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Sylmar is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California. It is located east of Interstate 5 and north of the city of San Fernando. Sylmar was once the site of the world’s largest olive groves - hence its name, which means “Sea of Trees”. San Fernando Valley from its southwestern edge. ...
Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government - Type Mayor-Council - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo - Governing body City Council Area - City 498. ...
Interstate 5 (abbreviated I-5) is the westernmost interstate highway in the continental United States. ...
San Fernando is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...
History
Some 1500 years before the Spaniards settled, the Sylmar area was inhabited by the Tongva Indians. In 1797, the Spaniards founded Mission San Fernando Rey de España in what is now the nearby community of Mission Hills. Father Iballa, Padre at the Mission from 1820 to 1834, was indirectly responsible for Sylmar’s olives. He recognized the similarity of the climate and soil to those found in Europe where olives had been cultivated for centuries. He sent to Spain for young seedlings and planted them around the mission. Sylmar’s existence is so entwined with that of San Fernando that for many years the two were thought of as one. San Fernando became a city in 1874. By 1890, a group of Illinois businessmen bought 2,000 acres (8 km²) east of the railroad tracks on San Fernando Road just south of Roxford Street and planted olives on over 1,100 acres (4.5 km²). Calling themselves the Los Angeles Olive Growers Association, they built a packing plant and sold olives under the Sylmar Packing label. Sylmar’s olives became famous throughout the state for sweetness and purity. Chinese pickers were hired to harvest the crops and produced up to 800 US gallons (3,000 L) of olive oil a day. The pickling plant was located on the corner of Roxford and San Fernando Road. Gabrieleno Native American women Tongva may also refer to the Tongva language. ...
1797 (MDCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
A view looking down an exterior corridor at Mission San Fernando Rey de España, a common architectural feature of the Spanish Missions. ...
Mission Hills is a suburban community in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California. ...
San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. ...
Along with its near perfect climate for growing olives, Sylmar seemed also ideal for the treatment of respiratory problems. The present Olive View-UCLA Medical Center has its root in a tuberculosis sanitarium which opened close to the current site in 1920 and was destroyed by a fire in 1962. A new major medical center facility opened in January 1971 and was destroyed in the Sylmar earthquake the following month. The new Olive View Medical Center was completed and opened in 1987. Olive View-UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located in the Sylmar neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. The hospital was founded on October 27, 1920, and is funded by Los Angeles County [1]. Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center Olive View-UCLA Medical...
Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ...
Sanatório Heliantia A sanatorium refers to a medical facility for long-term illness, typically cholera or tuberculosis. ...
The Sylmar earthquake struck at 6:00:55 a. ...
Pioneer Cemetery Located on a 3.8 acre (15,000 m²) site at the corner of Foothill Boulevard and Bledsoe Street, the Pioneer Cemetery was originally a 10 acre (400,000 m²) site when dedicated in 1892. It was known at the time as the San Fernando Cemetery and also as the Morningside Cemetery and is the second oldest cemetery in the San Fernando Valley. Over 740 outstanding residents were buried there between 1892 and 1939. The cemetery was officially abandoned in 1960. Edith Reber, a long time resident of Sylmar and an active member of the Chamber, for many years ran a volunteer effort to maintain the grounds with the help of local volunteer groups. It is located on what is currently the corner of Foothill Boulevard and Bledsoe Street.
Topography and Climate Sylmar is generally flat with sloping hills of the San Gabriel Mountains to the north. Summer temperatures have been known to occasionally reach above 110°F (43°C), though the average summer temperature is 88°F (31°C), dropping down to 68°F (20°C) in winter with cooler evenings. It is the one area in the Los Angeles basin that is relatively smog free due to the occasionally strong winds along the foothills. The San Gabriel Mountains are located in northern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California, USA. The mountain range forms a barrier between the Greater Los Angeles Area and the Mojave Desert. ...
Parks Stetson Ranch Equestrian Park, located just below the mountains and adjacent to Angeles National Forest, is one of only two equestrian parks located in Los Angeles City. Hang gliders can be seen soaring in the mountain areas and landing in Sylmar. Several other city and county parks and two golf courses are also located within Sylmar’s boundaries.
A Veterans Administration hospital built in 1926 at the end of Sayre Street was destroyed by the 1971 earthquake and the entire 97 acres (390,000 m²) were dedicated to Los Angeles County in 1977 as Veterans Memorial Park. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a government-run military veteran benefit system with Cabinet-level status. ...
Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The first public park was formally dedicated in 1964 on the site of the old El Retiro School for Girls at Polk Street and Borden Avenue. Sylmar fell heir to 160 acres (650,000 m²) of land among Hubbard Street at Eldridge Avenue when the state abandoned plans for a regional mental hospital. Eleven acres (45,000 m²) were bought by the Los Angeles Unified School District for a future junior high school and subsequently sold to the Los Angeles Community College District, and Los Angeles Mission College was built. The remaining land is now El Cariso County Park. The Los Angeles Unified School District (the LAUSD) is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. ...
The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles County, California. ...
Los Angeles Mission College Los Angeles Mission College is a Community College,of the Los Angeles Community College District, that serves mainly the San Fernando Valley. ...
Power and Water Near Sylmar is the Sylmar Converter Station, the static inverter plant for the HVDC Pacific DC Intertie power line. The plant was inaugurated in 1970, destroyed in the earthquake of 1971, rebuilt in 1972, and extended in 1985. When the Pacific Intertie was extended in 1989, a second static inverter station called Sylmar-East was built a few kilometers away. The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...
A static inverter station is the terminal equipment for a high voltage direct current transmission line, in which direct current is converted to three-phase alternating current, and, usually, the reverse. ...
HVDC or high-voltage, direct current electric power transmission systems contrast with the more common alternating-current systems as a means for the bulk transmission of electrical power. ...
Map of the route of the Pacific Intertie transmission route and stations The Pacific DC Intertie (also called Path 65) is an electric power transmission line which transmits electricity from the Pacific Northwest to the Los Angeles area using high voltage direct current (HVDC). ...
Sylmar is the terminus of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. There are two Los Angeles Aqueducts--the original Los Angeles Aqueduct was designed by William Mulholland (an Irish immigrant who became a self-taught engineer and head of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power) and completed in 1913 to deliver water from the Owens River to the city...
Transportation Sylmar is the northernmost neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles. It is accessible from the Golden State Freeway (Interstate 5) and the Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210). The southern terminus of the Antelope Valley Freeway (CA-14) is at the northernmost section of Sylmar. Sylmar is roughly bounded by Interstate 5 on the west, the San Gabriel Mountains on the north and east, and the city of San Fernando on the south. Granada Hills lies to the west and Mission Hills is to the southwest of Sylmar. Major thoroughfares include Foothill Boulevard, San Fernando Road, Bradley Avenue, Glenoaks Boulevard, Roxford Street, Polk Street and Laurel Canyon Boulevard. Interstate 5; the Golden State Freeway is highlighted in red, the Santa Ana Freeway is highlighted in purple, and the San Diego Freeway is highlighted in blue. ...
Interstate 5 (abbreviated I-5) is the westernmost interstate highway in the continental United States. ...
The Foothill Freeway is the name assigned to Interstate 210, a bypass interstate about 70 miles long located in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area. ...
This California State Highway article needs to be cleaned up to conform to both a higher standard of article quality and accepted design standards outlined in the WikiProject California State Highways. ...
The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. ...
California State Route 14 is a north-south state highway largely in the Mojave Desert of the U.S. State of California, also known as the High Desert, just east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada in its northern part. ...
The San Gabriel Mountains are located in northern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California, USA. The mountain range forms a barrier between the Greater Los Angeles Area and the Mojave Desert. ...
San Fernando is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...
Chatsworth Street & Zelzah Avenue Granada Hills is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California. ...
Mission Hills is a suburban community in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California. ...
Foothill Boulevard is a major road in the city and county of Los Angeles, as well as an arterial road in San Bernardino County, stretching well over 50 miles (80 kilometers) in length, with some notable breaks along the route. ...
San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. ...
Laurel Canyon Boulevard is a major street in the city of Los Angeles, California. ...
Education Sylmar is served by the Los Angeles Unified School District. The Los Angeles Unified School District (the LAUSD) is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. ...
Elementary schools that serve Sylmar include:
Other schools: Light & Life Christian School
Most residents are zoned to Olive Vista Middle School, while some are zoned to San Fernando Middle School in the city of San Fernando. San Fernando is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...
Almost all area residents are zoned to Sylmar High School. A few are zoned to San Fernando High School in the city of San Fernando. Sylmar High School is a public school in the northeast San Fernando Valley in the Sylmar district of Los Angeles, California. ...
San Fernando High School, located in San Fernando, California, is a secondary school that is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. ...
Evergreen Continuation School is in the area.
Los Angeles Public Library operates the Sylmar Branch. The Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) system serves the residents of Los Angeles, California. ...
Sources - History of Pacific Intertie
- Extension of Pacific Intertie
External links - Maps and aerial photos for 34°18′28″N 118°26′54″W / 34.30778, -118.44833Coordinates: 34°18′28″N 118°26′54″W / 34.30778, -118.44833
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