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"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 Ballona Creek Bike Path (pronunciation: “Bah-yo-nuh" [4] or “Buy-yo-nah” [5]) is a 6.7-mile (10.8 km) Class I bicycle path and pedestrian route in California.The bike path follows the north bank of Ballona Creek until it reaches Santa Monica Bay at the Pacific Ocean. [6]
Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve (pronunciation: "Bah-yo-nuh" [1] or "Buy-yo-nah" [2]) is a protected area that once served as the natural estuary for neighboring Ballona Creek. The 577-acre (2.34 km 2 ) [ 3 ] site is located in Los Angeles County , California , just south of Marina del Rey .
People should stay clear of the water and the wet sand from Ballona Creek to one mile north of Venice Beach and one mile south of Dockweiler, the Los Angeles County Public Health Department said ...
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 beach is closed up to 100 yards from Ballona Creek after the discharge of 1,200 gallons of sewage. It will stay closed at least until Wednesday. Sewage spill prompts beach closure in Marina ...
The Ballona Lagoon is a soft-bottomed channel and 16-acre (65,000 m 2) [1] tidal marsh in the Marina Peninsula neighborhood of Los Angeles that feeds the Venice Canals with water from the Pacific Ocean via a tide gate.
A man was found dead Saturday afternoon in a shed-like space built into the underside of the Culver Boulevard bridge above Ballona Creek. The wooden structure was in a "concealed space" under the ...