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Corona is Spanish for crown or wreath.Originally called South Riverside, citizens wanted to distinguish their city from the larger city of Riverside to the north. When it came time to incorporate the city a number of different names were considered, but the name Corona was chosen to play upon a unique feature of the city, the one-mile diameter drive that circled the center of the town.
Grand Boulevard is a beltway in Corona, California that was recognized by the National Register of Historic Places in 2011 as a part of the Grand Boulevard Historic District. [2] It is an ordinary surface street that circles the city's historic downtown area and is approximately half a mile from the city center. It is unusual for being ...
State Route 71 (SR 71) is a 15-mile (24 km) state highway in the U.S. state of California.Serving Riverside, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles counties, it runs from SR 91 in Corona to the Kellogg Interchange with I-10 and SR 57 on the border of Pomona and San Dimas.
Corona Race 301.712 mi (485.558 km) Grand Boulevard: Corona, California: Road — Eddie O'Donnell: NC: April 29 Raisin Classic 301 mi (484 km) Fresno Road Race Course: Fresno, California: Road — Eddie O'Donnell: NC: May 13 Coney Island Cup 20 mi (32 km) Sheepshead Bay Speedway: Brooklyn, New York: Board — Johnny Aitken: Queens Cup 50 mi (80 ...
Jackson and Warner traveled this route in 1831, and Frémont in 1848. It was the Southern Emigrant Trail for gold seekers in 1849 and other immigrants to California from then on. It was the Butterfield Overland Mail route from 1858 to 1861, part of the military road between Los Angeles and Fort Yuma from 1861 to 1866. From 1867 to 1877 it was ...
The brush fire, dubbed the Serrano fire, broke out around 2:42 p.m. in the 600 block of Corona Avenue, not far from Serrano Drive, according to Corona fire spokesman Daniel Yonan.
Phillips Ranch Road: R29.39: 29A: SR 71 south (Chino Valley Freeway) – Corona: Signed as exit 29B westbound; SR 71 north exit 12B: R29.39: SR 71 north (Chino Valley Freeway) – Pomona: Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastbound exit is via exit 29B; exit also included direct access to Rio Rancho Road; SR 71 south exit 12: R29.39: 29B
Marked by California Historical Landmark No. 188 on June 20, 1935, the marker has since been recently removed, apparently sometime during the period when the orange orchard it was near was replaced by a housing development or when Temescal Canyon Road was widened. [27] The Station site was at 20730 Temescal Canyon Rd, 7 mi S of Corona. [28]