California Over October break in 2015 I went to California for my second time. I love going out of state. My family and I went in car‚ so it took us longer to get to California. It takes about 6‚ 7‚ or 8 hours in car depending on how many stops you take along the way. Now the first time I went to California was in car as well‚ but that time my older sister came with her husband and my newborn niece at the time. That time seemed like it took forever. During October break‚ my dad decided to take my
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The California Court System California is home to one of the largest court systems in the United States. Filing nearly nine million cases in its lifetime‚ the system has served over 37 million people (Darling). The California system can be separated into three branches. The first branch is known as the Supreme Court of California‚ and they are the state’s highest court. They review cases involving judgments of death and misconduct among attorneys. They also have the power to review cases
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Fixing California Drought In an attempt to find a solution that would best resolve the water drought crisis in California‚ we’ve all heard how we could apply technology such as desalination or green-friendly practices such as water conservation. Finding those who divert water wrongfully is just as challenging as it is to preserve the precious resource. Tough statewide regulations have been already rolled out this year in a bid to punish those who misuse it. Under the emergency conservation restrictions
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California: The Golden State Origin of the name The name ‘California’ comes from the Latin phrase calida fornax (hot oven) with which the Spanish colonists characterized the hot climate of this region. Climate California’s climate varies from Mediterranean to subarctic. Much of the state has a Mediterranean climate‚ with cool‚ rainy winters and dry summers. The cool California Current offshore often creates summer fog near the coast. Farther inland‚ one encounters colder winters and hotter
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"Santa Cruz Island"(Modern Baja California)‚ for Spain in 1535. Later Spanish explorer‚ Francisco de Ulloa‚ under the commission of Hernán Cortés‚ surveyed the west coast of modern Mexico and Baja California Peninsula‚ leading to the belief in an Island of California. Portuguese surveyor‚ Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo‚ was the first to explore the California coast‚ traveling from San Diego to Pt. Reyes in 1542; he too believed in an Island of California. “Island of California‚” Spanish East Indies‚ Spanish
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California‚ population (total 37‚ 691‚912) For many years‚ Southern California was America’s “Promised Land”‚ an ideal fuelled by the warm sunshine‚ golden beaches‚ and the mystery‚ glamour and romance of the film industry. Now it seems that the state is cursed by natural disasters‚ and Los Angeles‚ with its 13 million inhabitants‚ has become known as ‘hazard city’. The summary diagram has explained the interrelationships between the hazards which threaten Los Angeles‚ but it is necessary to
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Angela jackson Ap government 9 September 2014 Riley v. California In the case of Riley v California the defendant and petitioner David Leon Riley was arrested August 22‚ 2009‚ after a traffic stop which resulted in the finding of loaded guns in car. The officer stopped riley searched him and took hold of his phone and then searched through messages‚ contacts‚ and photos. The officer charged Riley with an unrelated shooting that had taken place
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Professor Ballone 14 February 2014 Obscenity in Miller v. California Today in our criminal justice system there exists a policy known as “The Miller Test”. The purpose of this test is to determine whether or not a given substance is obscene or not. It is a test that is frequently used today by police‚ and its significance is clearly obvious. The “Miller Test” is a direct result from the outcome of the U.S Supreme Court decision‚ Miller v. California. In this case‚ a local business owner who specialized
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Sexy Spending In California Is The Most Expensive Prison System In The U.S Truly Working? I am writing about the prison system in California. I am going to investigate how California became a state that spends the most money on prisons in the United States. I also am going to research if our prisons are the most effective. I will also be comparing our system with other prison systems from around the world. I am going to take an in depth look at where all the money is spent relating to the prison
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current residents or California took over a vast majority of California was once blanketed by towering trees and they seemed to be endless from what most people saw. But as most of us Californians see it now we have cut down a majority of trees and instead of the natural trees we once had covering California we have replaced them with concrete trees‚ and these trees are all the skyscrapers‚ business‚ stores‚ and homes. This is a growing problem since the population in California seems to keep getting
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