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Corte Madera (/ ˈ k ɔːr t ə m ə ˈ d ɛr ə /; Spanish for "Chop Wood") is an incorporated town in Marin County, California. Corte Madera is located 3.25 miles (5.2 km) south of San Rafael , [ 7 ] at an elevation of 39 feet (12 m). [ 1 ]
Portola Valley can generally be divided into 7 subdivisions: Central Portola Valley, The Ranch, Corte Madera, Los Trancos/Vista Verde, Woodside Highlands, Westridge, and Blue Oaks. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 9.099 square miles (23.57 km 2), 99.98% of it land and 0.02% of it water. [17]
[1] [2] In 1980 Corte Madera and its neighbor Larkspur merged their police departments into the Twin Cities Police Authority. Then on January 1, 2013, after two years of planning and public discussion, the Twin Cities Police Authority and the police department of San Anselmo merged agencies and became the Central Marin Police Authority.
The Village at Corte Madera was developed by The Hahn Company and opened in September 1985, anchored by a 116,000-square-foot (10,800 m 2) Nordstrom and a 110,000-square-foot (10,000 m 2) Macy's. Spanning 441,000 square feet (41,000 m 2) of retail space, the mall was purchased by Macerich in 1997. [1]
The family expanded its Fresno restaurant with a Madera location, Oishii Express, in 2019. The Fresno restaurant closed in 2021, and they also sold their Madera location.
Satellite view of the Southern California Bight in California, including the Channel Islands. The Southern California Bight stretches for about 692 km (430 mi) along the Pacific coast of North America, of which about 456 km (283 mi) is located within the United States and 236 km (147 mi) is located within Mexico.
The North Coast of California (also called the Redwood Empire [3] or the Redwood Coast in reference to the dense redwood forests throughout the region) is a region in Northern California that lies on the Pacific coast between San Francisco Bay and the Oregon border.
The ecoregion is a sub-ecoregion of the Pacific temperate rain forests ecoregion, which extends up the Pacific Coast to Kodiak Island in Alaska. The ecoregion lies close to the Pacific Ocean, and is kept moist by Pacific Ocean storms during the winter months, and by coastal fogs in the summer months. These factors keep the ecoregion cooler in ...