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Moraga's first post office opened in 1886, and was closed in 1887; it reopened in 1915. [9] In 1955, Moraga built a new post office. Saint Mary's College of California moved to Moraga in 1928. Moraga incorporated in 1974, when the communities of Moraga Town, Rheem, and Rheem Valley, united into one town. [10]
Las Trampas Regional Wilderness is a 5,342-acre (21.62 km 2) regional park located in Alameda and Contra Costa counties in Northern California. The nearest city is Danville, California. Las Trampas is Spanish for the traps, or the snares. [a] The park belongs to the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD). [1]
The former site of a Saklan village, which was possibly occupied from 1500 until 1772, is located near the mouth of Tice Valley in Castle Hill, California. [4] It contains multiple bedrock mortars used for processing acorns and other foodstuffs as well as a small spring.
The Lafayette–Moraga Regional Trail is a 7.65-mile (12.31 km) pedestrian, bicycle, and equestrian path which runs between the cities of Lafayette and Moraga in Contra Costa county, California. It was one of the first rail trails to be built in California.
A bedrock mortar at a village site along a tributary to Las Trampas Creek, Tice Creek. This village was the site of a major archaeological dig. (August 10th, 2022) The human history of the Las Trampas Creek watershed began thousands of years ago when groups of Paleo-Indians made their way into the Bay Area. Some of the earliest evidence of ...
Laurel Canyon station (signed as Laurel Canyon/Valley Village) is a station on the G Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system. [4] It is named after adjacent Laurel Canyon Boulevard , and the Valley Village district of Los Angeles , in the San Fernando Valley .
Lamorinda is located in the western part of Contra Costa County, California. The central part of the county is a valley traversed by Interstate 680 and Highway 24. The towns to the east of the hills, situated on or near Highway 24 and their surrounding areas (Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda) are collectively known as Lamorinda. The major central ...
Rheem, [1] also known as Rheem Valley [1] and Rheem Center, [2] is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States. [1] It is located 7.5 miles (12 km) north-northwest of Danville, [2] at an elevation of 587 feet (179 m). [1] It was incorporated into the town of Moraga when that town was incorporated in 1974.