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Playa del Rey: Ballona Wetlands and Creek, 1902 Playa del Rey lagoon, hotel, pavilion and pier, c. 1908. Lower Playa del Rey was originally wetlands and sand dune soil, but natural flooding was halted by levees made of earthen soil, boulders and reinforced concrete with a soft-bottom submerged soil that promotes both tidal flow in good weather and facilitated the flow of freshwater into the ...
The recent rainfall and increased debris from fire zones have prompted Los Angeles County public health officials to issue an advisory and close several miles of coastline from Malibu to Playa del ...
"Ballona Watershed Map". The Ballona Creek watershed totals about 130 square miles (340 square kilometers). According to a 1948 report in the Venice Evening Vanguard, "The total area drained by Ballona Creek consists of 86 square miles (220 km 2) square miles of coastal plain and 74 square miles (190 km 2) of foothills and plain range from sea level to 250 feet (76 m) and in the mountains from ...
The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, and New York City.
Dockweiler State Beach is in the Playa del Rey neighborhood at the western terminus of Imperial Highway. [1] Between the beach and the airport lies the ghost town of Palisades del Rey. [3] In August 2000 parkgoers witnessed smoke and flames shooting out of a Boeing 747's engine and metal parts as large as a dishwasher landing on the beach.
In 1995, as the development process for Playa Vista was underway, the L.A. Times ' nutshell history of Ballona's 20th century was this: "The Ballona Wetlands, near Marina Del Rey, are about all that remains of 1800 acres of marsh that once stretched from Venice south to the bluffs of Playa Del Rey, providing natural flood control and sustaining ...
David and Hector Ceja, 17 and 15, died after the car they were in collided with another vehicle Tuesday night in Playa Del Rey, authorities said. The Inglewood Unified School District identified ...
Del Rey Lagoon Park is a 14-acre (57,000 m 2) municipal park in the Playa Del Rey neighborhood of Los Angeles, United States, with a lagoon that is part of the greater Ballona Creek watershed. [1] The park features lighted baseball fields, lighted basketball courts and a children’s playground. [2] There is a dedicated parking lot just off ...