Tunitas was a small unincorporated community in San Mateo County, California, United States. It was originally located on State Route 1 until that state route was moved to the west. It was also renamed Lobitos.https://bard.wr.usgs.gov/historical/jpg/halfmoonbay1940a.jpg; https://bard.wr.usgs.gov/historical/jpg/halfmoonbay1961a.jpg
Arroyo de las Tunitas is shown on the diseños, circa 1839, of the San Gregorio and Canada Verde grants. The name means “A small bush…grows super-abundant at and near its mouth, and its fruit is known to the present generation as sea apples.”
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