4 parks in Valley threatened with closure

n the shade of rustling orange trees, Spencer Longmore watched his 2-year-old daughter giggle and coo last week at dozens of ducks and geese swimming in a tranquil pond on a warm breezy day. Brendan Lowery in the Daily News.

The 24-year-old North Hollywood resident recently discovered Los Encinos State Historic Park, an idyllic ranch tucked north of bustling Ventura Boulevard. Since then, he and his daughter, Fedora, have stopped by regularly.

"It's a place to relax," he said, noting he often reads or just sits beneath an orange tree while Fedora "can play in the grass and watch the ducks."