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La Conchita from the air, looking northeast; the landslides into the town are visible on the extreme right "La Conchita", Spanish for little conch shell, was first used as the name of a spur on the Southern Pacific railroad line in the 1880s and it was a name generally used to describe a broader area than the present day village.
La Conchita is a small community located on the southern California coastline between Ventura and Santa Barbara. [2] It lies on a narrow strip of land about 250 meters (820 feet) wide between the shoreline and abutting a 180-meter (590 ft) high bluff. [2]
Highway 101 occupies the narrow terrace at the base of the hills where they meet the Pacific Ocean. Drainage is by ephemeral streams directly into the ocean. The entire area is highly prone to landslides; in 2005, the adjacent unincorporated town of La Conchita was the site of a landslide that killed 10 people. During exceptionally rainy ...
Rincon Island, showing the causeway connecting it to the mainland. Rincon Island (Spanish: Rincón, meaning "Corner") is a small 2.3-acre artificial island located off Mussel Shoals (also called "Little Rincon") in Ventura County, California on public land leased from the California State Lands Commission (CSLC). [1]
Mussel Shoals is a coastal unincorporated community in Ventura County, California, between Ventura and the Santa Barbara County city of Carpinteria.. The community lies along U.S. Route 101 southeast of La Conchita and northwest of Faria.
Ojo del Agua de la Coche: 1835 José Figueroa: Juan M. Hernandez 8,927 acres (3,613 ha) 379 ND Morgan Hill: Santa Clara: El Rincon: 1835 José Figueroa: Teodoro Arellanes 4,460 acres (1,805 ha) 59 SD La Conchita: Ventura: Los Méganos: 1835 José Castro: Jose Noriega: 13,316 acres (5,389 ha) 107 ND Brentwood: Contra Costa: Cañada de la ...
La Brea: 1 Los Angeles County La Cañada: 1 Los Angeles County: 91011 La Cañada Flintridge: 1 Los Angeles County: 91011 Lacjac 1 Fresno County La Conchita: 1 Ventura County La Costa: 1 Los Angeles County: 90265 La Crescenta: 1 Los Angeles County: 91214 La Crescenta-Montrose: 1 Los Angeles County La Cresta: 1 Kern County: 93305 La Cresta: 1 San ...
Parts of Burbank and Sun Valley, previously affected by the La Tuna Fire in 2017, received four inches (100 mm) of rain and were evacuated ahead of potential mudslides. A debris flow into a residential area of Sun Valley damaged 40 to 45 homes and carried a vehicle that struck a natural gas pipeline , which began to leak. [ 37 ]