Wildfires have been raging through California for only a couple of days now. Firefighters started fighting the numerous wildfires on October 7th‚ now they face a new‚ and overwhelming challenge on Wednesday. The winds have started to strengthen and expected to develop more‚ causing a threat to spread wildfires. The wind gusts are predicted to surpass more than 40 mph‚ even at 12-13 mph cause embers to fly. The wildfires have destroyed hundreds of buildings causing thousands of people to evacuate
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he California Republic was a short-lived‚ unrecognized state that‚ for a few weeks in 1846‚ militarily controlled the area to the north of the San Francisco Bay in the present-day state of California. In June 1846‚ a number of American immigrants in Alta California rebelled against the Mexican department’s government. The immigrants had not been allowed to buy or rent land and had been threatened with expulsion from California because they had entered without official permission. Mexican officials
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pitchers in the minds of most. In California‚ if you are familiar with the legal system‚ “three strikes‚ you’re out” will likely give you a vision of thousands of inmates dressed in orange‚ sleeping on bunk beds inside overcrowded gyms. In November 1994‚ California legislators and voters made a major change to the California sentencing laws with Proposition 184. This proposition better known as the “3 Strikes Law” has long been a controversial topic in California. It has spurred debates as to whether
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characterizes the workings of government” (360). Bell‚ California is an example of how political corruption took place. City councilmen and women took misappropriations of public funds‚ raising taxes and pocketing most of the money. Members of the city council took advantage of citizens‚ stealing the money they paid in taxes. Robert Rizzo‚ city manager‚ was making nearly $800‚000 a year‚ which demonstrates how corrupt people in power can get to be. Bell‚ California demonstrates how the government imposed unfair
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Student Locker Searches without Permission AED 200 February 3‚ 2013 Maria Cuba Student Locker Searches without Permission Today across America there are drugs being sold at school‚ students have brought weapons to school. There have been too many school shootings and too many lives lost. It is the schools right to search any locker‚ student and any student property without a search warrant‚ but the school must have reasonable grounds for believing that a student is in possession of
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Random Locker Searches without Student Permission Searching of lockers by any education staff is not a pleasant experience for either party involved. In fact it would be one less item to think about if schools were to remove them. In today’s high technology driven world we may even be able to get rid of them all together. Just a thought on how to save money! No lockers? Some may still want them to store their personal items along with books (we are going to CD’s rather than books). This would
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The Gold Rush and The California Dream The California Dream as it was seen during the gold rush and even today is a direct result of the embellished images and stories that flew out of California during the Gold Rush of 1849. In cold harsh weather farmers heard stories of a place where it was always warm. Where you never had to see snow if you didn’t want to. This place that had rivers filled with gold‚ and a place that gave up its wealth and treasures with barely any effort. They were hooked
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The Economic and Migratory Effects of the Gold Rush on California America is very unique country and well known for being the land of opportunities. It has a rich history and one of most famous and largest periods was gold rush happened in California throughout 1848-1858. The gold that was found in California was considered exclusive because golden nuggets were found in the river which made it easy to collect and free to take home. Many of the gold seekers believed that they would return home in
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Spain fears British encroachment along the coast of California. The fear of the British led to Spain’s expansion of their empire over the coast of California. Spain had sent Gaspar de Portola to lead this expedition. Portola and his crew planned to colonize the area around Monterey and San Diego‚ but his plan resulted in failure due to the thick coastal fog. Although his plan was a failure‚ his exploration of the San Francisco Bay and the establishment of Franciscan missions affects today’s current
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California Drought? California is suffering from one of the worst droughts and everyone from businesses‚ wildlife‚ farmers‚ and residents are highly impacted. According to NASA‚ California needs 11 trillion gallons of water to recover from the drought (Robles). There are several solutions occurring that are aimed to minimize the effects of the drought such as‚ water conservation and new technologies. Water conservation is important to control and can be done by limiting water usage through cutting
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