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Brea

American  
[brey-uh] / ˈbreɪ ə /

noun

  1. a town in S California.


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Metro has spent years exploring possible routes for the K Line northern extension, including a roughly eight-mile route with seven stations called Fairfax, and a six-mile route with six stations called La Brea.

From Los Angeles Times

There is evidence that these early Angelenos used fire as a tool — to protect themselves from the huge Ice Age wolves and fanged cats whose fossils fill the La Brea Tar Pits, and to burn and clear land for growing and to drive game.

From Los Angeles Times

Over the last few years, Metro has explored two other possible fully underground routes: Fairfax, a roughly eight-mile route with seven stations, and La Brea, a six-mile route with six stations.

From Los Angeles Times

Town Center Drive in Santa Clarita and Birch Street Promenade in Brea are smaller examples of the town center concept that dates to the early 1990s, after the success of Reston Town Center in Virginia.

From Los Angeles Times

The stations will be located at Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Cienega.

From Los Angeles Times