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Seaside Park (Ventura), the Glossary

Seaside Park (commonly known as the Ventura County Fairgrounds) is an event venue in Ventura, California, United States.^[1]

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14½ in gauge railways
Fairgrounds in California
Managed retreat
Surfing locations in California

Babe Ruth Field

Babe Ruth Field was a ballpark in Ventura, California, United States, named after the famous baseball player George Herman ("Babe") Ruth, (1895–1948), of Baltimore, that was used as a minor-league park from 1948 to 1955.

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Beach

A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles.

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Billy Jones (railroader)

William Jones (1884–1968), a seasoned veteran of the steam era who established the Wildcat Railroad in Los Gatos, California, was born the son of a teamster in the town of Ben Lomond, California.

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BMX

BMX, an abbreviation for bicycle motocross or bike motocross, is a cycle sport performed on BMX bikes, either in competitive BMX racing or freestyle BMX, or else in general street or off-road recreation.

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California Coastal Conservancy

The California State Coastal Conservancy (CSCC, SCC) is a non-regulatory state agency in California established in 1976 to enhance coastal resources and public access to the coast.

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California Coastal Trail

The California Coastal Trail, or CCT, is an environmental project by the California Coastal Conservancy, an organization developed to enhance coastal resources and promote access to the shore in 2001.

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California Department of Food and Agriculture

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is a cabinet-level agency in the government of California.

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California State Parks

The California State Parks system (Spanish: Parques Estatales de California) is the public park system of California.

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California Strawberry Festival

The California Strawberry Festival is a yearly strawberry festival that takes place Ventura, California.

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Camelback locomotive

A camelback locomotive (also known as a Mother Hubbard or a center-cab locomotive) is a type of steam locomotive with the driving cab placed in the middle, astride the boiler.

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Coastal erosion

Coastal erosion is the loss or displacement of land, or the long-term removal of sediment and rocks along the coastline due to the action of waves, currents, tides, wind-driven water, waterborne ice, or other impacts of storms.

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Concert

A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience.

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Convention (meeting)

A convention (or event), in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of individuals who meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage in some common interest.

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Cosmopolitan Productions

Cosmopolitan Productions, also often referred to as Cosmopolitan Pictures, was an American film company based in New York City from 1918 to 1923 and Hollywood until 1938.

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Curren Caples

Curren Caples (born January 10, 1996) is an American professional skateboarder.

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E. P. Foster

Eugene Preston Foster (April 4, 1848 – February 12, 1932), commonly known as E. P. Foster, was a rancher, entrepreneur, banker, and philanthropist in Ventura County, California.

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Eastlake Park Scenic Railway

The Eastlake Park Scenic Railway was a long miniature railway in the 1:3 scale with a gauge of, which operated from 19 May 1904 to 11 May 1905 in the Eastlake Park: Replaced by The Now Venice Miniature Railway! (now Lincoln Park) in Los Angeles in California.

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Emma Wood State Beach

Emma Wood State Beach is a California State Beach in Ventura, California. Seaside Park (Ventura) and Emma Wood State Beach are Beaches of Southern California and Surfing locations in California.

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Festival

A festival is an event celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures.

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Golden Gate Park

Golden Gate Park is an urban park between the Richmond and Sunset districts of San Francisco, United States.

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Governor of California

The governor of California is the head of government of the U.S. state of California.

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Gun shows in the United States

In the United States, a gun show is an event where promoters generally rent large public venues and then rent tables for display areas for dealers of guns and related items, and charge admission for buyers.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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John J. Coit

John J. Coit (1875 – 21 September 1910) was an experienced railroad engineer, who built and operated four miniature railways in California.

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John McLaren (horticulturist)

John Hays McLaren (1846–1943) was a Scottish-born American horticulturalist.

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Levee

A levee, dike (American English), dyke (Commonwealth English), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure used to keep the course of rivers from changing and to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river or coast.

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Long Beach and Asbury Park Railway

The Long Beach and Asbury Park Railway was a profitable but short-lived miniature railway with the unusual gauge of, which operated from 1902 until 21 August 1903 at Long Beach in California. Seaside Park (Ventura) and Long Beach and Asbury Park Railway are 14½ in gauge railways.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Managed retreat

Managed retreat involves the purposeful, coordinated movement of people and buildings away from risks.

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Motocross

Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits.

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Off-track betting

Off-track betting (or OTB; in British English, off-course betting) is sanctioned gambling on greyhound racing or horse racing outside a race track.

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Omer Rains

Omer Leonard Rains (born September 25, 1941) is an American politician, lawyer, author, ecologist, and humanitarian.

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Red Grange

Harold Edward "Red" Grange (June 13, 1903 – January 28, 1991), nicknamed "the Galloping Ghost" and "the Wheaton Iceman", was an American football halfback who played for the Chicago Bears and the short-lived New York Yankees.

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Ridable miniature railway

A ridable miniature railway (US: riding railroad or grand scale railroad) is a large scale, usually ground-level railway that hauls passengers using locomotives that are often models of full-sized railway locomotives (powered by diesel or petrol engines, live steam or electric motors).

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San Buenaventura State Beach

San Buenaventura State Beach is a beach located in Ventura, California. Seaside Park (Ventura) and San Buenaventura State Beach are Beaches of Southern California.

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Seawall

A seawall (or sea wall) is a form of coastal defense constructed where the sea, and associated coastal processes, impact directly upon the landforms of the coast.

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Skateboarding

Skateboarding is an action sport that involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard, as well as a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment industry job, and a method of transportation.

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Special district (United States)

Special districts (also known as special service districts, special district governments, or limited purpose entities) are independent, special-purpose governmental units that exist separately from local governments such as county, municipal, and township governments, with substantial administrative and fiscal independence.

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Stable

A stable is a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept.

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Surf break

A surf break (also break, shore break, or big wave break) is a permanent (or semi-permanent) obstruction such as a coral reef, rock, shoal, or headland that causes a wave to break, forming a barreling wave or other wave that can be surfed, before it eventually collapses.

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Swell (ocean)

A swell, also sometimes referred to as ground swell, in the context of an ocean, sea or lake, is a series of mechanical waves that propagate along the interface between water and air under the predominating influence of gravity, and thus are often referred to as surface gravity waves.

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The Pride of Palomar

The Pride of Palomar is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Frank Borzage and written by Grant Carpenter, Peter B. Kyne, and John Lynch.

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Thousand Oaks shooting

On November 7, 2018, a mass shooting occurred in Thousand Oaks, California, United States, at the Borderline Bar and Grill, a country-western bar frequented by college students.

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Tony Hawk

Anthony Frank Hawk (born May 12, 1968), nicknamed Birdman, is an American professional skateboarder, entrepreneur and the owner of the skateboard company Birdhouse.

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Trade show

A trade show, also known as trade fair, trade exhibition, or trade exposition, is an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products and services, meet with industry partners and customers, study activities of competitors, and examine recent market trends and opportunities.

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Urbita Lake Railway

The Urbita Lake Railway was a long miniature railway with a gauge of, which operated from approximately 1910 to at least August 1915 at Urbita Hot Springs park (since 1966 the location of the Inland Center shopping mall) in San Bernardino, California.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaside_Park_(Ventura)

Also known as Pacific Arena, Seaside Park (baseball field), Ventura County Fairgrounds.

, Ventura Oilers, Ventura Raceway, Ventura River, Ventura station, Ventura, California, William Randolph Hearst, X Games, 2022–2023 California floods.

Seaside Park (Ventura), the Glossary

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See also

14½ in gauge railways

Fairgrounds in California

Managed retreat

Surfing locations in California

References