Ventura, California, viewed from the southwest Ventura, California, viewed from the southwest Official seal of Ventura Nickname(s): "Ventura" Location in Ventura County Location in Ventura County Ventura is positioned in the US Ventura - Ventura County Ventura Rank 4th in Ventura County Ventura, officially the City of San Buenaventura, is the governmental center of county of Ventura County, California, United States.
European explorers encountered a Chumash village, referred to as Shisholop, in Ventura while traveling along the Pacific coast.(p36) The eponymous Mission San Buenaventura was established nearby in 1782 where it benefitted from the water of the Ventura River.
Ventura lies along U.S.
The highway is now known as the Ventura Freeway, but the initial route through the town along Main Street has been designated El Camino Real, the historic pathway connecting the California missions.
Ventura is part of the Los Angeles urbane area.
10.1 Downtown Ventura July 4 celebration in Ventura, 1874.
Archaeological discoveries in the region suggest that humans have populated the region for at least 10,000-12,000 years. Archaeological research demonstrates that the Chumash citizens have deep roots in central and southern coastal regions of California, and has revealed artifacts from their culture.(p11) Shisholop Village, designated Historic Point of Interest #18 by the town/city at the foot of close-by Figueroa Street, was the site of a Chumash village. The Ventura band (Mitskanaka), which was in residence at the time of the arrival of the Spanish, had contact with the Limu band on Santa Cruz Island, who traveled in seagoing Tomols, plank-built boats, bringing shell bead cash and chert in trade. In 1769, the Spanish Portola expedition, first recorded European visitors to inland areas of California, came down the Santa Clara River Valley from the previous evening's encampment near today's Saticoy and camped near the supply of the Ventura River on August 14.
He received a territory grant for Ojai and the downtown region of Ventura.
For most of the century which followed the incorporation of Ventura in 1866, it remained isolated from the rest of the state.
Ventura Pier was assembled in 1872 at a cost of $45,000 and was the longest wooden Pier in California.
Bard is often regarded as the Father of Ventura County and his descendants have been prominently identified with the expansion of the county.
The large Ventura Oil Field was first drilled in 1919 and at its peak produced 90,000 barrels per day (14,000 m3/d). The evolution of the petroleum fields in the 1920s, along with the building of better roads to Los Angeles and the affordability of automobiles, enabled a primary real estate boom.
Contemporary downtown Ventura is defined by extant buildings from this period. In this bustling petroleum boom town Ventura Theatre opened in 1928. During this decade, many other buildings were constructed: the Hobson Brothers Meat Packing Company (1923), the First National Bank of Ventura (1926) (commonly called the Earl Stanley Gardner), the Ventura Hotel (1926), the Elks Lodge - B.
Located between the Ventura River and the Santa Clara River, the soil is so fertile that town boosters claimed that citrus interval better here than anywhere else in the state.
This route, now further widened and improved by 1969, is known as the Ventura Freeway, which directly links Ventura with the rest of the Los Angeles urbane area.
From the north, entrance was by way of a single road along the beach and stagecoach passengers either had to wait until low tide when the horses could cross on the exposed wet sand, or go up the Ventura River Valley and then cross over the mountain peaks to Santa Barbara via Casitas Pass, a long and difficult trip.
In 1913, the Rincon Sea Level Road and the Ventura River Bridge opened; motoring tourists no longer had to fear coming through here. Inland, Ventura was hemmed in by the mountainous nation and deep canyons of the Los Padres National Forest.
399, now state highway 33) in the 1930s, connecting Ventura and Ojai with the San Joaquin Valley.
Location of Ventura, California Ventura is positioned northwest of Los Angeles on the California coast.
The portion of the City stretches north along the Ventura River and is characterized by a narrow valley with steeply sloped areas along both sides.
The steep slopes of the Ventura foothills abut the northern portion of the community.
The Santa Clara River forms the city's southerly boundary with the town/city limits reaching up to the beginning of the Santa Clara River Valley at the historic improve of Saticoy. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Ventura has a total region of 32.1 square miles (83 km2), of which 21.7 square miles (56 km2) is territory and 10.4 square miles (27 km2) (32.53%) is water.
Ventura has a Mediterranean climate, typical of most coastal California cities, with the sea breeze off the Pacific Ocean moderating temperatures.
Climate data for Ventura, California The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Ventura had a populace of 106,433.
The ethnic makeup of Ventura was 76.6% White, 1.6% African American, 1.2% Native American, 3.4% Asian (0.9% Filipino, 0.6% Chinese, 0.4% Indian, 0.4% Korean, 0.4% Japanese, 0.3% Vietnamese, 0.5% Other), 0.2% Pacific Islander, 5.2% from two or more competitions.
The populace was spread out with 23,918 citizens (22.5%) under the age of 18, 9,581 citizens (9.0%) aged 18 to 24, 28,814 citizens (27.1%) aged 25 to 44, 29,957 citizens (28.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 14,163 citizens (13.3%) who were 65 years of age or older.
Ventura City Hall Diaper bag manufacturer Petunia Pickle Bottom is headquartered near downtown Ventura.
Visionary research and resource business The Barna Group is positioned near downtown Ventura.
Ventura is a course in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2.
It was called 'Skatestreet Ventura'.
According to the State of California's Employment Development Department the America's Labor Market Information System (ALMIS) Employer Database, 2016 1st Edition, pointed out that the primary employers in the town/city of Ventura, CA are California State University, Coleman Welding, Community Memorial Health System and Community Memorial Hospital.
1 County of Ventura 7,991 2 Ventura County Health Care Agency 2,493 3 Ventura Unified School District 1,916 4 Ventura College 1,913 In 2009 the City of Ventura created Ventura Ventures Technology Center, a company incubator with a high-tech focus.
Ventura Ventures Technology Center was created as an economic engine to precarious jobs and companies locally, as well as attract company doers to the area.
The Ventura County Fairgrounds is the home of the annual Ventura County Fair, and over the years has hosted such acts as Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, Smokey Robinson, and All American Rejects, as well as the Vans Warped Tour.
The Ventura Film Festival puts on a annual red carpet gala event and has hosted some of film's top celebrities including the 50th Anniversary of the famous film "West Side Story (film)" and given awards to the Academy Award-winning cast of "West Side Story" and a lifetime achievement award to Academy Award winner George Chakiris and Academy Award Nominee Russ Tamblyn.
The films Swordfish, Little Miss Sunshine, Chinatown, Erin Brockovich, The Aviator, and The Rock were partly filmed in Ventura, and most of the 2011 release Bellflower was shot in Ventura.
Downtown's Majestic Ventura Theater is an early 20th-century landmark.
Ventura is famed for the character and recurrence of the surfing conditions at spots such as Surfer's Point near the Ventura County Fairgrounds. The Ventura County Fairgrounds is the home to the Ventura Raceway, "The best little dirt track in America", Ventura is the home to the soccer clubs Ventura County Football Club and Ventura County Fusion, of the USL Premier Development League.
Ventura has four college campuses, Ventura College of Law, Southern California Institute of Law, Santa Barbara Business College and Ventura College.
Ventura College is a improve college, part of the Ventura County Community College District. The Ventura College of Law is a non-profit law school established in 1969.
Public school students from kindergarten through 12th undertaking attend schools in the Ventura Unified School District.
The precinct has five high schools: Ventura High in the midtown area, Buena High in east Ventura, Foothill Technology High School, Pacific High School and El Camino High School, an autonomous study program positioned on the Ventura College campus.
Bonaventure High School, a Catholic school, Ventura County Christian School, an evangelical Christian school, and Holy Cross School, Sacred Heart, and Our Lady of the Assumption, Roman Catholic schools for grades Pre-K 8.
Public Libraries: Ventura County Library - There are three chapters in the City of Ventura: E.P.
Other: Ventura County Law Library The primary road through Ventura is the Ventura Freeway (U.S.
The East Ventura Station, in the historic Montalvo neighborhood, serves as the end of the Ventura County Line of the Metrolink commuter rail system, which extends to Los Angeles' Union Station.
The Ventura Amtrak Station is served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego.
The Trolley makes loops from Downtown to Ventura Harbor. Ventura provides water and sewage utilities services to its residents. The Montalvo Community Services District looked at the cost of a new treatment plant in 2014 and considered having the town/city take over their service region and dissolve the district.
The Montalvo Municipal Improvement District had been formed 60 years before to bring sewage service to what was then a remote unincorporated region southeast of Ventura.
The town/city of Ventura took in the last unincorporated portions of Montalvo in 2012 and had already provided water to the improve before the annexation. The movies Swordfish and Little Miss Sunshine were partially filmed in Ventura, as were parts of the movie Erin Brockovich. The comedy film, The Bet, was filmed entirely in the town/city of Ventura and was written by Ventura residents, Chris Jay and Aaron Goldberg, both members of the band Army of Freshmen.
Ventura was fictionalized as 'Madison City' by long-time resident Erle Stanley Gardner in his D.A.
Ventura is the setting for Julie Carobini's book, Chocolate Beach (2007).
Downtown Ventura is home to the Mission San Buenaventura, exhibitions, arcades, dining, and shopping.
Primary areas of activeness include California Street and Main Street between Ventura Avenue and Fir Street.
Downtown Ventura is home to Ventura's ornate town/city hall with its statue of Junipero Serra. Downtown now features various restaurants, wine bars and the internationally acclaimed Rubicon Theatre Company.
Ventura Visitors Center The 4,300-square-foot (400 m2) Ventura Visitors Center, at 101 South California Street, has exhibits on the Heritage Valley, Channel Islands National park, the small-town arts scene, and maps and brochures about the area.
One of the most recognizable landmarks in Ventura is "Two Trees" which are two prominent lone trees on a hilltop, visible from most of Ventura.
The Ventura Harbor has fishing boats, seafood restaurants and a retail center, the Ventura Harbor Village.
The Westside of Ventura is a large Subdivision of neighborhoods, along Ventura Avenue.
Pierpont Bay (Pierpont) is a residentiary neighborhood in the one-mile stretch between the Ventura Harbor and San Buenaventura State Beach.
The Ventura Fairgrounds amid the Ventura County Fair.
The famous character, lawyer "Perry Mason", created by Erle Stanley Gardner, first as novels and then later as a tv series in the late 1950s and early 60's, followed by a several "made-for-TV" movies in the 1980s, had his fictional law practice and did much of his early writing in Downtown Ventura.
Boat entering Ventura Harbor.
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