There’s history around every curve on the back roads between Los Angeles and Los Olivos, a 100-mile route that meanders through mountains, canyons and star-studded enclaves.
Calabasas, city, Los Angeles county, southern California, U.S. It is located where the San Fernando Valley meets the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains, about 30 miles (50 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Calabaza is the Spanish word for pumpkin or gourd, but the city name is also said to mean “where the wild geese fly” in the local Native American language. The original inhabitants were affiliated with the Chumash nation. The area was explored by the Spanish in the 18th century and settled early in the 1800s. In the second half of the 19th century, Calabasas became part