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Located in the Foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains below
the Angeles National Forest with the city of Pasadena to the west, and Arcadia
to the south and east, Sierra Madre is known for its annual Wisteria Festival,
which celebrates its 112 year old, over an acre wisteria vine, which is named
by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest blooming plant and one of
the seven horticultural wonders of the world. The city is also home to the only
remaining volunteer fire department in the Greater Los Angeles area, and has no
traffic signals within city limits. With the appointment of Marilyn Diaz as
Police Chief on March 14, 2006, the City of Sierra Madre's Police Department
became the first municipal police department in Los Angeles County to have a
female Chief. A combination of the pleasant foothills location and the
beautiful wisteria bloom make Sierra Madre an ideal place for house development
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