this earthquake occurred during peak traffic hours the devastation would have been unprecedented. The USGS responded rapidly and efficiently to the Northridge earthquake‚ based on its experiences in such disaster responses. “The USGS office at the California Institute of Technology (USGS/Caltech) quickly became one of the principal organizers of scientific work by other government agencies‚ universities‚ and private
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that had lived and kept the mission afloat. The responsibility was the natives to keep the mission going (70). For a while the natives found ways to support themselves‚ the natives would trade and sell cow hide with the ships that came in to the California ports. After the second and final secularization of the missions‚ “the Carmel mission lands were divided‚ half of the lands were give to the natives and the other half of the lands were sold by Spain to pay off their debt” (Temple 82). After the
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THE STORY… TRAVEL WITH M AND JEAN IN OUR DREAMS How you ever had adventure on your dreams? Do you dream about nightmares or adventures? I’m Gio and this is my best pal Jean always with me – we do everything together in my dreams. We are always going somewhere together‚ that’s probably why you will usually see us from behind. We love to travel‚ even if it is usually in our Dreams! The good thing about dreaming is that you can go places that may not even actually
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The car‚ immigrants and poverty: implications for immigrant earnings and job access is a research study that attempts to quantify how much low-income and foreign born populations could gain from owning a vehicle. This study used data provided from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (LAFANS) which was a study of family in Los Angeles County. Six thousand residents from thirty-five hundred households were interviewed in january 20026 . From the analysis‚ one striking piece of data found
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Factors that Contributed to expansion? There were reasons for our westward expansion in the 19th century. One reason was our belief in Manifest Destin. Manifest Destiny: Definition The 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents Identify the territory of US expansion? ? Gold Rush 1848-49 Facts 1.The discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley in early 1848 sparked the Gold Rush 2.A total of $2 billion worth of precious metal was extracted
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San Francisco is located in northern California‚ a hilly city at the tip of a peninsula‚ surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay. The city has a fairly large population of 400‚000 people‚ however‚ it wasn’t always large. The California Gold Rush of 1848 turned a small population into what it is now. It became America’s largest city west of the Mississippi River until 1920 when it lost its title to Los Angeles. All that changed when the 1906 earthquake struck. On April 18‚
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caution towards police due to stories and times where police brutality has persecuted the Hispanic community “The beating of two Mexican immigrants by California police has provoked an outcry over what Mexican officials and U.S. human rights groups describe as frequent physical‚ sexual and verbal abuse of immigrants.” ( Nusser‚ Beating of Mexicans by California police renews debate over rights Anti-immigrant feeling cited amid cry of abuse). Then they may face verbal abuse by everyday citizens or co-workers
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A Different mirror: A History of Multicultural America Ronald Takaki is one of the foremost-recognized scholars of multicultural studies and holds a PhD. in American History from the University of California‚ Berkeley. As a professor of Ethnic Studies at the same university‚ he wrote A Different Mirror: a History of Multicultural America as a fantastic new telling of our nation’s history. The book narrates the composition of the many different people of the United States of America
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states has influenced how I see social issues. Before living in California‚ I lived in Texas and the attitudes there were very different than here. More than just political identity was the basis of community and diversity that was different living in the south than in the west. Especially considering I lived in mostly military bases‚ where the identity was based more on the military lifestyle than a racial one. Moving to California with diverse communities and ethnicities each having different norms
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Luis Obispo County is a huge tourist attraction for many reasons. One probably being the giant Morro Bay rock that is part of the Nine Sisters (Wikipedia). This historical landmark is a 576 foot volcanic plug located just offshore of Morro Bay‚ California (Felsman). The Morro rock is protected by the Morro Rock State Preserve and is very illegal for the public to mess with. If you climb the rock or disturb the wildlife there‚ you will be fined because it is forbidden by the law. There is a large
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