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The State of California is the most populous state of the United States of America. Located on the Pacific coast of North America, it is bordered by Oregon, Nevada and Arizona in the United States, and Baja California in Mexico. The state’s four largest cities are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose and San Francisco. California is known for its diverse climate and ethnically diverse population. The state has 58 counties.
Inhabited by indigenous people for millennia, Alta California was first colonized by the Spanish Empire in 1769, and after Mexican independence in 1821, continued as part of Mexico. Following one brief week as the independent California Republic in 1846, and the conclusion of the Mexican-American war in 1848, California was annexed by the United States and was admitted to the Union as the thirty-first state on September 9, 1850.
California’s diverse geography ranges from the sandy beaches of the Pacific coast to the rugged, snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountains in the east. The central portion of the state is dominated by the Central Valley, one of the most vital agricultural areas in the country. The Sierra Nevada contains Yosemite Valley, famous for its glacially-carved domes, and Sequoia National Park, home to the largest living organisms on Earth, the giant sequoia trees, and the highest point in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney. The tallest living things on Earth, the ancient redwood trees, dot the coastline, mainly north of San Francisco. California is also home to the second lowest and hottest place in the Western Hemisphere, Death Valley. Bristlecone pines located in the White Mountains are the oldest known trees in the world; one has an age of 4,700 years.part of the Ozarks.

 

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Local News from San Diego Union-Tribune via Yahoo! News

Fire at Del Cerro home causes $750,000 in damage

Mar 11, 2010 7:50 pm

A fire in a Del Cerro home late Wednesday caused $750,000 in damage

 

Six hurt in chain-reaction crashes on Interstate 805

Mar 11, 2010 7:49 pm

Six people were injured in a multi-car crash on southbound Interstate 805 just north of Market Street early Thursday morning and investigators say at least one of the drivers may have been intoxicated...

 

Police chief to offer tips on personal safety

Mar 11, 2010 7:49 pm

Chula Vista police Chief David Bejarano will host a community meeting tonight at Hilltop Middle School to give tips on personal safety and how to better protect oneself against attackers.

 

San Diegos original City Hall building is sold

Mar 11, 2010 7:49 pm

San Diegos first city-owned City Hall has been sold for $3.3 million to a family investment group after a failed effort to turn it into condos.

 

Outside bid for computer services gets tepid reaction

Mar 11, 2010 7:49 pm

Its not looking good for San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders bid to privatize the citys computer services. A proposal to hire an outside firm and save the city nearly $1.5 million annually ran into oppositi...

 

In wrong-way pursuit, it's deputy's call

Mar 11, 2010 7:49 pm

When Santee sheriffs Deputy Ken Collier decided to turn around and pursue a suspected drunken driver heading the wrong way on a freeway last month, it proved to be a risky move that cost him his life,...

 

Immigration agent gets $2.2 million for injuries

Mar 11, 2010 7:48 pm

A federal court jury awarded an immigration agent $2.2 million yesterday for injuries he suffered at the hands of Chula Vista police while he was working on an undercover surveillance job three years ...

 

First-timers snap up 47% of homes

Mar 11, 2010 7:48 pm

Nearly half of home purchases statewide last year went to first-time buyers, the highest since 1995, the California Association of Realtors reported yesterday. But its chief economist said first-timer...

 

Whitmore in control for Grossmont College

Mar 11, 2010 7:48 pm

Grossmont College sophomore Luke Whitmore has the same dream as most baseball players his age: He would like to play in the major leagues.

 

La Mesa's Station 13 remodeled, back in service

Mar 11, 2010 7:48 pm

La Mesa unveiled extensive renovations to one of its older fire stations this week after nearly a year of remodeling. Mayor Art Madrid joined community members at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday to c...

 
 

Local News from Monterey County Weekly via Yahoo! News

[music] Hearts Felt : A blockbuster Haiti benefit recruits many of the countys favorite groups. - Monterey County ...

Mar 11, 2010 8:26 am

I dropped everything and have been glued to my TV ever since, Claude Constant says of the moment she found out about the earthquake in Haiti. Constant, a single mother, kindergarten teacher at Rooseve...

 

[news] Kumbaya, Interrupted : Pacific Grove farmers market compromise stirs up even more drama. - Monterey County Weekly

Mar 11, 2010 8:25 am

It was a rare peace-and-love moment in Pacific Grove: Organizers of the local farmers market sat down with representatives of the merchants who want the market moved. With some hugging and hand-holdin...

 

[news] Dubious Achievements : Monterey County schools flunks state education tests, scramble for new funding sources ...

Mar 11, 2010 8:24 am

Monterey County has more failing schools than any other county except Los Angeles and San Bernardino, according to the State Department of Education. It shares that dubious distinction with San Franci...

 

[news] Packard Grove Library? : P.G. library brainstorms for funding, but skeptics worry about Packardization ...

Mar 11, 2010 8:24 am

The Pacific Grove Public Library needs cash. Fast. At a February brainstorming summit, 100-plus bookworms pooled ideas like bake sales, dance-offs and taxes from medical pot sales (assuming officials ...

 

[news] Get Involved: Public Citizen - Monterey County Weekly

Mar 11, 2010 8:24 am

ONGOING WATERFRONT PLANNING | MONTEREY The city of Monterey wants public input on a new master plan for its central waterfront area, from San Carlos Beach to Window on the Bay Park. An online questio...

 

[opinion] Squid Speaks: Squid Fry - Monterey County Weekly

Mar 11, 2010 8:24 am

CALENDAR GIRL Squid was lounging in Squids lair in the Aurora schooner shipwreck the other night, just Googling stuff, when Squid came across the Carmel page of the KION website, which sports a more w...

 

[831] Old School Salinas : A local marvels at 50-plus years in a now-dense Alisal area that once held only a few homes ...

Mar 11, 2010 8:24 am

Tucked behind Alisal High School in Salinas, at the end of an unmarked alley, Bud Boyster saunters out of his neat, white-paneled house wearing a thick flannel shirt, jeans and boots. His hair is slic...

 

[831] Asked at Best Western HotelCK in Seaside. : What is the most old-school thing about you? - Monterey County Weekly

Mar 11, 2010 8:24 am

Follow-up: What is the best part about getting old? CAROLINE LECCE | Kindergarten Teacher | Seaside A: Im old-fashioned. I want my kids to finish college, not to have sex before marriage and attend ch...

 

[cover] Political Dogfight : Sex, lies but no videotape yet in steamy Carmel mayoral and city council races ...

Mar 11, 2010 8:23 am

A red, white and blue banner decorates the wall behind the stage at the Sunset Center, where Carmels mayoral and City Council candidates sit expectantly before a standing-room-only crowd at the towns ...

 

[dining] Reds Dawns : The Monterey-Seaside down-home donut dynasty turns 60. - Monterey County Weekly

Mar 11, 2010 8:23 am

Reds Donuts owner Matthew ODonnell got a call a few months ago from a woman asking if he would ship a dozen coconut-sprinkled donuts to Detroit for her brothers 60th birthday. The woman explained he w...

 
 

Local News from The Fresno Bee via Yahoo! News

If tried again, man will represent self

Mar 11, 2010 7:26 pm

For his fourth trial, a Southern California man accused of seriously wounding a woman while trying to kill her father in 2004 has decided to represent himself in Fresno County Superior Court.

 

Bulldogs send guard Ladd home from WAC tourney

Mar 11, 2010 6:44 pm

Fresno State starting shooting guard Mike Ladd has been sent home from the Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament in Reno, a member of the team's staff said this morning.

 

Body found near Kerman identified

Mar 11, 2010 5:23 pm

The Fresno County Coroner's Office identified the man whose body was found Wednesday night near

 

Fresno Unified approves $16m in cuts

Mar 11, 2010 7:55 am

Fresno Unified trustees, facing a $35 million budget shortfall, Wednesday approved $16 million in reductions that will increase class sizes, cut teaching positions and likely result in staff furlough ...

 

Body found near Kerman

Mar 11, 2010 2:19 am

The Fresno County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday was investigating a body found near Lassen and North avenues west of Kerman at about 1:30 p.m.

 

Winning lottery ticket sold in Fresno

Mar 11, 2010 2:13 am

An unidentified customer who bought a Lottery ticket at Fresno Cigarettes and Cigars at 3193 W. Shaw Ave. won $464,048 in the California Lotterys Mega Millions drawing Tuesday night.

 

Jimmy Carter to give lands talk at UC Merced

Mar 11, 2010 12:13 am

Former President Jimmy Carter will deliver the keynote address at a National Parks Institute seminar May 3 at the University of California at Merced, campus officials announced Wednesday.

 

Boy shot in Cutler

Mar 10, 2010 4:59 pm

The Tulare County Sheriff's Department is investigating the shooting of a juvenile Tuesday night in Cutler.

 

Traffic briefs: 2 crashes on Hwy 41

Mar 10, 2010 2:54 pm

8:10 a.m. Two lanes of northbound Highway 41 in Fresno are blocked at Shields Avenue after a two-ca

 

Kids Day raises $427,000 for children

Mar 10, 2010 2:47 am

Thousands of Valley volunteers hawked $1 editions of The Fresno Bee on Tuesday for the 23rd annual Kids Day, raising more than their goal of $400,000 for Children's Hospital Central California.

 
 

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The Colony Hometown America   CA

The Colony is proud to be one of Southern California's premier manufactured home communities. There ...

 

De Anza Santa Cruz - ELS   CA

Perched on low bluffs above Monterey Bay with the Pacific Ocean at its doorstep, Santa Cruz lies on ...

 

Eastridge Hometown America   CA

The friendly community of Hometown Eastridge has spectacular amenities for our residents' enjoyment ...