many films and televisions shows were shot.

The National Park Service announced just before noon Friday that the "Western Town" burned.

https://ktla.com/2018/11/09/western-town-at-paramount-ranch-filming-location-since-1927-burned-in-woolsey-fire-nps/

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