Ventura , officially San Buenaventura City , is the administrative center of Ventura County, California, USA. The beach site, located on undeveloped hills and flanked by two free-flowing rivers, has been inhabited for thousands of years. European explorers find the village of Chumash, called the Shisholop, here while traveling along the Pacific coast. They witnessed the marine navigation skills of indigenous people and their use of abundant local resources from the sea and land. The eponymous Mission San Buenaventura was set up nearby in 1782 where it benefited from the water of the Ventura River. The city grew up around a mission complex and was founded in 1866. The development of adjacent oil fields in the 1920s and the age of the car journey created a huge real estate boom in which many designated landmark buildings were built. These missions and buildings are located in the center of the city center that has become a destination district and visitors to culture, retail, and housing.
Ventura is located along the US 101 Route between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, which is one of the original US Routes. The highway is now known as Ventura Freeway, but the original route through the city along Main Street has been designated El Camino Real, a historic lane that links the California mission. During post-World War II economic expansion, society grew east, building a separate single family home on rich farmland created by the Santa Clara River on the edge of the Oxnard Plain. The population was 106,433 at the 2010 census, up from 100,916 at the 2000 census with an average age of 39 years. Ventura is part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
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History
Prehistory and indigenous peoples
Archaeological discoveries in the area show that humans have filled the area for at least 10,000-12,000 years. Archaeological research has shown that Chumash people have deep roots in the central and southern coastal regions of California, and have revealed artifacts from their culture. The village of Shisholop, called Historic Place # 18 by the city at the foot of Figueroa Street, is the site of a village of Chumash. The Ventura band (Mitskanaka), which is at the residence on arrival of Spain, has contacts with the Limu band on Santa Cruz Island, which travels in the ocean of Tomol, a boat built on a board, carrying shell beads and rhangs in trade. The Spanish period (1769 - 1822)
In 1769, the Spanish Portola expedition, first recording European visitors to the inland California, descended to the Santa Clara River Valley from the previous night's camp near Saticoy today and camped near the Ventura River exit on 14 August. Fray Juan Crespi, a Franciscan missionary who travels on an expedition, notes that "we see an ordinary city, the most densely and best of all we have seen on the way up to the present." Archaeological records found that the village of Chumash they encountered was settled around 1000 noon.
JunÃÆ'pero Serra, the first leader of the Franciscans in California, founded Mission San Buenaventura in 1782 as his ninth and final mission near Chumash village as part of Spanish colonization in Alta California. This mission is named for Saint Bonaventure, the 13th century Franciscan saint and a Doctor of the Church. San Miguel Chapel is the outpost and the first operating center while the first Mission San Buenaventura is under construction. The first mission was burned in 1801 and the brick and stone replacement buildings were completed in 1809. The bell tower and facade of the new mission were destroyed by the earthquake of 1812. The mission was rebuilt and functioned as a parish church. Historic tours in the city center include a mission complex.
Mexico period (1822 - 1848)
The Mexican secularization act of 1833 was adopted twelve years after Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821. The mission land was sold or given in the form of a large grant called ranchos. Rancho Ex-Mission San Buenaventura is a 48,823-acre grant (197.58 km 2 ) which includes downtown Ventura. Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado gave Rancho San Miguel to Felipe Lorenzana and Olivas's Olivas Raymundo Olivas on the banks of the Santa Clara River is the southernmost hacienda in Monterey. Fernando Tico also received a Mexican land grant for Ojai and many near the river in downtown Ventura.
Early agricultural development (1848 - 1919)
California became the territory of the United States in 1848 and the 31st state in the Union in 1850. After the American Civil War, settlers came to the area, bought land from Mexicans, or just as squatters. Great ownership was later acquired by the people of the East, including the railroad king, Thomas A. Scott. He was impressed by one of the younger employees, Thomas R. Bard, who had been responsible for the supply of trains for Union forces, and Bard was sent west to handle Scott's property. Not easily accessible, Ventura is not an immigrant target, and remains calm and rural. For much of the century that followed the merger of Ventura in 1866, it remained isolated from the rest of the country.
Ventura has a growing Chinese settlement in the early 1880s. The largest concentration of activities, known as China Alley, is directly opposite Main Street of Mission San Buenaventura. China Alley parallels Main Street and extends east from Figueroa Road between Main and Santa Clara Streets. The city council has set the China Alley Historic Area, Points of Interest in the downtown business district.
Ventura Pier was built in 1872 at a cost of $ 45,000 and is the longest wooden pier in California. In 1914 a ship cut the dock. It was rebuilt with a length of 1,700 feet (520 m) in 1917. The 64-year-old dock was reinforced with steel piles after 420 feet (130 m) of dock was destroyed by a storm in 1995.
Boom oil and development (1920 - 1945)
Union Oil Company was organized with Bard as President in 1890, and had an office in Santa Paula. The large Ventura Oil field was first drilled in 1919 and peaked at 90,000 barrels per day (14,000 m 3 /d). The development of oil fields in the 1920s, along with better road construction into Los Angeles and affordability of the car, allowed a huge real estate boom. Ventura's contemporary city center is defined by the buildings that still exist from this period. In this bustling booming city Ventura Theater opened in 1928. During this decade, many other buildings were built: the Hobson Brothers Packaging Company (1923), First National Bank of Ventura (1926) (commonly called Earl Stanley Gardner), the Ventura Hotel (1926), First Baptist Church of Ventura (1926), Elks Lodge - BP 0. E. # 1430 (1928), Mission Theater (1928), Hotel Washington (1928), Swift & amp; Building Company (1928), and Masonic Temple (1929).
Nestled between the Ventura River and the Santa Clara River, the soil is so fertile that city boosters claim that oranges grow better here than elsewhere in the state. The citrus growers join Sunkist Growers, Incorporated, the largest orange production organization in the world. On March 12, 1928, the Dam of St. Francis, 54 miles (87 km) inland, failed to become a disaster, killing more than 600 people as it flowed on the Santa Clara River into the ocean. The resulting flood reached Montalvo (the settlement which is now a Ventura neighborhood) around 5:30, almost two miles (3 km) wide and travels at 5 mph (8.0 km/hour) per hour.
The postwar years and the 1950 boom (1946 - present)
From the south, a slow and dangerous car journey, to the completion of four highway lanes (Highway 101) over Conejo Grade in 1959. This route, now widened and improved in 1969, known as the Ventura Freeway, which directly connects Ventura with other Los Angeles metropolitan areas. Another route, US Highway 101 ALT (now Pacific Coast Highway) traveled along the coast from Santa Monica via Oxnard, but is not widely used.
From the north, the entrance is through a single lane along the beach and postage passengers have to wait until the water recedes when the horses can cross in the open wet sand, or go to the Ventura River Valley and then cross the mountains to Santa Barbara via Casitas Pass , a long and difficult journey. In 1913, the Rincon Sea Level Road and the Ventura River Bridge opened; Tourists who ride a motorcycle no longer have to be afraid to come here.
Inland, Ventura is surrounded by deep mountain country and deep valley of the Los Padres National Forest. This route became popular with the completion of the Maricopa Highway (US 399, now the 33rd state highway) in the 1930s, connecting Ventura and Ojai to the San Joaquin Valley.
Ventura continues to grow steadily. In 1920 there were 4,156 people. By 1930 the population had risen to 11,603, in 1950 the population reached 16,643, in 1970 the population was 57,964, and by 1980 the population had risen to 73,774. In the last three decades, the number has increased to about 107,000. To minimize outside growth to agricultural land surrounding the existing community, the city pursues a "first fill" strategy with the 2005 General Plan which means growth will focus inward into certain "Districts, Corridors, and Nearby Centers" that will become denser population. Thomas Fire (2017) Maps Ventura, California
Geography
Ventura is located northwest of Los Angeles on the coast of California. The western part of the City stretches north along the Ventura River and is marked by a narrow valley with steep terrain on both sides. The steep slopes of Ventura hillside borders the northern part of the community. Most of the eastern part is on a relatively flat coastal plain along the western edge of the Oxnard Plains. The Santa Clara River forms the southern boundary of the city with the city limits that extend to the start of the Santa Clara River Valley in the historic community of Saticoy.
According to the US Census Bureau, Ventura has a total area of ​​32.1 square miles (83 km 2 ), where 21.7 square miles (56 km 2 ) is ground and 10.4 square mile (27 km 2 ) (32.53%) is water.
Climate
Ventura has a Mediterranean climate, typical of most California coastal towns, with sea breezes from moderate temperatures of the Pacific Ocean. Not infrequently the city is exposed to Santa Ana winds from the Transversal Mountains, which increases the temperature dramatically.
Demographics
2010
The US Census 2010 reports that Ventura has a population of 106,433. Population density is 3,316.2 people per square mile (1,280.4/km ²). Ventura race makeup is 76.6% White, 1.6% African American, 1.2% Native Americans, 3.4% Asia (0.9% Philippines, 0.6% China, 0.4% India, 0 , 4% Korea, 0.4% Japan, 0.3% Vietnam, 0.5% Others), 0.2% Pacific Islander, 5.2% of two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race is 31.8% of the population.
The census reported that 103,940 people (97.7% of the population) live in households, 755 (0.7%) live in unembienced groups, and 1,738 (1.6%) are institutionalized.
There are 40,438 households, of which 13,014 (32.2%) have children under the age of 18 living in them, 18,907 (46.8%) are married couples living together, 4,936 (12.2% ) has a female household without a husband now, 2,153 (5.3%) owns a householder male in the absence of a wife. There are 2,621 (6.5%) unmarried partnerships, and 371 (0.9%) married couples or married couples. 10,959 households (27.1%) consisting of individuals and 4,271 (10.6%) have a person who lives alone aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.57. There were 25,996 families (64.3% of all households); the average family size is 3.14.
The population is spread by 23,918 people (22.5%) under the age of 18, 9,581 persons (9.0%) aged 18 to 24, 28,814 people (27.1%) aged 25 to 44, 29.957 people (28.1%) aged 45 to 64 years, and 14,163 people (13.3%) aged 65 years or older. The median age was 39.0 years. For every 100 females, there are 97.7 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 95.6 men.
There are 42,827 housing units with an average density of 1,334.4 per square mile (515.2/km²), of which 22,600 (55.9%) are occupied owners, and 17,838 (44.1%) are occupied by tenants. Homeowner vacancy rate is 1.3%; the rental rate of vacancies is 5.5%. 59,330 people (55.7% of the population) live in housing units occupied by owners and 44,610 people (41.9%) live in rental housing units.
2000
In the 2000 census, there were 100,916 people, 38,524 households, and 25,233 families living in the city. Population density was 4,790.6 souls per square mile (1,849.3/km ²). There are 39,803 housing units with an average density of 1,889.5 per square mile (729.4 km/km²). City's racial makeup is 78.8% White, 1.4% African American, 1.2% Native Americans, 3.0% Asia, 0.2% Pacific Island, 11.1% of other races, and 4.3 % of two or more races. Hispanic or Latino from any race is 30.4% of the population.
There are 38,524 households where 32.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.2% are married couples living together, 11.7% have unmarried female households present, and 34.5% is not family. 26.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.7% had someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size is 2.56 and the average family size is 3.12.
In the city, the population is spread by 25.0% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% years or more. The average age is 37 years. For every 100 females, there are 96.9 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 93.8 men.
The average income for households in the city is $ 52,297, and the average income for families is $ 60,466. Men have an average income of $ 43,828 versus $ 31,793 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 25,065. About 6.4% of families and 9.0% of the population are below the poverty line, including 12.2% of those under the age of 18 and 5.3% of those aged 65 and older.
Economy
Patagonia outdoor apparel manufacturer based in Ventura. The company headquarters is located west of the downtown area. The eco-designer Stewart Brown has their factory just a few blocks from the ocean. Manufacturers of Petunia Pickle Bottom diaper bags are headquartered near downtown Ventura. Visionary research and resource company The Barna Group is located near downtown Ventura. Ventura is a course in Pro Skater Tony Hawk 2. It's called 'Skatestreet Ventura'.
Ventura is a destination for tourists and popular for people living in southern California. They enjoy the relaxed atmosphere and atmosphere with activities like walking on the beach and other outdoor activities and sports like kayaking.
Top entrepreneurs
According to the California Department of Employment Development, The American Labor Information System (ALMIS), Opening Database, Issue 1 2016, indicates that major companies in the city of Ventura, CA are California State University, Coleman Welding, Memorial and House Health System Community Pain Community Memorial.
According to the Comprehensive Annual City Financial Report 2016, the top companies in the city are:
Incubator
In 2009, City of Ventura created the Ventura Ventures Technology Center, a business incubator with a high-tech focus. Ventura Ventures Technology Center was created as an economic engine for developing jobs and companies locally, as well as attracting entrepreneurs to the area.
Art and culture
The Ventura County Fairgrounds are the home of the annual Ventura County Fair, and have for years hosted Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, Smokey Robinson, All American Rejects, Smash Mouth and Sugar Ray, as well as Vans Warped Tours. The Derby Club (offers a Direct Horse Race via Satellite), and a full service bar and restaurant. Train Station for the Pacific Surfliner Amtrak route is adjacent to the fair.
The Ventura Film Festival puts the annual red carpet event and has hosted several top celebrities, including a full-fledged cast of the Academy Award-winning West Side Story . In 2011, he celebrated the 50th anniversary of the famous film by awarding lifetime achievements to cast players George Chakiris and Russ Tamblyn. Swordfish Movies, Little Miss Sunshine , Chinatown , Erin Brockovich , The Aviator >, and The Rock partly filmed in Ventura, and most of 2011's release Bellflower was shot in Ventura. The ancestor of the grantee Fernando Tico has been heavily involved in art. Randy Tico is the music coordinator for the movie Bo Derek with Anthony Quinn and Donald Trump. Nate Tico is a talent scout who focuses on over voice and Edward Tico is a television producer for KMVT15.
Downtown Majestic Ventura Theater is an early 20th century landmark. A venue for concerts, has seen performances from legendary artists like The Doors, Pearl Jam, Van Halen, X, Ray Charles, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Social Distortions, Bad Religions, Fugazi, Incubus, Tom Petty, They Might Giants, and Johnny Cash, as well as some of the city's most successful homegrown artists like KYLE, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Army of Freshmen.
Sports and leisure
Ventura is famous for its quality and frequency of surfing conditions in places like Surfer's Point near the Ventura County Fairgrounds. The Ventura County Fairgrounds is home to Ventura Raceway, "The best little dirt line in America", Ventura is home to Ventura County Football Club football club and Ventura County Fusion, from the USL Premier Development League.
Garden
Government
Ventura has a large board member electoral system. The Council voted from among its own members a mayor and deputy mayor who served for 2 years.
Education
Ventura has four campuses, Ventura College of Law, Southern California Law Institute, Santa Barbara Business College, and Ventura College. Ventura College is a community college, part of the Ventura County Community College District. The Ventura College of Law is a nonprofit law school founded in 1969. Brooks Institute of Photography closed in 2016 after years in the community.
Public school students from kindergarten to 12th grade attend school at the Ventura Unified School District. The district has five high schools: Ventura High in the middle of the city, Buena High in eastern Ventura, Foothill Technology High School, Pacific High School and El Camino High School, an independent study program located on Ventura College campus. Private schools include St. Bonaventure, Catholic school, Ventura County Christian School, evangelical Christian school, and Holy Cross School, Sacred Heart, and Our Lady in Assumption, Roman Catholic school for Pre-K-8 classes.
Infrastructure
Library
Public Library
There are three branches of the Ventura County Library in Ventura City: E.P. Foster Library on Main Street, Avenue Library on Ventura Avenue, and Hill Road Library on the east side of town. The Saticoy Library is in an unrelated area of ​​Saticoy outside the eastern end of the city of Ventura. H.P. The Wright Library was closed on November 30, 2009 due to a lack of funding at the Ventura County Library System. All books from H.P. The Wright library is integrated into E.P. Foster Library in March 2010. Supporters of the eastern library continue to fidget for the re-establishment of the branch to replace H.P. The Wright Library, which begins to fruition in 2017 with the opening of Hill Road Library on 3 December.
Academic Library
The Library of Evelyn and Howard Boroughs of Ventura College, dedicated in 2005, serve students, faculty and campus staff as well as the general public of Ventura County.
More Library
The Research Library at the Ventura County Museum stores books and archival material relating to the history of the area and the surrounding area. Ownership is cataloged in the Ventura District Library system and the Central Coast Museum Consortium, and the library is open to the public.
The Ventura District Law Library, located at the Ventura County Government Center, makes legal resources available to judges, lawyers, government officials and other users.
Transportation
The main roads through Ventura are Ventura Freeway (US 101 Route), connecting the California Central Coast and San Francisco to the north, and Los Angeles to the south. State Route 33, Ojai Freeway, head north to Ojai. State Route 126 and State Route 118 head east to Santa Clarita and Simi Valley, respectively.
East Ventura Station, in the historic Montalvo neighborhood, serves as the west terminal of the Ventura County line from the Metrolink commuter rail system, which extends to Union Los Angeles Station. The Ventura Amtrak Station is served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego.
Local bus service is provided by Gold Coast Transit. The commuter and intercity bus services are provided by VISTA and by MTD to Santa Barbara.
The Downtown - Harbor Trolley starts its free service on July 3, 2013. The trolley creates a loop from Downtown to Ventura Harbor.
Water and sewer utility
Ventura provides water and sewage services to its residents. Montalvo Community Service District sees the cost of installing new treatments in 2014 and considers the city to take over their service area and dismantle the district. The Montalvo Municipal Resettlement District was established 60 years before bringing sewage services to remote areas southeast of Ventura. The city of Ventura annexed the last part of Montalvo in 2012 and has provided water to the community before annexation.
In popular culture
Movies
Movies Swordfish and Little Miss Sunshine were partly filmed in Ventura, as well as parts of the movie Erin Brockovich.
The comedy film, The Bet, was filmed entirely in the city of Ventura and was written by Ventura residents Chris Jay and Aaron Goldberg, both members of the Army of Freshmen band.
Books
Ventura is focussed as 'City of Madison' by longtime Erle Stanley Gardner in his book a criminal novel featuring Doug Selby, Crusade District Attorney in rural California.
Ventura is the setting for Julie Carobini's book, Chocolate Beach (2007).
Destination
Downtown Ventura
Downtown Ventura is home to Mission San Buenaventura, museums, galleries, dining and shopping. The main activity areas include California Street and Main Street between Ventura Avenue and Fir Street. Located in the center of the city is the historic Adobe Ortega, once home to the Ortega family, which is now famous for their chili products. Many thrift shops contrast with the upscale shops and restaurants. Downtown Ventura is home to Ventura carved town hall with a statue of Junipero Serra. The city center now has many restaurants, wine bars and the internationally acclaimed Rubicon Theater Company.
Ventura Visitor Center
The 4,300 square feet (400 m 2 ) Ventura Visitors Center, at 101 South California Street, has exhibits in the Heritage Valley, Channel Islands National Park, local art scene, and maps and brochures about the area.
Two Trees
One of Ventura's most recognizable landmarks is "Two Trees" - two prominent single trees on the hilltop, visible from most of Ventura. Access to the hill is privately owned. The signs at the bottom of the path and in the trees themselves warn against entering without permission.
In early October 2017, a tree was destroyed by strong winds.
Plaza Park
At Plaza Park (Chestnut and Santa Clara Streets, downtown) is one of the largest Moreton Bay Tree in the country. Across the street, the main post office has a mural on the interior wall commissioned by the Department of Paintings and the Statue of the US Treasury as a New Deal art.
Ventura Harbor
The Ventura Harbor features a fishing boat, seafood restaurant, and retail center, Ventura Harbor Village. The Channel Islands National Park Headquarters is also located at the harbor, and boats to the Channel Islands depart from there every day.
The Westside of Ventura is a large Subdivision of the neighborhood, along Ventura Avenue.
Pierpont Bay
Pierpont Bay (Pierpont) is a residential neighborhood on a one mile stretch between Ventura Harbor and San Buenaventura State Beach. Reclaimed marshland was subdivided in 1925 and homes were built in development disrupted by years of economic depression, wars, and coastal floods (in 1937 and 1962). Long hodge-people shy away from rental homes, weekend cottages and vacant lots, it's transformed by a successful California real estate boom into a modern yet eclectic mix of newer bigger homes and simpler beach cottages, now largely inhabited by owners. Gradual development, less burdened by planning efforts or regulatory concerns, leaves Pierpont with a very diverse architectural style, the winding retail district on Seaward Avenue, the demands of more recent citizens to improve the maintenance of the city, and the continuing dispute over the proper rules of public beaches in the neighborhood. Recently plans have been announced for high-density development on some roads, and state authorities have begun to be more active in managing shore largely self-governed for eighty years.
Adobe Olivas
Olivas Adobe, one of the early "California Rancho" style houses, operated today as a museum and performing arts venue. Located adjacent to Olivas Park Golf Course, the house is one of the most visited historic sites on the Central Pacific Coast. Demonstration of life history, Rancho life demonstrations, and extraordinary ghost stories abound. A series of summer music performances held in the yard of this old house featuring a variety of artists from blues to jazz to the country.
Erle Stanley Gardner
The famous character, the "Perry Mason" lawyer, was coined by Erle Stanley Gardner, first as a novel and later later as a television series in the late 1950s and early 60s, followed by several films "made for TV" in the 1980s , had his fictional legal practice and did much of his original writing in Downtown Ventura. The building where his legal offices are, in California and Main Streets, bears his name on the state history marker.
Important location
Twin Cities
- Loreto, Baja California Sur (Mexico)
See also
- Chumash people
- Foster Park Bowl
- Thomas Fire
References
External links
- Official website
- Ventura, California on City Data
- Movies and television shows filmed in Ventura
- Visitor Bureau and Ventura Convention
- Port Ventura District
- Ventura Chamber of Commerce
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