When Seth & Evan first arrive at school, Seth wants to buy a 'Red Bull" drink at a nearby mini-mart,
so he parks illegally in the faculty parking lot (and his car gets towed). That parking lot scene
(above) was shot in a small parking lot on the south side of El Segundo High.

         

In the photo above, the camera is looking north from Mariposa Ave, just east of Standard St.

The shot below (of high school kids crossing the street, heading for the school), was shot next
to the faculty parking lot, looking west up E. Mariposa Avenue (just east of Standard St).

After parking in the faculty lot, Seth and Evan walk across to a mini-mart to get Seth's "Red Bull".
In the store, they look at a photo of a topless girl on the cover of a men's magazine, and discuss
their chances of scoring with prospective girlfriends. On the way out of the store, they are
accosted by a student who spits on Seth, and tells him he can't come to his party.

It would have been a long walk from the school... Those mini-mart scenes were shot at the
"Overland Mini-Market" at 4273 Overland Ave, in Culver City, CA. ( That's a good 10 miles
northeast of the high school. ) The store is in a strip mall at the west/northwest corner
of Overland & Braddock Drive ...just two miles north of the Fox Hills Mall.


                      

They accompany Francis to a rowdy house party, in hopes of stealing the alcohol they need.
But it turns out that Francis isn't welcome there, and the host beats him up, forcing
Seth & Evan to flee - but not without a quantity of purloined booze.

That party house is located in the Valley, at 17711 Community Street, in Northridge.
(That's at the northwest corner of Community St. & White Oak Ave.)

It's less than a mile southwest of Evan's home.

( That's the same street where they filmed Seth Rogen's home in "Knocked Up". )

[ Warning: this is a private home.  Do not trespass on their property,
knock on their door, or do anything else that might disturb the residents.]

Evan & Seth, carrying their stolen booze, run through a residential neighborhood. They stop
and get into an argument, where Evan accuses Seth of bailing on him.

Those scenes were filmed on the same Northridge street as the party house, only at
the other (west) end of the street, at the corner of Community St. & Jamieson Ave.

The photo above is looking towards the southwest, and the west side of Jamieson Ave.,
The house in the background is at 8353 Jamieson.

Just then, the two cops show up (with 'McLovin' in the back of their car), and run right over Seth.
Fortunately, he's unhurt, but the cops (wanting to avoid blame for hitting him), plan to arrest
the kids. Suddenly, the kids take off running; the cops chase them through
the neighborhood, but are too out of shape to keep up with them.

The photo below, with the cop car, was shot looking towards the southeast corner
of Community & Jamieson. The house seen is at 17822 Community Street.

Warning: these are private homes.  Do not trespass on their property,
knock on their doors, or do anything else that might disturb the residents.

After the cops accidentally smash up their own squad car, they decide to report that it was
stolen and trashed.  So they drive it to an empty parking lot at night, set it on fire, then let
"McLovin'" shoot it full of holes. This parking lot scene was shot (literally) in Lot F10
at the Cal-State Northridge campus. The lot is located at the northwest corner of
Lassen Street & Lindley Avenue, in Northridge (in the San Fernando Valley).

The movie's final scene is shot inside a mall, where lifelong friends Seth & Evan part,
each heading off in different directions with their new girlfriends.

Those mall scenes were filmed in a real mall. It's the Fox Hills Mall, located in Culver City,
at the east end of the Marina Del Rey (90) Freeway, just east of the San Diego (405) Freeway.

The mall is located between to celebrity cemeteries: Holy Cross and Hillside cemetery.,
and only two miles south of the mini-mart location.

( Former "Diff'rent Strokes" star Gary Coleman was working as a security guard at the
Fox Hills Mall when he got into a scuffle with a mall customer - which made the news. )