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One well-known apple orchard was owned by Max Ihmsen, publisher of the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper. In 1915, he developed 320 acres (1.3 km 2) of apples and pears. The fame of Apple Valley spread as Ihmsen's fruit won many agricultural awards. [10]
Manzanar was a shipping point for the surrounding apple orchards before the diversion of water through the Los Angeles Aqueduct from the Owens Valley to Los Angeles. [2] During World War II, the area was the location of the Manzanar War Relocation Center, where people of Japanese ancestry were held. [3]
Outside of Los Angeles there are two areas with unique microclimates that make those apple trees grow—Oak Glen, an area about an hour and a half east of Los Angeles, and Julian, about two and a ...
Los Rios Rancho a 103-year-old apple ranch draws more than 300,000 visitors yearly. Joseph E. Wilshire, who helped make the Oak Glen area famous for apple growing in the early 1900s had realized early on the suitability of The Glen for growing apples and began buying land where with his brothers.
The streets were renamed in 1910, when the city of Hollywood was annexed into Los Angeles. [2] Beginning in the 1920s, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the area began to see an influx of money and influence as movie and music businesses moved to the district, turning the local farms and orchards into movie backlots.
Map shows where air quality is being affected by Los Angeles wildfires. CBSNews. January 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM. As fires burn across Los Angeles County, spurring thousands of evacuations, drifting ...
The neighborhood was connected by rail to Los Angeles in 1887, Paul de Longpré built its first tourist attraction in 1901, and the entire area was annexed into the city of Los Angeles in 1910. [2] Most of the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was built between 1915 and 1939, during the rapid boom of the film industry.
An aircraft flies to drop fire retardant over the area of a wildfire burning near Pacific Palisades on the west side of Los Angeles during a weather driven windstorm on Jan. 7, 2025. California ...