Tujunga

Tujunga (pronounced /təˈhʌŋɡə/) is a district in the far northern reaches of the City of Los Angeles, California. Although Tujunga is commonly perceived as the northeasternmost portion of the San Fernando Valley, it actually is in the Crescenta Valley. It is bounded by the cities of Burbank to the southwest, Glendale to the south and La Crescenta to the east, the Los Angeles district of Sunland to the west, and the San Gabriel Mountains to the no... more

Tujunga (pronounced /təˈhʌŋɡə/) is a district in the far northern reaches of the City of Los Angeles, California. Although Tujunga is commonly perceived as the northeasternmost portion of the San Fernando Valley, it actually is in the Crescenta Valley. It is bounded by the cities of Burbank to the southwest, Glendale to the south and La Crescenta to the east, the Los Angeles district of Sunland to the west, and the San Gabriel Mountains to the north. Mount Gleason Avenue separates it from Sunland. It is served by the Foothill Freeway, which connects it to central Los Angeles (via the Glendale Freeway) and the San Gabriel Valley. Tujunga was originally home to the Tongva tribe. In 1840 it was part of the Rancho Tujunga Mexican land grant. In 1907, Marshall V. Hartranft founded a socialist utopian colony in Tujunga based on the principles of the Utopianist cooperative farm movement, led by the social philosopher and community organizer William Ellsworth Smythe. The movement had... less