Landmark status could be given to the site of the house where Beach Boys brothers Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson grew up.
The Wilsons grew up in a house at 3701 W. 119th St. in Hawthorne, Calif., which was demolished in the mid-1980s to make way for the Century (105) Freeway. The landmark status application for the site, now occupied by a freeway wall, was submitted by Harry Jarnagan of Tracy.
Jarnagan argued in the 84-page application that the site is deserving because the Beach Boys "broadcast to the world an image of California as a dreamlike place of sun, sand, surfing, hot rods and romance, contributing to a specific migration to this state during the 1960s."
Baby boomers grew up on Beach Boys tunes such as "Surfer Girl," "Surfin' Safari," "Little Deuce Coupe," "Good Vibrations," "California Girls," "Help Me Rhonda" and "Be True to Your School."