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		<title>New Coaster Video</title>
		<link>https://www.socalregion.com/new-coaster-video/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 22:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working on another video series, CoasterTalk, which will discuss all aspects of amusement parks throughout Southern California. The first episode covers a recent discovery at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Other videos will showcase some of the other rollercoasters in the park as well as various bits of history that you can find, if &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/new-coaster-video/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">New Coaster Video</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Interesting discovery at Six Flags Magic Mountain</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Friday, August 8, 2025, I was a part of a behind-the-scenes tour at Magic Mountain. Part of the tour included walking part of the infield for Twisted Colossus and Goliath. Two things we saw really stuck out to me. The first was seeing an old section of original Colossus trackway beneath the lift hill. &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/interesting-discovery-at-six-flags-magic-mountain/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Interesting discovery at Six Flags Magic Mountain</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Video &#8211; Piru Gorge and Pyramid Lake</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 03:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ridge Route]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Former US 99 followed a very scenic path over the mountains north of Los Angeles. Follow the Historic Highway 99 Association of California on a journey through the mountains, down the canyons, and beneath Pyramid Lake. Learn what was there before I-5 and what it took to build both roads.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Original pavement remaining at Castaic Junction, CA on old US 99</title>
		<link>https://www.socalregion.com/original-pavement-remaining-at-castaic-junction-ca-on-old-us-99/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2023 23:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Castaic]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Castaic Junction, located just north of Six Flags Magic Mountain in the Santa Clarita Valley was an important stop along US 99 and State 126 until the 1980&#8217;s. A Standard Oil gas station, one of the largest and busiest at the time, was located here in addition to Tip&#8217;s Restaurant. The restaurant was reported to &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/original-pavement-remaining-at-castaic-junction-ca-on-old-us-99/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Original pavement remaining at Castaic Junction, CA on old US 99</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Route Fire – Updated 1730</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From the Ridge Route Preservation Organization: Another wildfire has started at the south end of the Ridge Route in Marple Canyon along the 5. This fire, known as the Route Fire, has so far burned 250 acres and is not contained. The fire has burned across the old Ridge Route at the Callahan Line Change &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/route-fire-updated-1730/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Route Fire – Updated 1730</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Featured Image &#8211; 8/21/2022</title>
		<link>https://www.socalregion.com/featured-image-8-21-2022/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2022 02:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Old Bridge]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hidden below I-5 just north of Valencia Blvd next to a drainage basin, a bit of US 99 history remains in Santa Clarita, California. A culvert, dating to 1929, has survived through an expressway upgrade in 1949, freeway construction in 1967, bridge replacement construction in 2001, and current widening work in 2022. How much longer &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/featured-image-8-21-2022/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Featured Image &#8211; 8/21/2022</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">18309</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>William S Hart Park in Santa Clarita</title>
		<link>https://www.socalregion.com/william-s-hart-park-in-santa-clarita/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2022 06:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A local historian, Evan Decker of Santa Clarita, has brought to our attention something concerning a park in his area. William S Hart Park, the former home of the silent film actor, is currently a park owned and administered by Los Angeles County. This arrangement is due to the stipulations in the will of William &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/william-s-hart-park-in-santa-clarita/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">William S Hart Park in Santa Clarita</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">18059</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>St Francis Dam Disaster Presentation</title>
		<link>https://www.socalregion.com/st-francis-dam-disaster-presentation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Historic Highway 99 Association of California]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[San Francisquito Canyon]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A car passed by the St. Francis Dam on the way to Powerhouse 1 on March 12, 1928. The driver saw a torch light at the base of the dam, and figured the dam keeper, Tony Harnischfeger was down at the base of the dam. A little while later, a motorcycle passed by the St. &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/st-francis-dam-disaster-presentation/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">St Francis Dam Disaster Presentation</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>September 2021 Presentation</title>
		<link>https://www.socalregion.com/september-2021-presentation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2021 18:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Highways]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Old Bridge]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[US 6]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Join the Historic Highway 99 Association of California for a presentation on the history of US 99 and the Newhall Pass on September 14, 2021 at 6pm via Zoom. The history of the roadway will be covered from the Newhall Tunnel in 1910 to the HOV ramp at the I-5 / State 14 interchange in &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/september-2021-presentation/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">September 2021 Presentation</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>August Presentation</title>
		<link>https://www.socalregion.com/august-presentation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2021 04:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On August 3, 2021 at 6 pm, the Historic Highway 99 Association of California will have a guest speaker. Please join Historian Evan Decker; President of Mentryville, California Inc for a presentation and Q &#38; A on the History of Mentryville, California on August 3rd at 6pm. Mentryville is a historic ghost town known as &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/august-presentation/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">August Presentation</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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