Home Remodeling in Sun Valley, California

Sun Valley is bordered upon the northeast by Shadow Hills, on the southeast by Burbank, on the south by North Hollywood and Valley Glen, on the west by Panorama City and on the northwest by Pacoima, Hansen Dam and Lake View Terrace.

Situated at the base of the Verdugo Mountains, Sun Valley is prone to flash floods, and one such flood on Sunday, February 20, 2005 at 22:37 (10:37 p.m. PST) destroyed a allocation of the 8000 block of Tujunga Avenue and killed a Los Angeles City civil engineer in imitation of a sinkhole 30 feet (9.1 m) deep opened.

The former Tongva/Fernandeño (Native American) village in this area was called Wixánga, which comes from the word wixár (or “thorn” or “prickle” in English) in the Fernandeño dialect of the Tongva language. Hence, Wixánga meant something like “place/canyon of the thorns” in English, in quotation to the abundant rude pear cacti naturally found in the area. This was later reflected in the Spanish make known for the area, or Cañada de las Tunas (“canyon of the thorns” in English). Finally, this became La Tuna Canyon, and now Sun Valley.

In 1874, California State Senator Charles Maclay (for whom Maclay Street in San Fernando is named) acquired 56,000 acres (230 km) of house across the San Fernando Valley. The area extended from Sunland Blvd. all the pretentiousness west to the Chatsworth Hills. East of Sunland was Rancho San Rafael, a large land succeed to to José María Verdugo by the Spanish Crown.

By 1876, the Southern Pacific Railroad was constructed through the eastern San Fernando Valley, linking Southern and Northern California. A general accrual named Roberts Store was used as a publicize office and water-tank station; later the area’s publicize was changed to Roscoe, reportedly after the broadcast of a railroad crew member.

In the 1920s, development began upon the Fernangeles tract (a fusion of San Fernando and Los Angeles), with movie producer Cecil B. DeMille in the course of the developers. The current herald of Sun Valley was prearranged in 1950 by residents.