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The village of Wikangna was located in the area, possibly located at what is now the Verdugo Hills Golf Course. [18] [19] The Verdugo Mountains were named for Jose Maria Verdugo, holder of the Rancho San Rafael land grant, which covered the mountains during California's Spanish and Mexican periods.
Sunland-Tujunga / t ə ˈ h ʌ ŋ ɡ ə / is a Los Angeles city neighborhood within the Crescenta Valley and Verdugo Mountains. [1] Sunland and Tujunga began as separate settlements and today are linked through a single police station, branch library, neighborhood council, chamber of commerce, city council district, and high school. [2]
The Tuna Canyon Detention Station and camp sites are located in the southeastern area of the golf course, where the driving range and overflow parking were built. [ 2 ] A portion of the former detention site, located at 6433 West La Tuna Canyon Road, was recognized as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument by the City of Los Angeles in 2013.
The Crescenta Valley area has been inhabited by the Tongva for thousands of years, including the central villages of Tuyunga, Hahamongna, and Wikangna. [3] Wikangna was most central to the valley, being located in the Las Barras Canyon area possibly at the Verdugo Hills Gold Course. [4]
Burbank is a city in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States.Located 7 miles (11 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles, Burbank has a population of 107,337. [8]
At Verdugo Hills, the first notice to parents about Monday's stabbing went out at 2:24 p.m. "An incident is occurring on our campus that has required our school to go into a 'lockdown' at 2:08 p.m ...
Verdugo Hills High School (VHHS) is a public school located in the Tujunga community of Los Angeles, California, United States, within the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The school serves students from several areas of Los Angeles, including Sunland-Tujunga , Lake View Terrace , and portions of North Hollywood , Sun Valley , and ...
Wikangna (pronounced wi-kong-na) [1] was a Tongva village located in the Crescenta Valley area, possibly in Las Barras Canyon at the site of the Verdugo Hills Golf Course. [2] [3] Wikangna was one of three central villages located in the Crescenta Valley area, including Tuyunga and the largest settlement of Hahamongna.