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The San Gabriel Mountains (Spanish: Sierra de San Gabriel) comprise a mountain range located in northern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California, United States. [1] The mountain range is part of the Transverse Ranges and lies between the Los Angeles Basin and the Mojave Desert , with Interstate 5 to the west and ...
The range extends approximately 40 miles (64 km) east-west from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles to Point Mugu in Ventura County.The western mountains, separating the Conejo Valley from Malibu, suddenly end at Mugu Peak [2] as the rugged, nearly impassible shoreline gives way to tidal lagoons and coastal sand dunes of the alluvial Oxnard Plain.
The Santa Susana Mountains are a transverse range of mountains in Southern California, north of the city of Los Angeles, in the United States. The range runs east-west, separating the San Fernando and Simi valleys on its south from the Santa Clara River Valley to the north and the Santa Clarita Valley to the northeast.
Before the middle of the twentieth century, the term "Sierra Madre" referred to the portion of the Transverse Ranges north of the Los Angeles Basin, now known as the San Gabriel Mountains. [4] In 1965, the United States Board of Geographic Names assigned the name Sierra Madre to the range in Santa Barbara County. [3]
The San Jacinto Mountains (Mohave: Avii Hanupach) [1] are a mountain range in Riverside County, located east of Los Angeles in southern California in the United States. [2] The mountains are named for one of the first Black Friars, Saint Hyacinth (Spanish: San Jacinto), who is a popular patron in Latin America.
Across town, on the northern edge of Los Angeles, another fire broke out in Eaton Canyon, near Pasadena, quickly consuming 200 acres later in the night, according to Angeles National Forest officials.
The Santa Monica Mountains NRA contains 157,700 acres (63,800 ha) in the Santa Monica Mountains of the Transverse Ranges between the Pacific Ocean and inland valleys. Its southeastern slopes are part of the headwaters of the Los Angeles River.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Last week's storm brought fresh snow to Southern California's mountains. The early February storm delivered rain to much of the region but meant days of ...