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Burbank incorporated in Los Angeles County. San Fernando incorporated in Los Angeles County. 1912 – County of Los Angeles Public Library established. [1] 1913 Los Angeles Aqueduct completed. [33] La Brea Tar Pits excavation begins. [36] 1914 Southern Pacific's Central Station and Southwest Museum [1] open. "First ship via Panama Canal arrives ...
San Diego Chargers move to San Diego after one season in Los Angeles. San Diego harbor depth was increased to 42 feet (13 m) to allow stationing supercarriers in San Diego. USS Kitty Hawk was the first supercarrier based in San Diego. [39] 1962 – San Diego annexes Rancho Bernardo. 1963
San Diego, still little more than a village, was incorporated on March 27 as a city and was named the county seat of the newly established San Diego County. [21] The United States Census reported the population of the town as 650 in 1850 and 731 in 1860. [22] San Diego promptly got into financial trouble by overspending on a poorly designed jail.
In 1876 the Newhall railroad tunnel located 27 miles (43 km) north of Los Angeles between the town of San Fernando and Lyons Station Stagecoach Stop (now Newhall) was completed, providing the final link from San Francisco to Los Angeles for the railroad. The 6,940-foot-long railroad tunnel (2,115.3 m) took a year and a half to complete.
Against 30,000 trade union members in 1933–34, Los Angeles by the late thirties had 200,000, even against a severe 1938 anti-picketing ordinance. But Los Angeles became unionized in the mass production industries of aircraft, auto, rubber, and oil, and at the yards of San Pedro. Later, drives for unionization spread through musicians ...
Here is a timeline of the major fires near Los Angeles. They have left at least 28 people dead and destroyed more than 16,000 structures. Crews have been battling the blazes since the first one ...
Timeline of Sacramento, California; Timeline of San Bernardino, California history; Timeline of San Diego; Timeline of San Francisco; Timeline of San Jose, California; Timeline of Santa Ana, California
When Stockton's forces entered Los Angeles unresisted on August 13, 1846, the nearly bloodless conquest of California seemed complete. Stockton left too small a force (36 men) in Los Angeles, and the Californians, acting on their own and without help from Mexico, led by José María Flores, forced the small American garrison to retire in late ...