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The name of Fountain Valley refers to the very high water table in the area at the time the name was chosen, and the many corresponding artesian wells in the area. Early settlers constructed drainage canals to make the land usable for agriculture, which remained the dominant use of land until the 1960s, when construction of large housing tracts ...
Fountain Valley or Fountains Valley may refer to: Fountain Valley (British Columbia), Canada, a valley and rural community; Fountain Valley, California, U.S., a suburban city Fountain Valley High School; Fountain Valley, Wisconsin, U.S., an unincorporated community; Fountains Valley, Pretoria, a recreational resort in South Africa
People from Fountain Valley, California (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Fountain Valley, California" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
A classic bedroom community, Fountain Valley is a middle-class residential area. The area encompassing Fountain Valley was originally inhabited by the Tongva people. European settlement of the area began when Manuel Nieto was granted the land for Rancho Los Nietos, which encompassed over 300,000 acres (1,200 km2), including present-day Fountain ...
The growth of the movie industry in Los Angeles, high tech in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, tourism, agriculture, and other areas in the ensuing decades fueled the creation of a $3 trillion economy as of 2018, which would rank fifth in the world if the state were a sovereign nation. [3]
Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley from over Costa Mesa. Orange County is sometimes divided into northern and southern regions. There are significant political, demographic, economic and cultural distinctions between North and South Orange County. [61] A popular dividing line between the two regions is the Costa Mesa Freeway.
City of Angels [9] [62] – based partially on the literal translation of the city's original historical full name from the Spanish language-- "The City of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels". City of Flowers and Sunshine [18] La-La Land [9] Shaky Town [63] Tinseltown [64] (specifically applies to Hollywood [9])
In late August 2012, Fountain Valley Regional Hospital was fined $25,000 by the California Department of Public Health, [4] after a nurse improperly removed a gastrostomy tube from a patient. [5] [6] In late December, Fountain Valley Hospital was dropped by Health Net, after Tenet Healthcare wanted a higher reimbursement rate. [7] [8]