The Love Festival
Southern California is held on
Saturday, Aug 20 4:00p, at Oak
Canyon Ranch At Lake Irvine, Irvine,
CA. One of America's longest running
dance music festival tours returns
for its 19th annual Southern
California date. The Generation
Celebration returns with 2 massive
areas of music featuring the best in
house, trance, and progressive. What
started out as an underground party
in the early 90's has since grown
into one of the largest and longest
running electronic music festivals
in the world, touring through cities
including Los Angeles, Las Vegas,
San Francisco, San Diego, Denver,
Phoenix and other destinations.
Founded in 1878,
Silverado , a California Historical
Landmark, is an unincorporated
community in Silverado Canyon, which
is located in the Santa Ana
Mountains in eastern Orange County,
California. Portions of the town sit
on a former Mexican land grant
Rancho Lomas de Santiago. The
majority of Silverado is located
within the boundaries of Cleveland
National Forest. The area was mined
extensively for silver during the
late 19th century. Remnants of
mining operations such as the Blue
Light Mine are still scattered
throughout the surrounding
mountains. Timber was harvested for
use by the railroad. Coal was mined
in a nearby area known at the time
as Carbondale.
Ancient sea life
fossils can be found within the
sandstone cliffs in the area. During
Spanish rule, the canyon was visited
by Spanish explorers and was known
by the name Cañada de la Madera
(Timber Canyon). The town in Spain
by that name bears a remarkable
resemblance to Silverado Canyon.
(The name Silverado is a type of
Spanglish indicating a place where
silver is found; a parallel
formation to El Dorado.) The area
enjoyed a renaissance in popularity
in the 1940's as a hot springs
vacation retreat, during which time
hotels and restaurants prospered. A
large number of weekend cabins were
also built at that time. Home to a
number of artists and craftsmen, the
town now consists of a general
store, a restaurant, a public
library, an elementary school, a
church, two fire stations, and a
post office. It hosts an annual
Country Fair, and an Easter
breakfast. A local landmark near
Silverado is Cook's Corner, popular
with bikers.
