Calabasas in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Los Angeles Pet Cemetery

Photographed by Craig Baker, May 4, 2024

1. Los Angeles Pet Cemetery Marker

Inscription.
Entrance, Los Angeles Pet Cemetery, Dedicated Sept 4, 1928.

Site of Ground Breaking 10-13-96, Time Capsule.

Erected 1928 by Los Angeles Pet Cemetery.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the Time Capsules series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1928.

Location. 34° 9.398′ N, 118° 39.094′ W. Marker is in Calabasas, California, in Los Angeles County. It is on Old Scandia Lane north of Ventura Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5068 Old Scandia Ln, Calabasas CA 91302, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s The Valley — the San Fernando Valley,

in Greater Los Angeles,

and in the Transverse Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

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least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Windmill - Tilting Blade (approx. 0.6 miles away); Leonis Adobe (approx. 0.7 miles away); Plummer House (approx. 0.7 miles away); Original El Camino Real Bell (approx. ¾ mile away); Roddy McDowall Rose Garden (approx. one mile away); Motion Picture History (approx. one mile away); The Rouse Residence (approx. 1.1 miles away); Park Moderne Fountain (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Calabasas.

Regarding Los Angeles Pet Cemetery. Buried here is a cat called Room 8 (1947 – 1968) who became a celebrity for attending Elysian Heights Elementary School in Echo Park, a suburb of Los Angeles. He wandered into the school in 1952 and quickly made himself at home in Room 8, where he joined class for the next 16 years. Room 8 vanished each summer and reappeared in the fall when students returned.

Additional keywords. Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park, L.A. Pet Cemetery, Room 8,

Pet Cemetery Time Capsule image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, May 4, 2024

2. Pet Cemetery Time Capsule

Located near the cemetery office.

Pet Cemetery Entrance and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, May 4, 2024

3. Pet Cemetery Entrance and Marker

Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, May 4, 2024

4. Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park

“The Rainbow Bridge” image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, May 4, 2024

5. “The Rainbow Bridge”

Photographed by Craig Baker, May 4, 2024

6. Room 8

courtesy LAPL, 1962

7. Room 8

L.A. Pet Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Public Domain

8. L.A. Pet Cemetery

The famous sign on the hill, which was visible from Highway 101 for decades, was removed because it was not on cemetery property.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 2, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 18, 2026, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 37 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on June 18, 2026, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California.