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Jurupa Valley ( Serrano: Hurumpa) is a city in the northwest corner of Riverside County, California, United States. It was the location of one of the earliest non-native settlements in the county, Rancho Jurupa. The Rancho was initially an outpost of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, then a Mexican land grant in 1838.
06-47976. GNIS feature ID. 1656568. Mira Loma ( Spanish for "Look Hill"), now officially part of Jurupa Valley, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Riverside County, California, United States. Its population was 21,930 in the 2010 census, up from 17,617 in the 2000 census. Mira Loma was known as Wineville prior to 1930.
The Jurupa Oak, or Hurungna Oak, [1] [2] is a clonal colony of Quercus palmeri (Palmer's oak) trees in the Jurupa Mountains in Crestmore Heights, Riverside County, California. The colony has survived an estimated 13,000 years through clonal reproduction, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] making it one of the world's oldest living trees . [ 5 ]
California's oldest tree, a Palmer's oak thought to be 13,000 to 18,000 years old, may be threatened by a proposed development, environmentalists say.
The official school colors of Jurupa Valley High School are navy blue, silver, & white. The Jurupa Valley High School mascot is the jaguar. Jurupa Valley High School offers sports including male and female football, Waterpolo, soccer, tennis, basketball, girls volleyball and golf. Most of the sports at JVHS participate in the River Valley League.
The Jurupa Oak might look like a cluster of bushes, but it's really one living thing connected under the soil. The tree has since gone on to become one of the oldest organisms in the world at what ...
Rancho Jurupa was established on the homelands of the Tongva, and included the village of Horuuvngna within its boundaries. "Seven leagues of grazing land: a little more," is how the "then almost worthless, but now invaluable," tract known as Jurupa Ranch came into being on September 28, 1838, through a grant made from Juan B. Alvarado (then Governor of California) to Juan Bandini (1800–1859).
Patriot High School is a high school in Jurupa Valley, California, and is part of the Jurupa Unified School District.It accommodates students of the 9th to 12th grades. It is one of four high schools in the Jurupa Unified School District along with Jurupa Valley High School, Rubidoux High School and Nueva Vista.