sunset city

I was 17 years old when my parents took me to Los Angeles for the first time.
It was scenes like this -- palm trees and sunsets -- that I dreamed of and actually did see. The dreams were real in a sense. But I remember seeing the sunset over the beach at Malibu. I even got a t-shirt with a palm tree shadowing a sailboat and the letters M-A-L-I-B-U in sky blue felt in a semi-arc.

But this scene is actually of Las Tunas Drive in Temple City. It is at the western entrance to the city. And it is looking west, into the setting sun.

You're thinking, why is Steve obsessed with palm trees and sunsets?
Well, know you know.