Franklin Avenue

On Campus and On Location
With the current budget crisis, local public and private schools are welcoming film shoots with open arms.

Torrance High, for example, has been seen in everything from the recently canceled "Skin" (doubling as the fictional "Los Feliz High") to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "The O.C."

Of course, this is nothing new. The football field at John Marshall High -- just down the street from us -- doubled as the field for Rydell High in "Grease." I can still picture the final scene of the movie (you know, the graduation carnival where Olivia Newton-John shows up in leather pants and everyone sings "We Go Together") whenever we pass by.