Encino, Los Angeles
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Encino is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California.
Encino Commons in Encino, 2010
Encino's origins lie in Rancho Los Encinos, a Spanish and later Mexican-era rancho purchased by Californio ranchero Vicente de la Ossa in 1849.
Rancho Los Encinos is today preserved and open to the public as Los Encinos State Historic Park.
Financial institution on Ventura Boulevard
San Fernando Valley
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The San Fernando Valley, known locally as the Valley, is an urbanized valley in Los Angeles County, California. Situated to the north of the Los Angeles Basin, it contains a large portion of the city of Los Angeles, as well as several unincorporated areas; and the incorporated cities of Burbank, Calabasas, Glendale, Hidden Hills, and San Fernando. The valley is well known for its film studios such as Warner Bros. Studios and Walt Disney Studios. In addition, it is home to the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park.
The San Fernando Valley looking northeast; from the top of Topanga Overlook Park above Woodland Hills in foreground
San Fernando Valley
Mission San Fernando: in a circa 1900 postcard
Californio ranchero Eulogio F. de Celis once owned most of the San Fernando Valley.