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Namespaces Page Discussion. Views Read Edit View history. Warm sunny days, cool evenings, low morning clouds and fog, and sea breezes are the norm.
Rain only falls in the winter, and seldom at that. All imaginable services—higher education, healthcare, transportation—are available in abundance. As the area is more economically diverse and less dependent on high-tech industry than northern California, the economy continues to be relatively strong for California.
The downsides of living in L. Traffic and air-pollution problems are extreme. Reported commute times are long but not worst in the U. Those who do face daily frustration, with freeways seldom moving at full speed at any time of the day. Air quality is the worst in the nation by far, to the extent that only two other U. A brown cloud hovers over the city, particularly inland, most months of the year.
Violent crime is twice the U. Recently the area has attempted to reduce dependence on the automobile by improving mass transit. And, the year campaign to reduce auto smog has definitely helped.
However, the growing number of cars and miles driven have mitigated these effects. For those who can take the bad with the good, or who can afford one of the nicer areas near the beach or in the surrounding hills, L. Otherwise, be warned. Those of average means should probably look elsewhere - if Southern California is the destination, Riverside-San Bernardino or Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura are worth a look. Los Angeles proper is located in a level coastal basin extending eastward from the Pacific Ocean.
Downtown is about 10 miles east of the shore, with built up areas extending plus miles east and southeast into San Bernardino and Orange counties. To the north and northwest lie areas of hills and coastal mountains separating the city proper from the flat San Fernando Valley.
To the northeast lie the much higher San Bernardino Mountains, rising up to 7, feet above the valley floor. Natural vegetation in the foothills is dry grass and brush with a few trees in higher elevations; the valleys are almost entirely built up.
The war claimed dozens of lives and foiled a negotiator, a forest ranger whom President Theodore Roosevelt had sent in to quell it. The hamlet of Castaic began in with the opening of the original Ridge Route , which brought travelers looking for gasoline, water, food, and lodging to the community.
Castaic is a major truck stop along the Interstate 5 freeway. Castaic has the last traditional cattle roundup—with horses, lariats, and branding irons—in Los Angeles County. It has been held by the Cordova family since , when the family first settled here.
Members of the Cordova family were scouts for the U. Army during the Mexican War in and helped identify bodies during the St. Francis Dam disaster in San Francisquito Canyon in Operations scaled back in when the government seized around 1, acres ha , including the ancestral ranch-house, for the planned Castaic Lake and dam. Castaic covers 7. Castaic Lake is the southern terminus of the west branch of the California Water Project.
A 1,megawatt pumped-storage hydroelectric plant at the north end of Castaic Lake captures the energy from the falling water descending toward the Los Angeles area.
Today travelers still enjoy stopping at Castaic for their needs but also enjoy nearby amenities including Castaic Lake and Pyramid Lake , where boating and swimming are favorite pastimes. The area is seismically active. On January 3, , a pair of earthquakes of magnitude 3. The epicenter was 16 miles 26 km from Santa Clarita, California. This region experiences warm and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above The United States Census reported that Castaic had a population of 19, The population density was 2, The racial makeup of Castaic was 13, Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4, persons The Census reported that 18, people
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