Freeway Complex Fire
The Freeway Complex Fire was a 2008 wildfire in the Santa Ana Canyon area of Orange County, California. The fire started as two separate fires on November 15, 2008. The ''Freeway Fire'' started first shortly after 9am with the ''Landfill Fire'' igniting approximately 2 hours later. These two separate fires merged a day later and ultimately destroyed 314 residences in Anaheim Hills, California, Anaheim Hills and Yorba Linda, California, Yorba Linda. Events The Freeway Fire ignited at 9:01 a.m. Pacific Time Zone, PDT on November 15, 2008, along the Riverside Freeway (California State Route 91, State Route 91, SR 91) in the riverbed of the Santa Ana River, located in Corona, California, Corona. The fire spread west and north into the hillsides of Yorba Linda, California, Yorba Linda and south into Anaheim Hills, Anaheim, California, Anaheim Hills, where multiple businesses and residences were destroyed. It also burned homes in Olinda Ranch and the remnants of the La Vida ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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CALFIRE
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, colloquially known as CAL FIRE, is the fire department of the California Natural Resources Agency in the U.S. state of California. It is responsible for fire protection in various areas under state responsibility totaling 31 million acres, as well as the administration of the state's private and public forests. In addition, the department provides varied emergency services in 36 of the state's 58 counties via contracts with local governments. The department's current director is Joe Tyler, who was appointed March 4, 2022, by Governor of California Gavin Newsom. Operations CAL FIRE's foremost operational role is to fight and prevent wildfire on 31 million acres of state forestland. The organization works in both suppression and prevention capacities on state land, and offers emergency services of various kinds in 36 out of California's 58 counties, through contracts with local governments. The organization also assis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chino Hills, California
Chino Hillsis a city in the Greater Los Angeles area of California. It is located in the southwestern corner of San Bernardino County, and is bordered by Los Angeles County to its northwest, Orange County to its south/southwest, and Riverside County to its southeast. History Indigenous Prior to the colonization of the area by the Spanish Empire in the late 18th century, the Tongva village of Wapijanga (submerged by the building of the Prado Dam in 1941) was the major point of influence in what would later become Chino Hills. The village was an important point of connection between the Tongva and the Serrano. Another Tongva village, Pasinogna, was also located in present day Chino Hills Spanish & Mexican After the Spanish founded Mission San Gabriel in 1771, the Chino Hills area was used as spillover grazing pasture by mission cattle and horses. In 1841, the area was part of a land concession given to Antonio Maria Lugo, and became known as Rancho Santa Ana del Chi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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California State Route 71
State Route 71 (SR 71) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. Serving Riverside, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles counties, it runs from SR 91 in Corona to the Kellogg Interchange with I-10 and SR 57 on the border of Pomona and San Dimas. The segment from SR 91 to SR 83 in Chino Hills is called the Corona Freeway, formerly the Corona Expressway and before then the Temescal Freeway. SR 71 is designated as the Chino Valley Freeway between SR 83 and the Kellogg Interchange. Route description Beginning at its southern terminus, SR 91 in Corona, SR 71 is an expressway for a half-mile when it intersects with Pomona Rincon Road. After this intersection, SR 71 becomes a freeway up to Rio Rancho Road before reverting to an expressway up to Mission Boulevard. (Previously, it was an expressway until its northern terminus, but this segment was upgraded to a freeway in 2012.) The route becomes a short freeway for about a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anaheim, California
Anaheim ( ) is a city in northern Orange County, California, United States, part of the Greater Los Angeles area. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 346,824, making it the most populous city in Orange County, the List of municipalities in California, tenth-most populous city in California, and the List of United States cities by population, 57th-most populous city in the United States. The second largest city in Orange County in terms of land area, Anaheim is known for being the home of the Disneyland Resort, the Anaheim Convention Center, and two professional sports teams: the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). It also served as the home of the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL) from 1980 through 1994. Anaheim was founded by fifty German American, German families in 1857 and municipal corporation, incorporated as the second city in Los Angel ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
The Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (PYLUSD) is a public school district that serves Placentia, Yorba Linda, and parts of Anaheim, Brea, and Fullerton located in northeast Orange County, California. The school district covers and employs 2,000 people. Its student enrollment is approximately 24,000, and the District's 34 school sites include 20 elementary schools, 5 middle schools, 1 K-8 school, 4 comprehensive high schools, 1 special education school, 1 continuation high school, 1 TK-12 home school, and 1 K-12 online school, alongside 5 state preschools. The superintendent is Dr. Alex Cherniss Ed.D., but he was put on administrative leave in December 2024. The Board of Education includes Carrie Buck, Marilyn Anderson, Leandra Blades, Todd Frazier, and Tricia Quintero. Twenty-five schools have been designated California Distinguished Schools, eight have been named National Blue Ribbon Schools, seventeen have been honored as California Gold Ribbon School ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Walnut Valley Unified School District
The Walnut Valley Unified School District is located in the eastern portion of Los Angeles County and is a part of the Greater Los Angeles Area of the U.S. state of California. It serves the majority of Walnut, the southern portion of Diamond Bar and a very small portion of West Covina. The school district has been ranked by numerous sources to be one of the top public school districts in all of Southern California. Schools The district contains 9 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, 2 regular high schools, and 1 continuation high school. Elementary schools *Castle Rock Elementary (Diamond Bar) *Collegewood Elementary (Walnut) *Cyrus J. Morris Elementary (Walnut) *Evergreen Elementary (Diamond Bar) *Leonard G. Westhoff Elementary (Walnut) *Maple Hill Elementary (Diamond Bar) *Quail Summit Elementary (Diamond Bar) *Vejar Elementary (Walnut) *Walnut Elementary (Walnut) Middle schools *Chaparral Middle School (Diamond Bar) *South Pointe Middle School (Diamond Bar/Walnut) *Suzanne ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Diamond Bar
Diamond Bar is a city in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. The 2020 census listed a population of 55,072. It is one of a few cities in California with a majority Asian population (59.24% as of 2020). It is named after the "diamond over a bar" branding iron registered in 1918 by ranch owner Frederic E. Lewis (1884–1963). The city features a public Los Angeles County golf course. Located at the junction of the Pomona and Orange freeways, Diamond Bar is primarily residential with shopping centers interspersed throughout the city. It is surrounded by the cities of Brea, Walnut, Chino Hills, Pomona, City of Industry, and the unincorporated areas of Rowland Heights and South Diamond Bar. Northern Diamond Bar is a part of the Pomona Unified School District. Southern Diamond Bar is a part of the Walnut Valley Unified School District. The city is also served by International Polytechnic High School. It also has the first hydrogen fueling station to be bui ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chino Valley Unified School District (California)
The Chino Valley Unified School District is a school district in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It serves the cities of Chino, Chino Hills, and the southwestern portion of Ontario, though originally it served only Chino when it was founded in 1860. It now encompasses and serves about 26,000 students from grades kindergarten to 12th grade. As of the 2024-2025 school year, CVUSD comprises four high schools, five junior high schools, 20 elementary schools, one continuation school, one adult school, three K-8 schools (one of which is an optional school) & one charter school. District government * Superintendent – Norm Enfield, Ed.D. Board of education Elections for the Chino Valley Unified School District Board of Education take place on a Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even-numbered years. The elections are plurality and by geographical district. As of July 2023: * President – Sonja Shaw * Vice President – Jonathan Monroe * Clerk – A ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brea Olinda Unified School District
Brea Olinda Unified School District is the school district serving the City of Brea in Orange County, California, United States. It also serves portions of the nearby cities of Fullerton, Yorba Linda and La Habra. The school district consists of: *6 elementary schools *1 junior high school *1 high school *1 continuation high school *1 Online Academy (K-6) History In 1994, the school district had the lowest dropout rate of all the districts in Orange County at 13 students, making up 0.5% of the district's students. District Leadership Board of trustees The Brea Olinda Unified School District has a five-member board. Each member is elected to serve a four-year term of office. The current trustees are: *Deana Miller - Board President *Paul Ruiz - Board Vice President/Clerk *Chris Becerra, Ed.D. - Board Trustee *Carrie Flanders - Board Trustee *Gail Lyons - Board Trustee The Board of Trustees is responsible for policy making for the school district. Deana Miller is the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KNBC-TV
KNBC (channel 4) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship station of the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Corona-licensed Telemundo outlet KVEA (channel 52). The two stations share studios at the Brokaw News Center in the northwest corner of the Universal Studios Hollywood lot off Lankershim Boulevard in Universal City; KNBC's transmitter is located on Mount Wilson. History Channel 4 first went on the air as KNBH (standing for "NBC Hollywood") on January 16, 1949. It was the second-to-last VHF station in Los Angeles to debut, and the last of NBC's five original owned-and-operated stations to sign on. Unlike the other four, KNBH was the only NBC-owned television station that did not benefit from having a sister radio station. Though the NBC Radio Network had long been affiliated with KFI in Los Angeles, that relationship did not extend into ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Catalytic Converter
A catalytic converter part is an vehicle emissions control, exhaust emission control device which converts toxic gases and pollutants in exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine into less-toxic pollutants by catalysis, catalyzing a redox chemical reaction, reaction. Catalytic converters are usually used with internal combustion engines fueled by gasoline or diesel fuel, diesel, including lean-burn engines, and sometimes on kerosene heaters and stoves. The first widespread introduction of catalytic converters was in the United States automobile market. To comply with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's stricter regulation of exhaust emissions, most gasoline-powered vehicles starting with the 1975 model year are equipped with catalytic converters. These "two-way" oxidation converters combine oxygen with carbon monoxide (CO) and unburned hydrocarbons (HC) to produce carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O). "Three-way" conve ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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California Department Of Forestry And Fire Protection
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, colloquially known as CAL FIRE, is the fire department of the California Natural Resources Agency in the U.S. state of California. It is responsible for fire protection in various areas under state responsibility totaling 31 million acres, as well as the administration of the state's private and public forests. In addition, the department provides varied emergency services in 36 of the state's 58 counties via contracts with local governments. The department's current director is Joe Tyler, who was appointed March 4, 2022, by Governor of California Gavin Newsom. Operations CAL FIRE's foremost operational role is to fight and prevent wildfire on 31 million acres of state forestland. The organization works in both suppression and prevention capacities on state land, and offers emergency services of various kinds in 36 out of California's 58 counties, through contracts with local governments. The organization also assist ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |