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02 June 2026

City of Chino Hills Statement on Proposed Carbon Canyon Road (SR 142) Summit Widening

 This just in from the City of Chino Hills--note that there is a page on the City's website on this issue.



Posted by prs at 6/02/2026 12:40:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: California State Route 142, CalTrans District 8, Carbon Canyon Road, Carbon Canyon Road widening, City of Chino Hills, State Route 142
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A Little Horsing Around, Part 3

A Little Horsing Around, Part 3
The second of our friendly equine compatriots showing his/her best side (or else, casting a cynical and suspicious glare at the Circle K construction site behind the photographer?)

A Little Horsing Around, Part 2

A Little Horsing Around, Part 2
One of our equine friends mugs for the camera at Carbon Canyon Road and Canyon Hills Drive (was it mentioned that Circle K is incongruously going in across the street?)

A Little Horsing Around, Part 1

A Little Horsing Around, Part 1
Here are two friendly equines at the lot on the northwest corner of Carbon Canyon Road and Canyon Hills Drive in Chino Hills--a marked rural contrast to the under-construction Circle K market right across the road.

Triangle Complex Fire: Sylvan Scenes Spared

Triangle Complex Fire:  Sylvan Scenes Spared
In the eastern end of Soquel Canyon, the damage in the canyon's bottomlands was much less than in the west. This beautiful view on a dirt road looking south shows a relatively unscathed area. Taken 30 November 2008.

Triangle Complex Fire: Smoke and Uncertainty

Triangle Complex Fire:  Smoke and Uncertainty
Taken from the Gordon Ranch neighborhood of Chino Hills, just north of Carbon Canyon, about 10 a.m. on Sunday, 16 November. The smoke on the right was a flareup in the Canyon, but we had no idea how bad things had gotten on the Brea side or how fortunate we were on the Chino Hills side.

Triangle Complex Fire: "It Doesn't Look Good"

Triangle Complex Fire: "It Doesn't Look Good"
After 8 p.m. on Saturday, 15 November, my family and I evacuated, not to return until Tuesday morning. As I left, I stopped to take this image with my cheap camera, but, as a neighbor said in a phone call to another neighbor a few hours later, "it doesn't look good."

Triangle Complex Fire: Headed Toward Carbon Canyon

Triangle Complex Fire: Headed Toward Carbon Canyon
By 4 p.m. on Saturday, 15 November, the Corona-originated fire had moved north and east and I took a series of photos that showed its movement toward the canyon. Four hours later, a mandatory evacuation order was given and early Sunday morning the fire was within 100-150 yards of our house.

Triangle Complex Fire: Corona Branch

Triangle Complex Fire: Corona Branch
This is about 1 p.m. on Saturday, 15 November, some four hours after the fire started near the 91 and 71 freeways. High winds pushed the fire northwest through Yorba Linda. When I went to my local fire station, the fire was not heading towards Carbon Canyon, but that all changed with the winds died down by evening. Early Sunday morning the 16th, the Canyon was in the line of fire!

Old Carbon Canyon Road (now Ginseng Lane)

Old Carbon Canyon Road (now Ginseng Lane)
The path of the old roadway looking west would meet up with the current road only a few hundred feet further, but a home and private driveway are in the old right-of-way. Taken 6 August 2008.

Old Carbon Canyon Road near Carriage Hills #2

Old Carbon Canyon Road near Carriage Hills #2
A nice view of the old road just to the south of the current roadway on the east descent on Horseshoe Bend in Chino Hills. Taken 6 August 2008.

Old Carbon Canyon Road at Chino Hills Parkway

Old Carbon Canyon Road at Chino Hills Parkway
Before there was a Chino Hills and a Chino Hills Parkway, Carbon Canyon Road simply curved from the canyon, as viewed here, and made its way east to its conclusion at Central Avenue in Chino. Taken 6 August 2008.

Sunrise Over The Hills

Sunrise Over The Hills
On a fire road above Carbon Canyon, 6:00 a.m., 6 July 2008

South into Chino Hills State Park

South into Chino Hills State Park
Looking toward the Santa Ana Mountains from a road leading from Soquel Canyon, 6 July 2008

Cold War Artifact in Soquel Canyon

Cold War Artifact in Soquel Canyon
An Aerojet sign belies the pastoral landscape, 6 July 2008

A Creek in Soquel Canyon

A Creek in Soquel Canyon
A summer respite by a shallow stream, 6 July 2008

Residents of Soquel Canyon

Residents of Soquel Canyon
Locals eye an outsider with suspicion, 6 July 2008

Soquel Canyon Road

Soquel Canyon Road
Sunlight pours through the trees on Soquel Canyon Road, 6 July 2008