Got a story? We'd love to hear it.
This site is not run by the City of Los Angeles, a historical society, or a real-estate agency. It's an independent community site, and its best pages are the ones where canyon residents have quietly handed us a photo, a memory, or a fact nobody else wrote down.
What we're looking for
We'll take anything that helps tell the story of the canyon — past or present, large or small. A few things that are especially welcome:
Family stories & canyon memories
If your family has lived in the canyon for one generation or five, we want to hear what you remember. Stories about neighbors long gone, businesses that used to be there, how La Tuna Canyon Road used to feel, what the fires felt like, what the canyon was like before the 210 went in — all of it.
Historic photos
Family photos of canyon properties, horse barns, old buildings, the road in different decades, the Stonehurst rock houses under construction, the detention station, fire-year photos — scanned or photographed, with whatever provenance you can provide.
Corrections
We did our best with the research, but the canyon has been around much longer than this site. If we got a date wrong, misspelled a name, misidentified a location, or missed a detail that matters — tell us. Corrections get priority. We'll update the page and credit you unless you'd rather stay anonymous.
Tips about canyon life, now
A new business on the road. A trail condition. A fire-season tip from experience. A horse barn we missed. A dog kennel that closed. Anything that helps the practical side of the site stay current.
How to send it
The simplest path is email. Send whatever you have — text, scans, photos, a paragraph, a correction, a link — to:
hello@latunacanyon.com
If the material is physical (a photograph we'd need to scan, a letter, a clipping), let us know and we can arrange a pickup or a scan session somewhere in the canyon.
Credit and privacy
If you contribute something we use, we'll credit you — by name, by family name, or as "a canyon resident," whichever you prefer. If you'd rather we not publish your name, we won't. If you send us family material and later change your mind about it being public, tell us and we'll take it down.
Full details in the privacy page and terms of use.
The canyon has been around much longer than this site. Its best history lives in the people who remember it.