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Tuyunga or Tujunga (Tongva: Tuhuunga, “place of the old woman”) [1] is a former Tongva (Fernandeño) village now located at Sunland-Tujunga, Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California. The village was located near the original Rancho Los Encinos that became the Mission San Fernando Rey de España in the San Fernando Valley. [2] [3]
Sunland-Tujunga / t ə ˈ h ʌ ŋ ɡ ə / is a Los Angeles city neighborhood within the Crescenta Valley and Verdugo Mountains. [1] Sunland and Tujunga began as separate settlements and today are linked through a single police station, branch library, neighborhood council, chamber of commerce, city council district, and high school. [2]
Tujunga, the Tongva village; Tujunga, a genus of picture-winged fly; Sunland-Tujunga, Los Angeles, a neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley; Rancho Tujunga, a Mexican land grant that became Sunland and Tujunga, LA; Tujunga Wash, a tributary of the Los Angeles River; Big Tujunga Creek, which flows to the Tujunga Wash
Sunland Hospital refers to a chain of state schools located throughout the state of Florida. Originally named the W. T. Edwards Tuberculosis Hospitals, the facilities were later remodelled into "Sunland Centers" with services for the mentally and physically disabled, specializing mostly in children. A large majority of the centers were shut ...
Big Tujunga Creek is a major stream in Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California.From its headwaters high in the San Gabriel Mountains, it flows generally southwest for 28.8 miles (46.3 km), [4] joining Little Tujunga Creek to form the Tujunga Wash near Pacoima.
Boyle Heights is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, located east of the Los Angeles River.It is one of the city's most notable and historic Chicano/Mexican American communities, and is home to cultural landmarks like Mariachi Plaza and events like the annual Día de los Muertos celebrations.
Big Tujunga Dam is a 244-foot-high (74 m) concrete arch dam in Los Angeles County, California, spanning Big Tujunga Canyon northeast of Sunland, in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. Completed in 1931, it provides flood control and groundwater recharge for the San Fernando Valley .