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| California Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see Mosquito Lake Trail - Sequoia National Park Mosquito Lake Trail - Sequoia National Park Raymond Esparza www.raysadventures.com California is one of the largest states in the US (trailing Alaska and Texas in size) and is referred to as the Golden State, which originates from the gold rush of 1849. Very few miners did anything but become broke, while those that supplied the miners with materials grew very rich. California is located along the west coast of the United States and is one of the most visited places on the planet. At one time, the beautiful town of Monterey was the state capital, but was eventually moved to Sacramento, located in the central part of the state. The California coastline has a Mediterranean climate and as such, has attracted large populations and have successfully used political means, particularly in the southern region (Los Angeles in particular) to redirect water resources from both northern regions and other states to serve thirsty populations. Central California is the breadbasket of the nation. The land that is now California state was occupied by natives for perhaps tens of thousands of years. Scientists now believe those natives took the long journey across a natural bridge that connected Asia what is now Alaska. Mexico claimed ownership of what is now California and to some extent, controlled its use for several hundred years through a network of missions, with their primary purpose to convert natives to Christianity. The USA annexed California as a result of the Mexican-American war, a war instigated by a minor border dispute that turned into a broader conflict. In any case, the USA prevailed and the state now boasts the 5th largest economy in the world. Ironic to note that the state is now 51% minority, mostly Spanish speaking, so Latin America may have won the war in the long run. Los Angeles is the most populous city in California and is located in the southern half of the state. It is a great and very diverse city; from Hollywood to East L.A. you can find every possible lifestyle represented in this microcosm. Los Angeles is home to traffic jams, smog, and political power in the state. The San Francisco Bay Area is home to the cities of San Francisco, San Jose, the 3rd largest California city and the nations 10th largest city, and Oakland. San Francisco is best known for its picturesque Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars and the former prison on Alcatraz Island. Generally seen as one of the most liberal places on the planet, the Bay area also boasts the Silicon Valley, home to a multitude of high-tech companies and venture capitalists and Stanford University, legacy of capitalist titan and former California Governor Leland Stanford. Worthwhile attractions in San Francisco include 1-hour bay tours, Alcatraz tour with audio (book days in advance the use Will Call window at pier 42), Cable Car from Market & Powell to Chinatown, Ocean beach and windmill, Golden Gate bridge (right lane car park on far side and walk back on bridge), and Presidio (former Army base that is green and beautiful), and Fisherman's Warf (only for the view and restaurants -- not the shops or wax museum, Ripley's believe it or not, etc.) The Cliffhouse restaurant has beautiful views (available free on adjacent Ocean Beach) and overpriced food. Pier 39 is the most visited location in the city and is simply a tourist trap, Ghirardelli Square no longer has a Chocolate factory, just an ice cream restaurant and expensive shops. The SF Zoo has recently undergone renovations, but is sometimes cold due to its location near the Pacific Ocean. Sausalito is a former artists city north of SF that used to be headed by a madam (yes, pimp) mayor. Now it is yuppie-ville with basic housing in the $5 million range. It offers beautiful views (if you can find a place to put the car). Lunch dining is okay but the dinner experience is ugly. Shopping is typical and the walk along the bay is nice. For those that appreciate nature, escape to nearby Muir Woods, where you can touch giant redwood trees in a magnificant ancient forest. An hour north of SF beginds a part of the state's renouned wine country starting with Napa and Sonoma Counties and extending to Mendocino and Lake Counties. There are several hundred open-to-the-public tasting rooms within an hour drive of eachother. The Central Coast runs between L.A. and San Francisco with Santa Barbara as its most important city. The Central Coast is beautiful and scenic. North of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo (SLO) has maintained its old main street, famous for Farmers' Market on Thursday night, and one of two polytechnic universities (Cal Poly) with its emphasis on Engineering and Agricultural disciplines. Located 12 miles north of SLO-town is Morro Bay with Morro Rock (a volcanic dome), electricity plant (with 3 ugly smokestacks), seafood restaurants, and tourist shops. A hundred miles north lies Hearst Castle, famous home of newspaper baron William Randolph, who's life inspired the widely-acclaimed film, Citizen Kane. San Diego is located on the southern end of the state and offers good beaches and water-based sports. It is home to the west-coast submarine fleet for the US Navy. There are many family-friendly things to visit in San Diego including Sea World, Mission San Diego De Acala, and the Wild Animal Park. Avoid the World Famous San Diego Zoo unless you like crowds and prefer not to see large wild animals close-up. Though a package is available at the Wild Animal Park, San Diego Zoo, and Sea World that gives you one pass to all three. They don't have to be used in one day, and it's quite a bit cheaper than going to all three individually. The San Diego Zoo does have some wonderful displays, even if there are large crowds, and if the pandas are out, the crowds in the rest of the zoo tend to dim down. The tour buses are also nice to take around the zoo. Southern California is also known for its theme parks: Disneyland, California Adventure, Knott's Berry Farm, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Universal Studios, and many more. These places are very fun to visit, and continue bring in tourists by the millions every year. If you go Disney, always use fast-passes to get yourself scheduled on the popular rides. If you go Universal, bite the bullet and get VIP passes -- you'll do all the popular rides in a single morning -- otherwise prepare to wait 2 hours per ride! Some of the most beautiful spots for hiking and other outdoor activities are Lake Tahoe, Mono Lake, and Yosemite in the High Sierra. Reaching as it does from the Mexican border in the south to the Pacific Northwest in the north, California must have one of the most diverse climates of any state. If you can stand the heat, try exploring one of California's many deserts, such as Death Valley. On the other end of the climate spectrum, the redwood rainforests of the North Coast are truly a sight to behold and offer a very different glimpse of a beautiful state! Contributors May 17, 2007 change by batzmadd ________ History Edit This Subject : Suggest a link from World66 Customer Name : Best Western Palm Springs Website Name : www.bwpalmsprings.com Site Title : A Palm Springs, California hotel with suite-like guestrooms. Site Keywords : hotel suites in palm springs california hotel in palm springs ca best deal to book hotel palm springs ca deal hotel palm springs California Site Description : Best Western Inn at Palm Springs is a Southern California resort hotel with updated guestroom accommodations near dozens of Palm Desert attractions including theater, golfing, shopping, Joshua Tree hiking and rock climbing. Comments : Best Western Inn at Palm Springs in sunny Southern California is just two miles from lively downtown Palm Springs and all of its amazing attractions. Joshua Tree National Park, is a 45–mile drive away. Palm Springs Regional Airport, the Amtrak station, and Greyhound bus station are all just two miles from the hotel. Renovated in 2007, Best Western Inn at Palm Springs offers guests desert resort accommodations in the heart of Southern California. Tastefully decorated, our guestrooms are appointed with your comfort and convenience in mind, from Posturepedic beds to complimentary high–speed wireless Internet service. Visit us online at: Contact Details : 1633 South Palm Canyon, Palm Springs, CA 92264 Reservations:1-800-222-4678 Fax:760-325-9177 _________California Heritage Edit This As you travel around California, you'll be struck by the state's astounding cultural diversity. You'll experience delicious foods and joyous traditions brought from Maine, Mexico, or the banks of the Mekong. You'll walk streets that resonate with the music and poetry of foreign tongues. In cities, you'll find jazz clubs reverberating with African-American music. You'll see walls, flowers, and clothing ablaze in brilliant colors. Still held precious here, these threads of life, once lived in other places, now make up the vibrant tapestry that is California. Weathered cottages in Mendocino evoke the New England origins of its first settlers. A dim sum dinner in San Francisco preserves the memory of a grandparent born in Hong Kong. A Native-American name meaning "water" or "lake," spoken before the coming of Europeans, still perfectly suits the matchless blue splendor of Tahoe. From the Gold Rush days of 1849 onward, people came from the far reaches of the earth dreaming of California's fabled riches, gentle climate, and stunning beauty. These immigrants brought abundant hope and boundless energy. California's sons and daughters, the beneficiaries of this optimism, have gone on to chart new beginnings in such fields as electronics, aerospace, biotechnology, entertainment, art, literature, and fashion. The brief timeline to the right marks some highlights in California's colorful past. California's Multicultural History 20,000 B.C.to 15,000 B.C.: First migrations Humans cross the Bering Straits from Asia and settle in California. At the time of Spanish exploration in the 18th century, there are more than 300 distinct tribes and language groups within the state. 1769: California is settled by Spain Mission San Diego de Alcala is founded by a Franciscan monk, Junâpero Serra. The mission's red tile roofs, white stucco walls, and graceful arches are recalled today in the style of homes and offices around the state. 1777: San Jose founded and the first State Capital San Jose was the first town in the Spanish colony of Nuevo California (late Alto California). Founded in 1777. Originally the city served as a farming community to provide food for nearby military installations. It served as the first capital of California after it gained statehood in 1850 1781: Los Angeles is founded The small band of 11 founding families are of European, African and Native American heritages. Each of these families is racially mixed as well. 1822: California comes under Mexican rule The era of vast ranches and adobe ranch homes reaches its pinnacle. Community names like Rancho Cucamunga and Rancho Bernardo hark back to those impressive holdings. Adobe ranch homes like La Casa de Estudillo in Old Town San Diego Historic Park and the Avila Adobe in the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument and Olvera Street in Los Angeles attest to prosperous and graceful living in this era, with libraries and furnishings from Europe, New England, and China. 1847: Yerba Buena becomes San Francisco From a few hundred pioneers in 1847, the city booms to the 10th largest in the country by the early 1870s. 1848: Gold Rush begins The discovery at John Sutter's sawmill in Coloma draws 300,000 adventurous men and women over the next few years to try their luck in striking it rich in California's streams and mountains. 1850: Statehood is granted California is welcomed into the Union as the 31st state, all 158,706 square miles of it. Four years later, the state capital moves from Benicia to Sacramento. 1853: Blue jeans are first made After his efforts to sell canvas tents to the '49ers fail, Levi Strauss creates the hard-wearing denim trousers that become the prospectors' work uniform. Still in family hands today, Levi Strauss & Co. of San Francisco is the largest clothing manufacturer in the world. 1857: The state's first winery is established Agoston Haraszthy, an adventurer and viticulturist whose aristocratic family produced the Tokay wine in Hungary, finds in Sonoma the perfect location for growing his European vine stock.There he establishes the Buena Vista Winery, still producing quality wines today. 1869: Rail service connects the east to California The Central Pacific, begun in Sacramento, and the Union Pacific, begun in Omaha, join at Promontory, Utah, forming the first transcontinental railroad. 1888: Lick Observatory established California enters into the forefront of exploration of the heavens, beginning the state's technological legacy. ca.1900: Arts & Literature Writers such as Jack London, Frank Norris, and Gertrude Atherton begin to give California a literary voice. A young girl from San Francisco, Isadora Duncan, will reinvent dance. 1906: Great Earthquake and Fire in San Francisco Some 300,000 people are left without homes; then with courage and optimism, they rebuild the city. 1908: The first motion picture begins production in California Colonel William Selig calls for "action" on In the Sultan's Power, the first complete film made in Los Angeles. 1927: "The Spirit of St. Louis" is built in San Diego Ryan Airlines, San Diego, constructs the plane that carries Lindbergh on the first solo trans-Atlantic flight. 1930s: Dust Bowl spurs immigration Route 66, from America's heartland, brings 10,000 new settlers per month by 1938. 1933/1934: The first mass-produced commercial aircraft is built The DC-2 is built by Donald Douglas in Santa Monica. 1935: Statewide irrigation system is begun The vast plains of the great Central Valley are transformed from semi-arid to green. Citrus groves dot the Southland. Today, California is the leading agricultural economy in the United States. 1962: California becomes the most populous state in the Union From the eve of World War II to 1962, the state jumps from 9 to 22 million. Today, there are 32,344,000 persons living here. 1977: The personal computer is successfully taken to market In the classic "two-guys-tinkering-in-a-garage" story, the Apple II is developed in Silicon Valley. __________Things to do Edit This Who wouod have thought that this hiddden tucked away huge block of hotel was in Riverside? I had been there to the mall and shops over many years span without an inkling of what lay inside for my pleasure, and total delight The hotel has a three star rating at this time but truthfully I do believe it will be up to the fives within a year or two. The service is the absolute best I have encountered, the rooms are the cleanest and best kept I have seen, The food is plentiful. What makes this hotel stnad out is it's corners and cornaces, it's ballasdads, spires, hidden staircases, spiral staircases,,huge open courtyards (several) and the absolute feeling that you have stepped into another world. I spend one whole day exploring every stairway and crecvice that was not off limits. Fruit and vegetables are grown for the five great restaruants on the rooftops. Many small courtyards sport water fountains and quiet places of repose and seclusion. Many famous people heve stayed there from movie start to prsesidents. My room was in the Spainish quarter and looked down on the courtyard restaurant, it was furnished with antique scrolled writing desk, a flat screen tv, an updated bath and all new ammenities,while keeping in style with the old world style that gives this unique hotel it's charm. I had a bedroom, walk in closet, another closet, bathroom and reading room with game table and easy chair. The room had windows that opened as well. Room service was served and concierge and the bell desk helped withh any plans one could have with courtesy and respect as well as promptness. This set of buildings are an archetechts dream. Clock tower that chimes, and so many little pathways and stairs curving around and it is so huge that you think you havd left the USA. Everyone is very helpful, kind and seem to be quite happy with their positions. There are many flowers and fruit trees growing and herbs appear to be grown there fresh as well. There is Kellys Spa on the ground floor that offers all sorts of spa services, and he four restuarants area all very good, one being a four star. There are large areas of libraries of the last century style which provide free internet access wirelessly, And for a small fee an ethernet cable is furnished in the room for your private use. Many writers have come to this lovely hotel to write, and one can totally see how the atmosphere can be quite conducive to thie acivity. This hotel began in the last century as a four bedroom boarding house and has grown step by sometimes uphill step to get to where it is today, full of history and on the National Register of Historic Places, it is one you just cannot miss. Please get a brochure when you go and read for your enlightenement and entertainerment. You will be delighted! [Add Activity] Northern California Blues Festival Edit This The 9th Annual Northern California Blues Festival is now a two-day event and is the ideal venue for the some of the hottest music ever played under the shade of an old oak tree. Located at the beautiful Fair Oaks Park, the festival features Classic Cars, Crafts, Food, Spirits and a whole lot of great people all coming together to enjoy a spectacular line-up including headliners, Elvin Bishop, Maria Muldaur, Mighty Mike Schermer, Mick Martin and more incredible talent. General Admission is $40 pre pay for both days and $45 day of event. 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| Orange County Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see x Huntington Beach from the Pier Joel Sax Quintessential California, Orange County is the state's favorite family destination, due to its many theme parks, amusements, historic and cultural facilities, mild climate, and great beaches. The county is anchored by Anaheim and Buena Park, Southern California's theme- park heaven. Orange County's splendid, 42-mile, picture-postcard-perfect coastline is recognized around the world. ____Getting There Edit This Limousine/Sedan service: My company, Arrive In Style Limousines, Inc. is located in Orange County, CA (near John Wayne airport). We have been in business for 8 years and are fully licensed and insured. We serve all of Orange County and LA areas, including the airports. _______Laguna Beach Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see Ocean Front Location Ocean Front Location Fuze Group At Laguna beach nature has been attracting artists here for generations. Art aficionados can contemplate works of American Impressionists and California artists at the Laguna Art Museum. At the annual Pageant of the Masters, enjoy incredible artwork re-creations, with cast members posing to look exactly like the original works of art. Savor the coastal views along the bluffs of Cliff Drive in Laguna Beach's Heisler Park. Hike in a picturesque canyon in the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. :::Festivals Edit This Art-A-Fair June 27 – August 31, 2008 777 Laguna Canyon Road www.art-a-fair.com Sun. – Thurs. open 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Fri. and Sat. open 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Adult season ticket (allows unlimited admissions) $7.00 Seniors, students and military season ticket $3.50 Children under 12 free 949-494-4514 Free trolley service from Act V parking lot, located on Laguna Canyon Road approximately ½ mile inland The Art-A-Fair Festival is held annually in Laguna Beach, CA and is celebrating its 42nd season this year. One of three premier outdoor art shows held in Laguna each summer, the Art-A-Fair is the only one with exhibitors from outside the immediate area. Artists from California as well as many other states and countries apply annually and are accepted through a jury system, which contributes to the high quality of art and master crafts among participants. Located in Laguna Canyon between the Sawdust Festival and Festival of Arts in a beautiful garden setting, and featuring over 125 artists, plus live entertainment, fine food, demonstrations and workshops. This year’s theme is Venetian Carnival. ::::::::Things to do Edit This [Add Activity] Splashes Resturant Edit This This beautiful restaurant is located in the Surf and Sand Hotel, off of PCH in Laguna. This is absolutely the most spectacular ocean view ( and experience) along the coast in southern California. The food is great, as well as the hotel accomodations (should you choose to stay there). type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Las Brisas Edit This Enjoy fine Mexican cuisine while overlooking a panoramic view of the ocean. Fresh seafood, beef, and chicken entrŽes. World-class service. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Sunday brunch. 361 Cliff Dr. 92651 949/497-5434 Fax: 949/497-9210 Wheelchair Access type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Festival of Arts/Pageant of the Masters Edit This 160 of Southern California's most accomplished artists exhibit their original art works in a beautiful 6-acre canyon setting. Plus, see the world-famous Pageant of the Masters stage production of "living pictures." 650 Laguna Canyon Rd. 92651 949/494-1145, 800/487-3378 Fax: 949/494-9387 www.foapom.org Wheelchair Access type: general World66 rating: [rate it] |
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View Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see "Ozark Mountain" Folk Concert at Ozark Folk Center "Ozark Mountain" Folk Concert at Ozark Folk Center Joseph Hollick Mountain View is a small town in the Ozark Mountains with a population of about 3,000. It is the county seat for Stone County. Its main attraction is the Ozark Folk Center which is operated by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. The Ozark Folk Center was officially opened by the Clintons when Bill Clinton was governor of Arkansas. Some people call Mountain View the "Folk Music Capital of the World" due to the activities in this center. When we were there we stayed in the center in a "pod-like" motel room which was great. The restaurant on site was very good and most nights they have live entertainment in their concert hall. We saw our first hillbilly folk concert there and it was very entertaining. The next day we toured the center with all of its Ozark craft centers, museums and Ozark mountain life, a worthwhile visit. |
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La California è uno stato situato nell'ovest degli Stati Uniti d'America e che si affaccia sull'Oceano Pacifico. Stato più popoloso e terzo più esteso degli USA, la California è sia fisicamente che demograficamente variegata. Il soprannome ufficiale dello stato è "The Golden State" (Lo stato d'oro, con riferimento alla corsa all'oro) mentre la sua abbreviazione postale è CA. La California meridionale è densamente popolata, mentre la California settentrionale, più vasta, è meno densamente popolata. La grande maggioranza della popolazione vive entro le 50 miglia (80 km) di distanza dall'Oceano Pacifico. Il nome deriva da Las sergas de Espladián (Le avventure di Spladian), un romanzo del XVI secolo di Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, nel quale veniva descritta una isola paradisiaca di nome California.
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Il primo europeo a esplorare la costa californiana fu Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo nel 1542, seguito da Francis Drake nel 1579. A partire dal tardo 1700, i missionari spagnoli impiantarono minuscoli insediamenti su enormi concessioni di terreni nell'ampio territorio a nord della California spagnola propriamente detta (l'attuale Baja California). Dopo l'indipendenza del Messico dalla Spagna, le missioni californiane divennero proprietà del governo messicano e furono rapidamente dismesse e abbandonate. California era il nome dato alla parte nordoccidentale dell'Impero spagnolo nel Nordamerica. In seguito alla Guerra Messicano-Americana del 1847, la regione venne divisa tra Messico e Stati Uniti. La parte messicana, Baja (ossia bassa) California fu poi suddivisa negli stati della Baja California e Baja California Sur. La parte americana, Alta California, divenne lo stato USA della California nel 1850. Nel 1848, la popolazione di lingua spagnola della lontana alta California era di circa 4.000 persone. Ma dopo che venne scoperta la presenza di oro, la popolazione aumentò rapidamente grazie all'afflusso di americani e qualche europeo per la corsa all'oro. Venne fondata una Repubblica della California, con una sua bandiera che raffigurava un orso d'oro e una stella. La Repubblica giunse alla fine quando il Commodoro John D. Sloat della marina degli Stati Uniti entrò nella Baia di San Francisco rivendicando la California per gli Stati Uniti. Nel 1850, lo stato venne ammesso nell'Unione. Durante la Guerra di secessione americana il supporto popolare rimase diviso tra i partigiani del Nord e quelli del Sud, e sebbene ufficialmente la California si schierasse con il Nord, volontari parteciparono alla guerra su entrambi i fronti. La connessione della costa pacifica con le già popolose metropoli dell'est arrivò nel 1869, con il completamento della prima ferrovia transcontinentale. I residenti intanto stavano iniziando a scoprire che la California era molto adatta alla coltivazione di frutta e all'agricoltura in genere. Gli agrumi, in particolare le arance, vi crescevano rigogliosi e furono quindi gettate le basi per la prodigiosa produzione agricola dello stato al giorno d'oggi. Nel periodo 1900 - 1965 la popolazione, inizialmente di meno di un milione di abitanti, crebbe fino a far diventare questo stato il più popoloso nell'Unione, e guadagnando così il maggior numero di grandi elettori per le elezioni presidenziali. A partire dal 1965, la popolazione si trasformò fino a diventare una delle più varie dal punto di vista etnico nel mondo. La California è uno stato con tendenze liberali, avveduto tecnologicamente e culturalmente, centro mondiale nel campo dell'ingegneria, dell'industria cinematografica e televisiva e, come menzionato in precedenza, della produzione agricola degli Stati Uniti.
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GeografiaLa California confina a nord con l'Oregon, a est con il Nevada, a sudest con l'Arizona, e a sud con lo stato messicano della Baja California, e a ovest è bagnata dall'Oceano Pacifico.
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ClimaIl clima californiano è abbastanza variabile, a seconda della latitudine e della distanza dall'Oceano delle singole località. Una serie di montagne basse lungo la costa fungono quasi da schermo rispetto all'influsso dell'oceano nelle zone interne. La valle centrale forma uno dei centri agricoli produttivi nel paese. Verso l'interno si trova la massiccia cordigliera montagnosa del Sierra Nevada che forma, in un certo senso, la colonna vertebrale dello stato
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EconomiaLa Silicon Valley è il fulcro dell'industria informatica californiana Le tenute vinicole in California non sono solo uno status symbol, ma producono anche un vino rinomato Nel 2005, solo cinque nazioni al mondo avevano un'economia più importante di quella californiana. Nonostante l'immagine di Stato assolato e meno ligio al dovere rispetto a quelli della Costa Orientale del paese, il 13% del PIL statunitense viene prodotto in California. Certe zone o regioni della California sono anche fortemente identificate con una tipologia di prodotti, come Hollywood (entertainment), la Central Valley (agricoltura), la Silicon Valley (alta tecnologia), oltre alle regioni vinicole, come Santa Barbara e la Wine Country nella parte settentrionale dello Stato. Le attività economiche principali sono l'agricoltura (frutta, verdura, allevamento, vino), l'industria aerospaziale, l'intrattenimento (televisione, cinema, musica), l' industria informatica e quella di beni di largo consumo. Nel 2003 il reddito pro capite ammontava a 33.403 dollari, al dodicesimo posto negli Stati Uniti. Il reddito,peraltro, varia molto a seconda della regione e della professione svolta dai soggetti. La Central Valley ha le maggiori disparità, con molti immigrati che lavorano nelle fattorie e guadagnano meno del salario minimo. La San Joaquin Valley è considerata una delle zone più depresse degli Stati Uniti, assieme alla regione degli Appalachi. Molte aree costiere sono tra le più ricche del paese. È il caso di San Francisco e della Marin County. I settori tecnologici della California settentrionale, ad esempio nella Silicon Valley, che si estende sul territorio delle contee di Santa Clara e San Mateo, stanno risollevandosi dopo lo scoppio della bolla delle dotcom avvenuta all'inizio del secolo che, nella sola parte nord dello stato, hanno causato la perdita di oltre 250.000 posti di lavoro.
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Personaggi famosiArnold Schwarzenegger - Attuale (2004) governatore della California
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