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The Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center (shortened to Santa Ana Transit Center and also known as Santa Ana station) is a transit center in Santa Ana, California, United States. It is used by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner and Metrolink's Orange County Line and Inland Empire–Orange County Line trains.
The OC Streetcar is a modern streetcar line currently under construction in Orange County, California, running through the cities of Santa Ana and Garden Grove.The electric-powered streetcar will be operated by the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), and will serve ten stops in each direction along its 4.15-mile (6.68 km) route.
Santa Ana's location within the Orange County watershed. Santa Ana is nested on flat, low-lying plains with little land elevation change. Running through the west end of the city is the mostly channelized Santa Ana River, which is also largely seasonal due to the construction of the Prado Dam and Seven Oaks Dam. The river caused several severe ...
Aerial view of the Santa Ana River and the dam. Seven Oaks Dam is a 2,980-foot (910 m) long arched embankment structure standing 550 feet (170 m) high above the Santa Ana River and 650 feet (200 m) above its deepest foundations. The dam is 40 feet (12 m) wide at the crest and over 2,200 feet (670 m) wide at the base.
A toll road that will go through a tunnel in the Santa Ana Mountains from Irvine to Corona. [4] [5] [6] Upgrading State Route 210 to Interstate standards and renumbering the route Interstate 210. [7] A new freeway, the Mid County Parkway, from Interstate 215 in Perris to State Route 79 in San Jacinto. [8]
1935 – Santa Ana Independent newspaper begins publication. [7] 1970 – Population: 156,601. [8] 1973 – Orange County Historical Commission established. [4] 1974 – Heritage Orange County founded. [4] 1983 – Discovery Museum of Orange County founded. [4] 1985 – Orange County Register newspaper in publication. [7]
This segment of the Santa Ana River just downstream of Seven Oaks Dam marks the beginning of the inland riparian zone. Historically, the Santa Ana was named "the best stream in Southern California [for steelhead trout habitat]". [40] The steelhead is an anadromous fish, similar to salmon, that migrates up rivers and streams to spawn. Unlike ...
The Inland Empire is also subject to Santa Ana Winds that lead to generally clear days, free of smog or the marine layer. Note how the street that "faded" into the smoggy haze and the Santa Ana Mountains that were completely obscured in the adjacent image are now visible.