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The name of the rancho derives from the original designation of the Valley by the Portola expedition of 1769: El Valle de Santa Catalina de Bononia de los Encinos, [3] with encino being the Spanish name for Oaks, after the many native deciduous Valley Oak (Quercus lobata) and evergreen Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees across the valley's savannah, which are still found on the park's ...
The route of the Orange County Line may be used for future extensions of the planned California High-Speed Rail line from Los Angeles Union Station to Anaheim. Potential stops include Norwalk or Fullerton. The line it uses, the Surf Line, is vulnerable to the effects of coastal erosion and sea level rise in San Clemente, California. Between ...
The Encino oak was the most magnificent of the community's oaks, so large that Louise Avenue was split to accommodate its enormous 150-foot (46 m) canopy, 8-foot (2.4 m) diameter, and 24-foot (7.3 m) circumference. [3] [2] It has been said that the Encino oak "creates a woodsy atmosphere more resembling a whole forest than just a single tree". [2]
West-siders were excited about the announcement but have been wondering lately about the progress of the project.
The park is located near the corner of Balboa and Ventura Boulevards in Encino, California, in the San Fernando Valley. The rancho includes the original nine-room de la Ossa Adobe, the two-story limestone Garnier building, a blacksmith shop, a natural spring, and a pond. The 4.7-acre (1.9 ha) site was established as a California state park in 1949.
Ventura Boulevard follows an ancient pre-Columbian trading trail that served the Tataviam and Tongva village of Siutcanga, which is at least 4,000 years old. [1] [2]Due to natural springs in the area, one of the first inhabited areas of the San Fernando Valley was the land around what is now known as Los Encinos State Historic Park, at the corner of Balboa and Ventura boulevards, which was ...
Siutcanga (English: "the place of the oaks"), alternatively spelled Syútkanga, [1] was a Tataviam and Tongva village that was located in what is now Los Encinos State Historic Park near the site of a natural spring. [2] The traditional trading route which the village relied on to flourish is now the street known as Ventura Boulevard. [2]
The Oaks, California may refer to: The Oaks (Monrovia, California), an 1885 Queen Anne Style house; The Oaks (Thousand Oaks, California), a shopping mall; The Oaks, Los Angeles County, California, a place in California; The Oaks, Mendocino County, California, an unincorporated community; The Oaks, Nevada County, California, an unincorporated ...