2940 Oakmont View Drive, Glendale, CA 91208

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The Eaton fire burned nearby. The courts are intact, but visitors may feel a heightened awareness of their precarious geography. You can sense a lack of this awareness in my notes below, from a visit months before the fires.

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These are two of the loveliest free public tennis courts you are going to find in Los Angeles County.

Way, way up atop a hill — you would put a serious drain on an e-bike battery getting up here. But once you’re there, you can feel how much city planners wanted tennis players to bask in the grandeur of the panoramic view while being immersed in high chaparral. It really is a privilege to be able to play here, and it is a privilege available to anyone who can get up that hill.