Verdugo Mountains

The Verdugos is a region of Los Angeles County, California including the areas in and around the Verdugo Mountains.

Chatsworth Calera also called Chatsworth Reservoir Kiln Site is one of the few surviving structures of the early 1800s lime industry. This kiln marked the introduction to California of the European industrial process for vitrifying limestone building blocks which were used in the construction of the San Fernando mission and other mission buildings. The word "Calera" is Spanish for "limestone quarry" or "limekiln". Chatsworth Calera is now located in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California. in the Chatsworth Nature Preserve. At its peak there may have been up to five kilns at the site run by native Indian laborers. Chatsworth Calera registered a California Historical Landmark No. 911. The Chatsworth Calera is also a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #141, thus designated on April 2, 1975 by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission. The Chatsworth Calera kiln was used for burning limestone in the making of lime for concrete, mortar, and whitewash, a step in the construction of bricks and tiles. The monument site now looks like a hole in the ground with walls of vitrified limestone and brick. The pit measures about fifteen feet deep and six and a half feet across. The kiln was in use during early California history (Spanish/Mission and Mexican periods). The area rich with oak trees and lime deposits was ideal for kiln operation. Several lime kilns were in operation around the edge of the San Fernando Valley in the past. The Location is near the intersection of Woolsey Canyon Road and Valley Circle Blvd in Chatsworth about 9022 Valley Circle Blvd, Chatsworth, CA 91311. The kiln can be seen today looking east at the intersection.The ruins of the Chatsworth Calera came to public attention by environmental quality commissioner, Helen Treend, for the City of Los Angeles, . She learned about the kiln from Max Knapp a Chatsworth valley pioneer stonemason. William Warren Orcutt a geologist and paleontologist wrote about the limestone outcrops near his ranch Rancho Sombra del Roble. He believed these outcrops to be of especially good quality for lime production. Two mile south of Chatsworth Calera is the Dayton Canyon Kilns.

The La Tuna Fire was a wildfire that started on September 1, 2017, and burned 7,194 acres (2,911 ha) through the Verdugo Mountains in Los Angeles, California. It led to the destruction of 5 homes and the evacuations of over 300 homes. It was the largest wildfire in the city of Los Angeles in 50 years.

Chamlian Armenian School (Armenian: Շամլեան Ազգային Վարժարան) is an Armenian elementary school in Glendale, California. Chamlian Armenian School teaches grades from kindergarten through 8.

The Starlight Bowl is an amphitheatre located in Burbank, California. Originally built in 1950, today it seats 3,000 in chairback seating and 2,000 more on the lawn for a total capacity of 5,000.

KXOL-FM (96.3 MHz "Mega 96.3") is a commercial radio station in Los Angeles, California. It is owned by the Spanish Broadcasting System and airs a Spanish CHR radio format. KXOL-FM's studios and offices are on West Pico Boulevard. The transmitter is located in the Verdugo Mountains, near Glendale, California. KXOL-FM is also heard on a 14-watt booster station in Santa Clarita, KXOL-FM-1 at 96.3 MHz.

Tuna Canyon Detention Station was a temporary detention facility used for holding hundreds of Japanese Americans who were considered enemy aliens by the U.S. government and to be risks to the nation's security. The detention camp was located in Tujunga at a former Civilian Conservation (CCC) Camp, constructed in 1933. The camp was converted into the Tuna Canyon Detention Station just after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Administered by the Department of Justice, it opened on December 16, 1941, when the first group of detainees arrived from various Southern California towns and cities. Tuna Canyon had a capacity of 300, and until its closing in October 31, 1943, over 2,000 Japanese, German, and Italian immigrants, Japanese Peruvians, and others were imprisoned there. Most were transferred to other DOJ facilities like Fort Missoula, Fort Lincoln and Santa Fe. The site was used as a probation school after the war.In 1960, the property was sold and turned into the Verdugo Hills Golf Course. The Tuna Canyon Detention Station and camp sites are located in the southeastern area of the golf course, where the driving range and overflow parking were built.A portion of the former detention site, located at 6433 West La Tuna Canyon Road, was recognized as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument by the City of Los Angeles in 2013. A housing developer, Snowball West Investments, is attempting to build on the land, and it has filed a lawsuit to contest that recognition.

The Doctors House is a historic house in Brand Park in Glendale, California. It was built in 1888 and is one of the only Victorian-style houses left in the city. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and Glendale Register of Historic Resources and Historic Districts. It is maintained by the city's Parks, Recreation, and Community Services division. The museum is open for tours every Sunday from 2-4 PM.

The Shoseian Teahouse, also known as the Whispering Pine Teahouse (the English translation of "Shoseian"), is a teahouse in Brand Park in Glendale, California. It is one of the only traditional Japanese teahouses that is available for public use in the U.S. The building is an important gathering place for the city's Japanese community.

California's 28th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California, in Los Angeles County. The district is regarded as a Democratic stronghold and has been held by the Democratic Party since 2003 and is currently represented by Democrat Judy Chu. Follow redistricting in ahead of the 2022 election cycle, the 18th district was relocated to the San Gabriel Valley. Formerly, from 2003 to 2013, the district included about half of the San Fernando Valley, including North Hollywood, in the Greater Los Angeles Area. Due to redistricting after the 2010 United States Census, the district shifted east within Los Angeles County and includes portions of Burbank and Glendale.

The Statue of Miss American Green Cross in Glendale, California, is a 10-foot-high bronze cast statue (18 feet including the base) to "Miss American Green Cross" located in Brand Park, adjacent to the Brand Library & Art Center at 1601 W. Mountain Street. The statue was created by sculptor Frederick Willard Potter and dedicated in 1928. Verlyn Sumner was the model for the work. The American Green Cross Society was formally created as a successor to the American Reforestation Association on December 3, 1926. The American Green Cross was an organization dedicated to preserving the country's forests, with headquarters based in Glendale.The statue was originally displayed at the Glendale High School campus. It was moved in the 1930s and lost for two decades. In 1954, the statue was discovered in a remote canyon in Brand Park, though its large base was not present.The statue was designated as one of the original Glendale city landmarks in 1977, by which time it had become damaged by vandals, its arms lost, and its cross and logs deteriorated. It was placed in storage at the Brand Park maintenance yard in the early 1980s. It was restored by the city at a cost of $60,000-$65,000 with the assistance of sculptor Ron Pekar. Its base and arms were recreated based on a historic photograph. The renovated statue was dedicated in September 1992 at its new location adjacent to the Brand Library.The statue was added as one of the inaugural entries on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources (GRHR No. 12) in 1997.

Sunland-Tujunga is a Los Angeles city neighborhood within the Crescenta Valley and Verdugo Mountains. Sunland and Tujunga began as separate settlements and today are linked through a single police station, branch library, neighborhood council, chamber of commerce, city council district, and high school. The merging of these communities under a hyphenated name goes back as far as 1928. Sunland-Tujunga contains the highest point of the city, Mount Lukens.