Anaheim Hills is a planned community encompassing the eastern portions of the city of Anaheim , in Orange County, California .
79-399: Prior to the development, a few scattered low-density neighborhoods existed in the area, including Peralta Hills and Mohler Loop (tracts that still exist today) that were developed primarily in the 1940s and 1950s. The remaining portions of Anaheim Hills were primarily developed in the 1970s after rancher and land owner Louis Nohl sold his massive parcel in the foothills east of Anaheim. The area
158-528: A 1983 video for their song, Cruel Summer , members of girl group Bananarama are depicted as working as mechanics at a Texaco gas station. From 1965 to 1993, Texaco participated in a consortium to develop the Lago Agrio oil field in Ecuador. The company was accused of extensive environmental damage from these operations, and faces legal claims from both private plaintiffs and from the government of Ecuador. The case
237-515: A 20-plus-year relationship with the sport to a close. Texaco was also involved in open wheel racing , sponsoring the Texaco Grand Prix of Houston along with sponsoring drivers like Indianapolis 500 winner Mario Andretti and his son Michael . In Formula One , Texaco sponsored the Team Lotus in 1972 and 1973, and McLaren from 1974 to 1978. The company returned to Grand Prix racing at
316-472: A US$ 10.53-billion verdict against Texaco, the largest civil verdict in US history up to that date. The court case sprang from Texaco having established a signed contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil entered into an unsigned—yet binding—buyout contract with Gordon Getty . In 1987, Texaco filed for bankruptcy. It was the largest in U.S. history until 2001. In January 1989, Texaco and Saudi Aramco agreed to form
395-460: A company car. During the war, Texaco ranked 93rd among United States corporations in the value of military production contracts. In 1947, Caltex expanded to include Texaco's European marketing operations. That same year, Texaco merged its British operation with Trinidad Leaseholds under the name Regent; it gained full control of Regent in 1956, but the Regent brand remained in use until 1968–9. In 1954,
474-426: A joint venture known as Star Enterprise in which Saudi Aramco would own a 50% share of Texaco's refining and marketing operations in the eastern U.S. and Gulf Coast. In 1989, Texaco introduced System3 gasolines in all three grades of fuel, featuring the latest detergent additive technology to improve performance by reducing deposits that clog fuel injection systems. The Toronto-based Texaco Canada Incorporated subsidiary
553-459: A joint venture with Standard Oil Company of California – Socal (now Chevron ) – under the brand name Caltex , in exchange for Socal placing its Bahrain refinery and Arabian oilfields into the venture. The next year, Texaco commissioned industrial designer Walter Dorwin Teague to develop a modern service station design. In 1938, Texaco introduced Sky Chief gasoline, a premium fuel developed from
632-536: A major factor in fueling the wildfires in the area. A landslide in January 1993, destroyed over 30 homes and impacted over 200 others. During the winter of 2005, a twenty-day rain event in Orange County led to not only flooding, but a landslide that caused the unstable hillside along the street of Ramsgate Drive to give way. Three homes and a private street were destroyed in the landslide. The first major wildfire since
711-558: A member of the California State Assembly on December 2 to replace the term-limited Bill Campbell . Campbell, in turn, easily won the special election to fill the remaining two years of Spitzer's term. The second special election used to fill a vacancy on the Orange County Board of Supervisors was held on February 6, 2007. First District Supervisor Lou Correa had resigned on December 4, 2006, when he took office as
790-471: A member of the California State Senate to replace the term-limited Joe Dunn . Garden Grove City Councilwoman Janet Nguyen won the special election to fill the remaining two years of the term by seven votes over Garden Grove Unified School District Boardmember Trung Nguyen (no relation) after a protracted recount battle (ironically, Correa had defeated Assemblywoman Lynn Daucher for
869-677: A member of the California State Senate to replace the term-limited Joe Dunn . Former Garden Grove City Councilman Andrew Do , Nguyen's supervisorial Chief of Staff, won the special election to fill the remaining two years of the term by 43 votes over Correa. The fifth special election used to fill a vacancy on the Orange County Board of Supervisors was held on March 12, 2019. Third District Supervisor Todd Spitzer had resigned on January 7, 2019, when he took office as District Attorney of Orange County after defeating incumbent Tony Rackauckas . Irvine Mayor Donald P. Wagner won
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#1732852357567948-427: A minor savings on the cost to produce a barrel of crude oil (approximately $ 3/barrel). Texaco allegedly dumped toxic wastewater directly into rivers, dumped waste into unlined pits, and created pits that were fitted with overflow pipes to nearby waterways, with pits also never being emptied after the drilling operations were concluded. In total, it is estimated that over 18 billion gallons of toxic waste were released into
1027-623: A recovering Tecate cypress grove. It was later determined that a controlled blaze set by the Cleveland National Forest started the fire, and the National Forestry Service was forced to pay the cost from the firefighting efforts. On Sunday, March 11, 2007 at 07:53 AM (PST), a fire possibly started by a stolen vehicle on the southbound 241 Windy Ridge Toll Plaza, destroyed over 2,000 acres (8.1 km) in Anaheim Hills and
1106-553: A smaller scale in 1997, with their brands appearing on the Stewart SF01 car. Their association with the team and its successor, Jaguar Racing , continued until the end of 2001, in the same timeline they also sponsored ITV's Formula 1 Coverage. Texaco sponsored the Tom Walkinshaw Racing Rover Vitesse factory team at the 1985 and 1986 European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) under their Bastos brand, and
1185-779: A station in Matawan, New Jersey . Two years later, Texaco replaced the long-running banjo sign with a new hexagon logo that had previously been test-marketed with the "Matawan" station design introduced two years earlier. The new logo featured a red outline with TEXACO in black bold lettering and a small banjo logo with a red star and green T at bottom. The following year, the Regent name was replaced by Texaco at British petrol stations. In 1970, in response to increasingly-stringent federal vehicle emissions standards that would induce automakers to install catalytic converters requiring equipped vehicles to run on unleaded gasoline, Texaco introduced their first regular-octane no-lead gasoline at stations in
1264-432: A vacancy on the Orange County Board of Supervisors was held on January 27, 2015. First District Supervisor Janet Nguyen had resigned on December 1, 2014, when she took office as a member of the California State Senate to replace the term-limited Lou Correa . Ironically, Nguyen had been elected as First District Supervisor in a February 6, 2007, special election to replace Correa, who had resigned when he took office as
1343-632: Is a well-known retail brand in the UK, with around 980 Texaco-branded service stations. Texaco was founded in Beaumont, Texas as the "Texas Fuel Company" in 1902, by Jim Hogg , Joseph S. Cullinan , John Warne Gates , and Arnold Schlaet . On 1 May 1902, the Texas Company was formed from the assets of Texas Fuel assets, and additional capitalization . In 1905, it established an operation in Antwerp , Belgium , under
1422-452: Is an American oil brand owned and operated by Chevron Corporation . Its flagship product is its fuel "Texaco with Techron ". It also owned the Havoline motor oil brand. Texaco was an independent company until its refining operations merged into Chevron in 2001, at which time most of its station franchises were divested to Shell plc through its American division . Texaco began as
1501-525: Is associated with the Havoline brand of motor oil and other automotive products. It was one of the sponsors of NASCAR with many drivers, such as Davey Allison , Ernie Irvan , Dale Jarrett , Kenny Irwin Jr. , Ricky Rudd , Jamie McMurray , Casey Mears , and Juan Pablo Montoya . Havoline continuously sponsored a car from the early 1980s to 2008. At the end of the 2008 season, Texaco/Havoline ended their sponsorship with NASCAR and Chip Ganassi Racing . This brought
1580-614: The Alfa Romeo 75 in 1987, then the Ford Sierra RS500 from 1988 to 1992 and then Toyota Corollas in 1993. From 2000 until 2007 , it was title sponsor of Stone Brothers Racing with Russell Ingall winning the 2005 championship . In 2016 , Caltex became title sponsor of the Triple Eight Race Engineering car of Craig Lowndes , having previously been an associate sponsor of the team. From 1984 to 1998, Texaco were
1659-574: The Ford Sierra RS500 factory cars entered by Eggenberger Motorsport in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship (plus the 1988 ETCC and other European-based championships). Texaco also sponsored cars in the 1987 World Rally Championship . From 1987 to 1993, Texaco was the major sponsor (through its Australian Caltex offshoot) Colin Bond Racing in Australian touring car racing , first with
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#17328523575671738-609: The Orange County Board of Supervisors , Anaheim Hills is represented by the 3rd District's Donald P. Wagner . In 2016, the City of Anaheim adopted City Council Districts, with Anaheim Hills making up the majority of the 6th District. In 2018, small-businessman Trevor O'Neil was elected to represent the 6th District. Students who live in the Anaheim Hills area are either directed to the Orange Unified School District or
1817-724: The Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (houses that are north of the Santa Ana River and California State Route 91 , but part of the city of Anaheim). Nearby public community colleges include Santiago Canyon College , Orange Coast College , Cypress College , Santa Ana College , Irvine Valley College , and Fullerton College . The nearest public four-year universities are California State University, Fullerton , and University of California, Irvine . Landslides and wildfires have occurred in Anaheim Hills during recent years. Santa Ana Winds are
1896-641: The Texaco Fire Chief . In 1936, the Texas Corporation purchased the Barco oil concession in Colombia , and formed a joint venture with Socony-Vacuum, now Mobil , to develop it. Over the next three years the company engaged in a highly challenging project to drill wells and build a pipeline to the coast across mountains and then through uncharted swamps and jungles. During this time, Texaco also illegally supplied
1975-573: The unincorporated areas of Coto de Caza , Ladera Ranch , and Las Flores . Since voters adopted Measure V, the creation of the county charter, in March 2002, vacancies on the Board of Supervisors have been filled by special election. The first special election used to fill a vacancy on the Orange County Board of Supervisors was held on January 28, 2003. Third District Supervisor Todd Spitzer had resigned on November 19, 2002, in preparation for taking office as
2054-492: The unincorporated areas of Coto de Caza , Ladera Ranch , and Las Flores . The First Supervisorial District consisted of the cities of Santa Ana and Westminster , as well as the eastern half of the city of Garden Grove . The Second Supervisorial District consisted of the cities of Costa Mesa , Cypress , Fountain Valley , Huntington Beach , La Palma , Los Alamitos , Newport Beach , Seal Beach , and Stanton , as well as
2133-682: The "Texas Fuel Company", founded in 1902 in Beaumont, Texas , by Joseph S. Cullinan , Thomas J. Donoghue, and Arnold Schlaet upon the discovery of oil at Spindletop . The Texas Fuel Company was not set up to drill wells or to produce crude oil. To accomplish this, Cullinan organized the Producers Oil Company in 1902, as a group of investors affiliated with The Texas Fuel Company. Men such as John W. ("Bet A Million") Gates invested in "certificates of interest" to an amount of almost ninety thousand dollars. Future restructuring would merge Producers Oil Company and The Texas Fuel Company as Texaco when
2212-472: The 1930s, comedian Ed Wynn hosted a half hour stand-up comedy/variety show on the NBC Radio Network, billed as "The Texaco Fire Chief", a reference to its regular grade gasoline. This trend continued into the late 1940s, when Wynn was replaced by Milton Berle as television becoming the dominant medium. The title was changed to the 60-minute Texaco Star Theater , which was also broadcast on NBC. In
2291-854: The Amazon Rainforest. In addition to the liquid pollution, it is alleged that workers burned off toxic natural gasses and some liquid waste, thus releasing highly toxic dioxins into the atmosphere. The NiMH chemistry used in modern hybrid vehicles was invented by ECD Ovonics founder, Stan Ovshinsky, and Dr. Masahiko Oshitani of the Yuasa Company In 1994, General Motors acquired a controlling interest in Ovonics 's battery development and manufacturing. On October 10, 2001, Texaco purchased GM's share in GM Ovonics, and Chevron completed its acquisition of Texaco six days later. In 2003, Texaco Ovonics Battery Systems
2370-712: The Anaheim Hills Planned Community Association, which oversees the entire community of Anaheim Hills. Two councils represent the community, the Canyon Hills Community Council and the Anaheim Hills Citizens Coalition. The community is listed under the Canyon and Hill General Plan Designations within the City of Anaheim, and thus the "Canyon Hills" name designated to the area for several of the sports teams located within
2449-514: The City of Irvine , as well as the Anaheim Hills area in the city of Anaheim . It also includes the unincorporated areas of El Modena , MCAS El Toro , Modjeska Canyon , Olive , Orange Park Acres , Santiago Canyon , Silverado , Trabuco Canyon , and Tustin Foothills . The Fourth Supervisorial District consists of the cities of Brea , Fullerton , La Habra , Placentia , the portions of
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2528-591: The Los Angeles area and throughout Southern California . Lead-Free Texaco became available nationwide in 1974. On November 20, 1980, the Lake Peigneur/Jefferson Island disaster occurred. Two years later, a new service station design was introduced. Several product names were also changed with the advent of self-service, including Lead-free Texaco to Texaco Unleaded, Fire Chief to Texaco Regular, and Super Lead-free Sky Chief to Texaco Super Unleaded. At
2607-453: The Midwest and also gave Texaco the rights to Indian's Havoline motor oil, which became a Texaco product. The next year, Texaco introduced Fire Chief gasoline nationwide, a so-called "super-octane" motor fuel touted as meeting or exceeding government standards for gasoline for fire engines and other emergency vehicles. It was promoted through a radio program over NBC hosted by Ed Wynn , called
2686-466: The Senate seat after a protracted recount battle, as well). Both Nguyens had unexpectedly finished ahead of the front-runners , recently retired State Assemblyman Tom Umberg and Santa Ana City Councilman Carlos Bustamante. The third special election used to fill a vacancy on the Orange County Board of Supervisors was held on June 8, 2010, and was consolidated with the regular primary election for
2765-743: The Texaco brand. In 2010, Chevron ended retail operations in the Mid-Atlantic US, removing its brand from 450 stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, D.C. Prior to the merger with Chevron, Texaco's headquarters was a 750,000-square-foot (70,000 m ) building in Harrison , in Westchester County, New York , near to White Plains . In 2002, Chevron Corporation sold
2844-565: The adoption of the charter, vacancies on the board were filled by appointment by the governor of California . The December 1996 appointment of Laguna Niguel City Councilman Thomas W. Wilson by Governor Pete Wilson (no relation) was the last time that a gubernatorial appointment was used to fill a supervisorial vacancy (Supervisor Marian Bergeson had resigned to become the California Secretary for Education). The January 2003 special election of former State Assemblyman Bill Campbell
2923-582: The area. Anaheim Hills is in California's 40th congressional district , which is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republican Young Kim . In the California State Legislature , the community is represented by Senator Dave Min (a Democrat from the 37th Senate District ) and Assemblyman Phillip Chen (a Republican from the 59th Assembly District . On
3002-421: The biggest selling gasoline brand in the U.S. and only marketer selling gasoline under one brand name in all (by then) 50 states. It also acquired McColl-Frontenac Oil Company Ltd. of Canada and changes its name to Texaco Canada Limited. Around this time, Paragon Oil , a major fuel oil distribution company in the northeastern U.S., was acquired. In 1964, Texaco introduced the "Matawan" service station design at
3081-440: The board include regional parks, water, sewers, animal control, buses, freeways, and commuter rail. The First Supervisorial District consists of the cities of Garden Grove , Santa Ana , and Westminster , the unincorporated community of Midway City , and the northernmost three square miles of the city of Fountain Valley north of Warner Avenue, including Mile Square Regional Park . The Second Supervisorial District consists of
3160-406: The cities of Buena Park , Fullerton , La Habra , Placentia , as well as the portions of the city of Anaheim outside of Anaheim Hills . The Fifth Supervisorial District consisted of the cities of Aliso Viejo , Dana Point , Laguna Beach , Laguna Hills , Laguna Niguel , Laguna Woods , Lake Forest , Mission Viejo , Rancho Santa Margarita , San Clemente , San Juan Capistrano , as well as
3239-455: The cities of Costa Mesa , Cypress , Huntington Beach , La Palma , Los Alamitos , Newport Beach , Seal Beach , and Stanton , along with two-thirds of the city of Fountain Valley that are south of Warner Avenue and southwestern portions of the City of Buena Park . It also includes the unincorporated area of Rossmoor . The Third Supervisorial District consists of the cities of Orange , Tustin , Villa Park , and Yorba Linda , most of
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3318-482: The citizens of Orange County. The supervisors represent districts of approximately 600,000 people. Supervisorial elections take place during the primary election, with run-off elections (if necessary) in November. Supervisorial terms begin the first Monday after January 1 after the election. Vacancies on the board are filled via special election since Orange County voters adopted a county charter in March 2002. Prior to
3397-406: The city of Anaheim outside of Anaheim Hills , and most of Buena Park . The Fifth Supervisorial District consists of the cities of Aliso Viejo , Dana Point , Laguna Beach , Laguna Hills , Laguna Niguel , Laguna Woods , Lake Forest , Mission Viejo , Rancho Santa Margarita , San Clemente , and San Juan Capistrano , along with small southwestern portions of the City of Irvine , as well as
3476-530: The city of Orange . Due to winds moving as fast as 35 mph (56 km/h), an estimated 2,500 homes were evacuated, with 2 injuries reported. The Freeway Complex Fire broke out in the Corona area at around 9am on Saturday, November 15, 2008, which burned south-westerly into Anaheim Hills, forcing the immediate evacuation of 3,100 homes in the Weir Canyon area. In total, more than 200 residences were destroyed by
3555-997: The closure of the Cloud Club in 1979. Joseph S. Cullinan , 1901–1913 Elgood C. Lufkin, 1913–1920 Amos L. Beaty, 1920–1926 Ralph C. Holmes, 1926–1933 William S. Rodgers, 1933–1944 Harry T. Klein, 1944–1952 John S. Leach, 1952–1953 Augustus C. Long, 1953–1956 James W. Foley, 1956–1963 J. Howard Rambin Jr, 1964 Marion J. Epley, 1965–1970 Maurice F. Granville, 1970–1971 John K. McKinley, 1971–1983 Alfred C. DeCrane Jr, 1983–1986 James W. Kinnear, 1987–1993 Elgood C. Lufkin, 1920–1926 Amos L. Beaty, 1926–1927 Ralph C. Holmes, –1933 Charles B. Ames, 1933–1935 Torkild Rieber , 1935–1940 William S. Rodgers, 1944–1953 John S. Leach, 1953–1956 Augustus C. Long , 1956–1965 J. Howard Rambin Jr, 1965–1970 Marion J. Epley, 1970–1971 Maurice F. Granville, 1971–1980 John K. McKinley, 1980–1986 Alfred C. DeCrane Jr, 1987–1996 Peter I. Bijur, 1997–2001 Glenn F. Tilton , 2001 Texaco
3634-417: The community began in 1971 and was branded as a rural enclave and alternative to the more dense subdivisions emerging in the Orange County basin with homes on large lots, hiking trails, a golf course, and low densities. Anaheim Hills is the first residential development to utilize "Landform Grading." The community grew quickly and by 1974 the Orange Unified School District had constructed a high school to serve
3713-595: The community of "Anaheim Hills" (as opposed to the city of "Anaheim"), the United States Postal Service considers both Anaheim and Anaheim Hills. Anaheim Hills is served by Anaheim Fire Department Stations 9 and 10. The community is served by two of the City of Anaheim's libraries, the Canyon Hills Library and the East Hills Library. 23 community associations are within Anaheim Hills, led by
3792-425: The company added the detergent additive Petrox to its "Sky Chief" gasoline, which was also souped up with higher octane to meet the antiknock needs of new cars with high-compression engines. The next year, Texaco became the sole sponsor of The Huntley-Brinkley Report on NBC-TV. In 1959, the Texas Company changed its corporate name to Texaco, Inc. to better reflect the value of the Texaco brand name, which represented
3871-404: The company formed the joint venture Equilon with Shell Oil Company , combining their Western and Midwestern U.S. refining and marketing. This gave rise to the 2006 U.S. Supreme Court antitrust case of Texaco Inc. v. Dagher , which cleared both Texaco and Shell of any antitrust liability concerning the pricing of Equilon's gasoline. That same year, another joint venture, Motiva Enterprises ,
3950-480: The company needed additional funding, which J.W. Gates provided in the amount of approximately $ 590,000 in return for company stock. Texaco was one of the Seven Sisters which dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s to the 1970s. Its current logo features a white star in a red circle (a reference to the lone star of Texas), leading to the long-running advertising jingles "You can trust your car to
4029-756: The development of Anaheim Hills occurred in October 1982. Santa Ana Winds drove a fire that ended up causing $ 50 million in property damage. The fire burned 17,000 acres (69 km) and destroyed 14 homes. A wildfire broke out on February 7, 2006 in the Cleveland National Forest , the National Forest that separates Anaheim Hills from the Riverside County Border. This fire grew and firefighters were unable to contain it due to 20 mph (32 km/h) winds and 80 °F (27 °C) temperatures. On
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#17328523575674108-886: The end of 1981 and the beginning of 1982, members of the Medellín Cartel (including Pablo Escobar ), the Colombian military, the U.S.-based corporation Texas Petroleum , the Colombian legislature, small industrialists, and wealthy cattle ranchers came together in a series of meetings in Puerto Boyacá , and formed a paramilitary organization known as Muerte a Secuestradores ("Death to Kidnappers", MAS) to defend their economic interests, and to provide protection for local elites from kidnappings and extortion. By 1983, Colombian internal affairs had registered 240 political killings by MAS death squads, mostly community leaders, elected officials, and farmers. On November 19, 1985, Pennzoil won
4187-563: The fascist Nationalist faction in the Spanish Civil War with a total 3,500,000 barrels (560,000 m ) of oil. For these illegal sales to Francisco Franco 's fascist forces the company was fined $ 20,000 for violating the Neutrality Act of 1937, although it continued to sell to Franco on credit until the end of the war. Also in 1936, marketing operations "East of Suez" (including Asia, East Africa, and Australasia) were placed into
4266-557: The fire, of which fourteen houses and 86 apartments were burned within Anaheim Hills. On October 8, 2017, the Canyon Fire 2 broke out near the interchange for California State Route 91 and California State Route 241 on the border of the City of Anaheim . The Canyon Fire 2 was the second fire in the same area in a matter of weeks, the first fire was designated the Canyon Fire. Canyon Fire 2
4345-600: The former Texaco Headquarters to Morgan Stanley . Morgan Stanley bought the building and the surrounding 107 acres (0.43 km ) for $ 42 million. Texaco leased 14 floors of the Chrysler Building in Midtown Manhattan , New York City in the 1930s. As part of the leasing agreement with Texaco the building opened the Cloud Club , a lunch club for executives. Texaco's move to Westchester County in 1977 contributed to
4424-601: The ground up as a high-octane gasoline rather than just an ethylized regular product. In 1939, Texaco became one of the first oil companies to introduce a "Registered Rest Room" program to ensure that restroom facilities at all Texaco stations nationwide maintained a standard level of cleanliness to the motoring public. After the onset of World War II in 1939, Texaco's CEO, Torkild Rieber , admirer of Hitler, hired pro-Nazi assistants who cabled Berlin "coded information about ships leaving New York for Britain and what their cargoes were." This espionage easily enabled Hitler to destroy
4503-462: The growing community. In 1990, the city of Anaheim approved several large developments surrounding Weir Canyon Road (East Hills and The Highlands), expanding the community toward the 241 toll road . In 2007, the Irvine Company received approval for additional 2,500 homes just east of the 241 toll road on a parcel of land it has owned for over fifty years. However, in 2014 The Irvine Company donated
4582-504: The land for these additional 2,500 homes to the County of Orange to be preserved as open space. Anaheim Hills is located just south of Yorba Linda, California , opposite the 91 freeway at Imperial Highway . The western border is the 55 freeway opposite the city of Orange, California . On the northeast side the community extends past Gypsum Canyon, bordered by unincorporated areas of Orange County and Cleveland National Forest (east). To
4661-572: The man who wears the star" and "Star of the American Road." The company was headquartered in Harrison, New York , near White Plains , prior to the merger with Chevron. Texaco gasoline comes with Techron, an additive developed by Chevron, as of 2005, replacing the previous CleanSystem3. The Texaco brand is strong in the U.S., Latin America, and West Africa. It has a presence in Europe as well; for example, it
4740-534: The morning of February 9, 2006, the fire worsened, which forced the evacuation of a large section of Anaheim Hills. Nearly 75% of the Community of Anaheim Hills was either under voluntary or mandatory evacuation. This resulted in the closing of two local elementary schools for two days, and several other schools served as shelters for the evacuees during the day. The fire burned over 10,000 acres (40 km) of land and caused significant natural resource damage by burning
4819-537: The name Continental Petroleum Company, which it acquired control of in 1913. In 1915, Texaco moved to new 13 story offices on 1111 Rusk St., Houston, Texas. In 1928, Texaco became the first U.S. oil company to sell its gasoline nationwide under one single brand name in all of the then 48 states. In 1931, Texaco purchased the Indian Oil Company , based in Illinois. This expanded Texaco's refining and marketing base in
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#17328523575674898-540: The new brand HydroTexaco. This joint venture was sold in 2007 to Norwegian retail interests as YX Energi , following the purchase of Hydro by Statoil . In 1996, Texaco paid over $ 170 million to settle racial discrimination lawsuits filed by Black employees at the company. It was the largest racial-discrimination lawsuit settlement in the U.S. at the time, and was particularly damaging to Texaco's public relations when tapes were released of meetings with company executives planning to destroy incriminating evidence. In 1999,
4977-454: The next term for the seat. Fourth District Supervisor Chris Norby had resigned on January 29, 2010, when he took office as a member of the California State Assembly to replace Mike Duvall , who had resigned from the Assembly in the wake of a lobbyist sex scandal. Fullerton City Councilman Shawn Nelson won the seat by 12% over Anaheim City Councilman Harry Sidhu . While Nelson won
5056-458: The next year. Around 2003, due to lack of demand, Texaco closed Refineria Panamá, a refinery in Colón, Panama . In July 2004, Chevron regained non-exclusive rights to the Texaco brand name in the U.S. The following year, in August, Texaco introduced the Techron additive into its fuels in the U.S. and parts of Latin America. In 2007, Delek Benelux took over marketing activities for Chevron in Benelux , including 869 filling stations, mostly under
5135-489: The seat by 12% over former State Senator John Moorlach . Following are the special districts managed by the Orange County Board of Supervisors Harriett Wieder became the first woman to serve as Vice Chair in 1980 and as Chair in 1984. Patricia C. Bates and Janet Nguyen became the first pair of women to serve as Chair and Vice Chair concurrently in 2009. Gaddi Vasquez became the first Latino to serve as Vice Chair in 1990 and as Chair in 1991. Janet Nguyen became
5214-422: The seat by 5% over former Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez . The sixth special election used to fill a vacancy on the Orange County Board of Supervisors was held on March 9, 2021. Second District Supervisor Michelle Steel had resigned on January 3, 2021, when she took office as a member of the United States House of Representatives after defeating incumbent Harley Rouda . Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley won
5293-402: The ships. In 1940, Rieber was forced to resign when his connections with German Nazism , and his illegal supply of oil to the fascist forces during the Spanish Civil War were made public by the Herald Tribune through information produced by British Security Coordination . Life Magazine portrayed Rieber's resignation as unfair, advocating that he only dined with Westrick , and lent him
5372-455: The south is the Santa Ana foothills opposite the community of Villa Park, California . The entirety of Anaheim Hills is within the city limits of Anaheim, California . Anaheim Hills consists of several planned neighborhoods, including the following: The 92807 ZIP code serves the western portion and other parts of East Anaheim while the 92808 ZIP code serves the eastern portion, and although residents typically identify themselves as living in
5451-436: The special election to fill the remaining seven months of Norby's term, the special election was consolidated with the regular primary election, so Nelson and Sidhu advanced to a November run-off election to win the four-year term due to begin in January 2011. Nelson won the election for the 2011–2015 term by a 63%–37% margin, and would go on to hold the position until January 2019. The fourth special election used to fill
5530-434: The sponsorship lyrics of the opening theme: "We're the men of Texaco, We work from Maine to Mexico..."). Berle's program was broadcast in the same time slot as Fulton J. Sheen 's religious program for a while, thus leading to Berle's oft-quoted quip, "We both have the same boss – Sky Chief!" Texaco was also the sponsor of the weekly Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts , which air to this day since its inception in 1931. In
5609-515: The title sponsors of the main One Day International cricket tournament in England, the Texaco Trophy . It also sponsored the Texaco Cup , a football tournament for clubs of the British Isles. Texaco was long associated with the Metropolitan Opera as sole sponsor of its radio broadcasts for 63 years. It was identified as well with such entertainment legends as Ed Wynn , Fred Allen and Milton Berle (many of their shows were originally sponsored by Texaco – see Texaco Star Theatre , which includes
5688-583: The western half of the city of Garden Grove . It also includes the unincorporated areas of Rossmoor , Sunset Beach , and Surfside . The Third Supervisorial District consisted of the cities of Brea , Irvine , Orange , Tustin , Villa Park , and Yorba Linda , as well as the Anaheim Hills area in the city of Anaheim . It also includes the unincorporated areas of El Modena , MCAS El Toro , Modjeska Canyon , Olive , Orange Park Acres , Santiago Canyon , Silverado , Trabuco Canyon , and Tustin Foothills . The Fourth Supervisorial District consisted of
5767-513: Was driven by fast moving winds and low humidity. By noon on the day the fire began, it had burned 800 acres (1.3 sq mi). By 2:30, fueled by high winds and low humidity, it had burned 2,000 acres (3.1 sq mi) and was 0 percent contained. Canyon Fire 2 lead to the evacuation of 16,570 residents of Anaheim , Orange , North Tustin, Orange Park Acres and Tustin and the destruction of 25 homes located in Anaheim Hills and Orange. Texaco Texaco, Inc. ("The Texa s Co mpany")
5846-690: Was formed with Shell Oil Company and Saudi Aramco in which the Star Enterprise operations were merged with the Eastern and Gulf Coast U.S. refining and marketing operations of Shell. In October 2000, Chevron Corporation agreed to buy Texaco for $ 36 billion. The merger was completed October 9, 2001. As required by the FTC consent agreement, Texaco's interest in the Equilon and Motiva joint ventures were sold to Shell. Shell began re-branding its Texaco stations as Shell
5925-401: Was restructured into Cobasys , a 50/50 joint venture between Chevron and Energy Conversion Devices (ECD) Ovonics . Orange County Board of Supervisors The Orange County Board of Supervisors is the five-member governing body of Orange County, California , along with being the executive of the county. The board consists of five supervisors elected by districts to four-year terms by
6004-852: Was sold to Imperial Oil with all Texaco Canada retail operations converted to Esso brand. Two years later, the company was awarded the National Medal of Arts . In 1993, several dozen tribal leaders and residents from the Ecuadoran Amazon filed a billion-dollar class-action lawsuit against Texaco, as a result of massive ecological pollution of the area and rivers around Texaco's Ecuadorian offshore drilling sites, causing toxic contamination of approximately 30,000 residents. In 1994, Texaco's System3 gasolines were replaced by new CleanSystem3 gasoline, marketed with claims of improved engine performance. In 1995, Texaco merged their Danish and Norwegian downstream operations with those of Norsk Hydro under
6083-424: Was taken over by Texaco Industries in 1970 when the company announced plans to develop an expansive and upscale master planned community of 7,000 homes, estates, and townhomes. The original master plan included a proposal for three new lakes with high-density condominiums clustered around these water features. The initial master plan proved unsustainable due to the topography and geology of the area. Construction of
6162-566: Was the first time that a special election was used to fill a supervisorial vacancy (Supervisor Todd Spitzer had resigned after he was elected to the State Assembly to replace the term-limited Campbell). The current members of the board of supervisors are: The board makes decisions relating to land use, public utilities, and transportation, both directly and indirectly through its power over budgets and appointments to boards, committees, and commissions. Services that are ultimately managed by
6241-417: Was widely publicized by environmental activists and was the subject of Crude , a 2009 documentary film by Joe Berlinger. In turn, Texaco's owner Chevron claims that it was being unfairly targeted as a deep pocket defendant, when the actual responsibility lies with the government and its national oil company , Petroecuador . Texaco allegedly decided to forgo their standard drilling practices in favor for
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