In 1908 , the Del Valle Company was incorporated by Ygnacio 's children , but by 1924 , they had sold the property to August Rübel , a native of Zürich , Switzerland . Upon its sale , the '' Los Angeles Times '' lamented that : An era in the history of California closed yesterday . The Del Valles of Camulos bade farewell to the homestead where they have lived in successive generations since Antonio del Valle . It was the passing of the old regime . They are said to be the last of the old Spanish families who held in unbroken succession to the ancestral acres . Rübel continued operating the ranch in the same manner as the Del Valles , employing many of same workers . He had served in the American Field Service during World War I and when World War II broke out , he volunteered for active duty again . He died while serving in Tunisia in 1943 . After his death , his widow Mary married a man named Edwin Burger , who was not as interested in maintaining the rancho . After Mary 's death in 1968 , Burger closed the ranch entirely . The buildings and grounds were left untended for years . Rübel 's heirs regained control of the property after the 1994 Northridge earthquake , which had damaged a number of buildings on the rancho
1994 Northridge earthquake
1994 Northridge earthquake
Rancho Camulos