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In 1925 it was founded as Rob Roy by real estate developer David
Batchelor. The now-defunct (since 2000) Rob Roy Video Store was the only business in the area to make note of this heritage. In 1935 the name was changed to La Selva Beach by the new developer, Edward Burghard. Most of the existing
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1126:Categories
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