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Goleta (/ ɡ ə ˈ l iː t ə / gə-LEE-tə; Spanish:; Spanish for "schooner") [12] is a city in southern Santa Barbara County, California, United States. It was incorporated as a city in 2002, after a long period as the largest unincorporated populated area in the county .
Goleta or La Goleta may refer to: Goleta, a spider genus; Goleta, California, United States, a suburban city in Santa Barbara County; La Goleta, the Spanish and ...
Abbrev. [1]Meaning [1] Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin [1]; a.c. before meals: a.d., ad, AD right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte every night ...
The Stow House was once the headquarters of Rancho La Patera, on the original Rancho La Goleta.In 1871, William Whitney Stow, a legal counsel for Southern Pacific Railroad in San Francisco, purchased 1,043 acres (4.22 km 2) costing $28,677 for his son, Sherman P. Stow. Sherman Stow built a Carpenter Gothic Victorian home on the site and moved into the house with his bride, Ida G. Hollister, in ...
The 1978 Santa Barbara earthquake (also known as the Goleta earthquake), occurred on August 13, 1978, 3:54 p.m. with its epicenter beneath the Santa Barbara Channel. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The magnitude of the earthquake was estimated at M L 5.1 according to the Southern California Seismic Network ; however, it may have been as high as 5.6 M w . [ 1 ]
Goleta Slough is almost entirely surrounded by urban development, some of which extends into the wetlands. This includes the municipal airport to the north, [4] the sewage treatment plant and the Southern California Gas Company's La Goleta Gas Field to the east, a public beach between the ocean and the slough, the campus of UC Santa Barbara to the south and west, and residential and light ...
Pages in category "Goleta, California" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Aerial view of the remaining part of Mescalitan Island (left) and the Goleta Sanitary Sewage Treatment Plant, with UCSB in the distance.. Mescalitan Island is a mesalike island located about 10 miles (16 km) west of Santa Barbara, California, United States, near the outlet of the Goleta Slough into the Pacific Ocean.