This muted but informative map of the San Fernando Valley debunks stereotypes about the region, which is not in fact a flat plain with tract homes ... was hewn from solid rock in 1859.

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — In Valley Village ... good-deed doer the "Rock Fairy." Gary Breslau was pleased to find one of the skillfully designed rocks outside his house. "I came home, and ...