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The San Fernando Valley, [1] known locally as the Valley, [2] [3] is an urbanized valley in Los Angeles County, California.Situated northwards of the Los Angeles Basin, it comprises a large portion of Los Angeles, the incorporated cities of Burbank, Calabasas, Glendale, Hidden Hills and San Fernando, plus several unincorporated areas. [4]
Pacoima Dam is a concrete arch dam on Pacoima Creek in the San Gabriel Mountains, in Los Angeles County, California. The reservoir it creates, Pacoima Reservoir, has a capacity of 3,777 acre⋅ft (4,659,000 m 3) [1] Built by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, which became part of the Department of Public Works, it was completed in 1928.
The Van Norman Dams, also known as the San Fernando Dams, were the terminus of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, supplying about 80 percent of Los Angeles' water, [5] until they were damaged in the 1971 San Fernando earthquake and were subsequently decommissioned due to the inherent instability of the site and their location directly above heavily populated areas.
The history of the San Fernando Valley from its exploration by the 1769 Portola expedition to the annexation of much of it by the City of Los Angeles in 1915 is a story of booms and busts, as cattle ranching, sheep ranching, large-scale wheat farming, and fruit orchards flourished and faded.
Pacoima Wash, 33 miles (53 km) long, [1] is a major tributary of the Tujunga Wash, itself a tributary of the Los Angeles River, in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles County, California. The stream begins at Mount Gleason, elevation: 6,502 ft (1,982 m), in the western San Gabriel Mountains of the Angeles National Forest. The upper reaches ...
The San Fernando Valley — a large valley and region of Los Angeles County in Southern California. • Populated places include independent cities and neighborhoods within the City of Los Angeles . Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
Hansen Dam is a dam built for flood control in the northeastern San Fernando Valley, in the Lake View Terrace neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. [1] The dam was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District in 1940. [2] Hansen Dam was named after horse ranchers Homer and Marie Hansen, who established a ranch in the 19th ...
Growers have been cultivating Cannabis plants in this region since the 1960s, during San Francisco's Summer of Love. Growing cannabis in the Emerald Triangle is considered a way of life, and the locals believe that everyone living in this region is either directly or indirectly reliant on the cannabis industry. [ 3 ]