The ranchos of Los Angeles County were large-scale land grants made by the governments of Spain and Mexico between 1784 and July 7, 1846, to private individuals within the current boundary lines of Lo
"Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County" (Title Insurance & Trust Company, 1929)
Diseño Del Rancho Los Alamitos 1852 Los Cerritos Santa Gertrudis Coyotes Siérritos Bolsas
Cattle brand Rancho Los Alamitos 1839 Abel Stearns
Ballona Creek is an 8.5-mile channelized stream in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States, that was once a "year-round river lined with sycamores and willows". The urban watercours
Ballona Creek at sunrise
Centinela Creek, photographed from Mesmer Avenue Community Garden in 2024
"Ballona Drainage Project, September 1934"
Ferndell in Griffith Park is one of the streams in the far northeastern reach of the Ballona watershed