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The Corral Canyon is a valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located in the Santa Monica Mountains , it slopes down to the striking and diverse terrain of the Malibu coast . [ 1 ]
Its source is in Corral Canyon, 1.9 miles (3.1 km) north of Mount Boardman in San Joaquin County. It then flows north 1.89 miles where it turns to flow west-northwest 8.5 miles (13.7 km) into Alameda County and Corral Hollow, then turns abruptly east in the vicinity of Tesla to flow 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east, into San Joaquin County again, and another 2.5 miles to where it turns again in a ...
El Nido (Spanish for "The Nest") is a residential neighborhood in Corral Canyon in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California, United States. The community, originally developed in the 1920s, [2] is in the Santa Monica Mountains along the northern border of Malibu. [3] There are two developments in Corral Canyon, El Nido is the lower of the ...
Corral Hollow is located at the junction of the San Joaquin Valley and the Coast Ranges which border it to the west. [4] It is northernmost of a number of east-west valleys running from the Diablo Range into the San Joaquin Valley, and is the northern limit for a number of desert-adapted species of plants and animals, [4] including glossy snakes, black-headed snakes, and spadefoot toads. [7]
In the 1860s, the first Chinese people moved to the downtown area. [19] In the 1870s, the Chinese were the primary fishermen in the area. [20] Beginning in the 1880s, a large number of Chinese began to move to San Diego, establishing a concentration; with up to 200 Chinese making up a minority of the 8,600 who lived in all of San Diego. [21]
Located in the Diablo Range backcountry east of Morgan Hill, CA - between the San Antonio Valley (north) and Pacheco Pass (south), the park consists of a series of high ridges separated by steep walled canyons, with occasional level valley bottoms and distinct peaks. Most of the ridges run around 2,000 to 3,000 feet (610 to 910 m) in elevation ...
Switzer Canyon is a canyon in San Diego, California. It is situated to the east of Balboa Park and serves as the boundary between the neighborhoods of North Park and South Park . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Switzer Canyon remains an oasis of natural vegetation between some of the city's most urban neighborhoods and is a prime example of San Diego county's ...
The Corral Fire was a wildfire that burned from November 24 until November 27, 2007, in the Malibu Creek State Park. [1] The fire, which burned 4,901 acres (20 km 2 ) of land, forced the evacuation of 10,000–14,000 residents in Los Angeles, and injured 7 firefighters.