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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

Arraignment today in South Bay carjack-shooting

Jul 30, 2010 3:46 pm

A man arrested in connection with a carjacking and shooting that left a South Bay man gravely wounded last week is scheduled to be arraigned in a Chula Vista courtroom today.

 

Man, 20, stabbed after defending girlfriend

Jul 30, 2010 3:16 pm

A man was stabbed early Friday morning in Chula Vista outside a taco shop while protecting his girlfriend from an attack by another woman.

 

Bridge for students marks big gains

Jul 30, 2010 7:12 am

Gerardo Romo was changing out of his gym clothes when he heard a group of teenagers shuffling toward him. The high school freshman remembered feeling like a circus act.

 

Mayor vetoes public vote on City Hall

Jul 30, 2010 12:46 am

The $293.5 million project is now in limbo because the City Council would have to schedule a special session to override the mayors veto.

 

More grants verified, but $380,000 still outstanding

Jul 30, 2010 12:31 am

County auditors working to rectify years of incomplete paperwork for two grant programs verified $170,000 in public spending in the past month, but more than twice that has yet to be fully accounted f...

 

Governor: State budget can pass before term ends

Jul 29, 2010 8:31 pm

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger brought his message of budgetary crisis to a room full of San Diego powerhouses, as he put it this morning, and while the message was generally bleak he let in a ray of ...

 

Power back on temporarily for North County customers

Jul 29, 2010 8:19 pm

Customers will have power back for the evening, then have a temporary outage again Friday morning.

 

It's numbers game for new El Cajon Valley coach

Jul 29, 2010 7:46 pm

Prime. Rational. Decimal. Add, divide, multiply, subtract. Norman Whitehead, an algebra and geometry teacher, has a curriculum devoted to numbers. A profession based on numbers.

 

Ousted USDA employee Sherrod to sue blogger

Jul 29, 2010 6:01 pm

Former USDA official Shirley Sherrod said Thursday at a convention in San Diego that she plans to sue a conservative blogger for posting a video that caused some people to view her as racist.

 

Mission Hills evacuations over, gas leak halted

Jul 29, 2010 5:17 pm

Police have opened roads and let residents back to their homes on Fort Stockton Drive after contractors broke a 2-inch natural gas lline in the street, authorities said.

 
 

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Court evidence thief pleads no contest

Jul 30, 2010 7:57 pm

A juror who stole a piece of evidence a video game console during deliberation in a Fresno County Superior Court murder trial pleaded no contest this morning to a felony charge of theft of a court e...

 

Piercy remembered as good friend, strong leader

Jul 30, 2010 5:01 pm

Brian Piercy was a good husband, a kind friend and a remarkable leader, friends and family said this morning at a Fresno service for the soldier and Buchanan High School graduate. Troop support frustr...

 

Bicyclist critically injured in Fresno ID'd

Jul 30, 2010 3:42 pm

Police have identified the bicyclist struck and critically injured Wednesday night in northwest Fresno.

 

Fire razes home in Auberry

Jul 30, 2010 2:37 pm

Fire destroyed an Auberry home Thursday night, the Fresno County Fire Department reported.

 

Crash, stall slowing northbound Hwy 99 traffic

Jul 30, 2010 1:42 am

7:05 p.m.: The CHP is reporting that all lanes have reopened. Northbound traffic on Highway 99

 

Man carjacked in Delano

Jul 29, 2010 4:02 pm

A man was a victim Wednesday night of a carjacking in Delano, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department said.

 

Russian ammo found at Madera home

Jul 29, 2010 6:26 am

The Madera County Sheriffs department is looking for a 19-year-old gang member after officials found 350 pounds of Russian military ammunition at the mans home Wednesday.

 

Cyclist hit on Herndon, in critical condition

Jul 29, 2010 5:35 am

A bicyclist was seriously injured Wednesday night when he was struck by a car as he attempted to cross Herndon Avenue at Marks Avenue, Fresno police said. Westbound Herndon remains closed while police...

 

Schwarzenegger vetoes farmworker overtime bill

Jul 29, 2010 12:45 am

SACRAMENTO Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have given more overtime pay to farmworkers, saying it would overturn long-standing rules and create "additional burde...

 
 

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Gunman held after hospital hostage incident

Jul 30, 2010 7:00 am

A homeless man armed with a gun burst into the emergency room of Children's Hospital Oakland early today and briefly took an employee hostage before surrendering to police, authorities said. The 49-ye...

 

Bay Area's chilly summer not its coldest

Jul 30, 2010 7:00 am

This has been the summer of our discontent. Not only has the economy been lousy, but the summer fog has also hung around day and night, like a houseguest that won't leave. Everybody's noticed it. &quo...

 

Board seeks to shutter failing charter schools

Jul 30, 2010 7:00 am

Failing charter schools across California could be shut down by the state Board of Education under a major policy shift aimed at ensuring that the alternative public schools fulfill their role as mode...

 

2007 data show state had 6.5 million uninsured

Jul 30, 2010 7:00 am

More than one fifth of Californians went without health insurance in 2007, with Bay Area counties having some of the lowest rates of uninsured people in the state, according to statistics released thi...

 

City Hall lovefest as Mayor Newsom signs budget

Jul 30, 2010 7:00 am

It was pretty much one big lovefest at City Hall Thursday as Mayor Gavin Newsom signed the city's $6.55 billion budget for the new fiscal year. Newsom used the opportunity to heap praise on everyone f...

 

Suit over Prop. 14 abolishing party primaries

Jul 30, 2010 7:00 am

California's voter-approved law abolishing party primary elections was hit with its first lawsuit Thursday, a challenge to provisions that discard write-in votes in runoffs and limit candidates' right...

 

Quarter celebrating Yosemite rolls out

Jul 30, 2010 7:00 am

U.S. Mint Director Ed Moy, above, hands out the new Yosemite National Park quarter to children in the park Thursday. The coin features El Capitan on one side and George Washington on the other. Three ...

 

Suspect smashes sprinkler, soaks police station

Jul 30, 2010 7:00 am

Suspect bashes sprinkler, soaks police station Modesto police are wading through the damage from a flood at the downtown station after a suspect broke a sprinkler. Police say 33-year-old Joseph McHenr...

 

State high court limits courts' parole power

Jul 30, 2010 7:00 am

Judges who decide a life-term prisoner was unfairly denied parole can't order the inmate freed but must return the case to the state parole board for a new review, the California Supreme Court ruled T...

 
 

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