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Featured Image – 4/17/2020
The San Gabriel Mountains have been subject to quite a bit of deformation in their past. Some of which is still ongoing, such as the movements…
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New Ridge Route Tour Addition
A well-photographed portion of the Ridge Route, known as the Callahan Line Change, is now a part of the Virtual Tour of the Ridge Route. This…
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Featured Image – 3/3/2020
Near the southern end of the Salton Sea in the Imperial Valley, you can find some very interesting geological features. Mud volcanoes, slowly “erupting” a fine…
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M 3.5 near Castaic, CA – Updated
This morning (2/21/2020) at 5:42 am, a small earthquake struck the Castaic area north of Los Angeles. Just looking at the maps, it seems near the…
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Featured Image – 2/20/2020
Looking toward South Mount Hawkins in the West Fork San Gabriel Canyon from State 39. This road was planned to be improved but landslides prevented this…
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Featured Image – 2/11/2020
Back in the 1970’s, California was “all about the freeway” it seemed. Build them so that people could go anywhere using one. Anywhere, at times, meant…
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New Page – Southern California Passes
As an addition to the “High Points” on the Highways pages, I have added a new page which summarizes all the major passes in Southern California.…
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M 3.6 – 4km NNE of Granada Hills, CA
On January 21, 2020, just a few days after the 26th anniversary of the Mw 6.7 Northridge Earthquake, we had another small jolt strike the San…
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City of San Diego – 1970
The City of San Diego Clerk has been placing a large number of videos on YouTube over the past few months which are quite unique and…
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New Feature – Pass Heights
With all the snow this winter, not to mention the low elevations it has been falling, I thought it would be a good idea to add…
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Featured Image – 12/23/2019
Here at Grapevine, a small section of concrete is visible adjacent to the southbound lanes of I-5. This is a section of former US 99. A…