Griffith Park - Travel Town Museum, 5200 Zoo Drive,
Los Angeles, (323) 662-5874; and Griffith Park and
Southern Railroad, 4400 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, (800) 438-1297, www.griffithparktrainrides.com.
Heritage Park Train Exhibit - Climbable engine, caboose and engineer equipment, plus a museum.
12100 Mora Drive, Santa Fe Springs. (562) 9466476. www.tinyurl.com/heritageparkrail
Irvine Park Railroad at Irvine Regional Park - 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange. (714) 997-3968.
www.irvineparkrailroad.com
Lomita Railroad Museum - 2137 W. 250th St., Lomita. (310) 326-6255. www.lomita-rr.org
Orange County Model Engineers - Conducted on
the third weekend of each month, 10 a.m. - 3:30
p.m. Rides are free, donations are welcome. Fairview Park, 2480 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa. (949)
54-TRAIN. www.ocmetrains.org
Orange Empire Railway Museum - Demonstrations,
tours, rides and special events. 2201 South A St.,
Perris. (951) 943-3020. www.oerm.org
Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park - Train is inside the
zoo. 1801 E. Chestnut Ave., Santa Ana. (714) 8364000. www.santaanazoo.org
San Diego - San Diego Model Railroad Museum,
features a large model railroad display and train
memorabilia, 1649 El Prado, (619) 696-0199, www.
Outings: Zoos & Animal Care Centers
sdmrm.org. Balboa Park Miniature Railroad, a threeminute, half-mile trip on a model train, 1800 Zoo
Place, (619) 239-4748, www.tinyurl.com/balboarr.
Southern California Live Steamers - Public run days on
the first Sunday, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. and third Saturday,
noon - 3 p.m. of each month. Rides are free, donations
are welcome. Wilson Park, 2290 Washington Ave.,
Torrance. www.southerncalifornialivesteamers.org
outings
ZOOS & ANIMAL
CARE CENTERS
Zoos, farms, animal-care centers and an exotic
rescue. For aquariums with marine animals,
also see Attractions in this section.
Animal Care Centers and Exotic Rescue
Marine Mammal Care Center - Outreach and educational programs. Open daily during daylight hours. Free,
donations encouraged. 3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro.
(310) 548-5677. www.marinemammalcare.org
Pacific Marine Mammal Center - Educational tours
and Kids Club, plus school and scout programs.
Open daily, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free, donations encouraged. 20612 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach.
(949) 494-3050. www.pacificmmc.org
family resources
SAFETY
Emergency
Preparedness
American Redcross - Checklists and classes,
www.redcross.org. CPR and First Aid University
Training Center - Offers classes, www.cprutc.
com. Classes may also be found through your city
recreation department or community college, see
Appendix for contact information. Additional information and worksheets are available at www.
ready.gov/kids and www.fema.gov/plan-prepare.
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Also see: Emergency Resources on page 60.
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