California Proposition 13

4- Where and how the change comes to Jose’s life? When Jose goes to college and takes many humanity classes, practices critical thinking and get introduced to race relations, he realizes that looking like a Latino or being a Latino doesn’t bother him anymore. He is neither proud nor ashamed of who he is. His racism toward himself has soothed. But he was still strange to himself and his origins. Until he tried out a Latino student organization in his college called Unidad where Latino student…

San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 Jason L Cook (4097527) American Public University System May 24, 2015 HIST102: American History Since 1877 Professor Robert Young The earthquake of 1906, although only lasting less than a minute caused an extensive amount of personnel and property damage not only from the quake, but the fires that followed. Many of the citizen affected by the incident refused to leave the city creating additional chaos. Rebuilding began almost…

had a hard time when they made their way across the lands in America for better resources and a new start. All the immigrants were given a hard time as they live their life in their new home. From 1830s to 1850s, Mexican immigrated from Mexico to California for many different reasons because it caused a major impact within American History because it forced the US through tough times like Manifest Destiny, daily life in new lands, start of a new war and an end to the war. According to “The…

Stephen Curry is an incredible all around man. He is known for his remarkable shooting abilities. He can also be known off the court as a great man donating to charities. His story inspires young and learning students. This is his background, obstacles, recent life and what he has done for the community. This is a bit of Steph's background. He was born in Akron, Ohio to Dell and Sonya Curry. His birth name is Wardell Stephen Curry II. He mostly grew up in Charlotte, Carolina. Dell played in the…

John Demcko P3 Strom Rags to Riches in the Desert: How Yuma County became Agriculturally Superior Ever since the dawn of mankind and the Agricultural Revolution, irrigation has been used to his greatest advantage to grow crops on fertile soil in just almost anywhere from the desert oasis of the Nile River in Egypt to China’s lush Yellow River Valley. The exponential success of the Yuma Valley Irrigation Project is one of these stunning examples of this technological feat that is as old as…

California enters its fourth year into the devastating drought. Local forests face looming wildfire threats. The drinking water supply of local communities are beginning to deplete. Farmers are unable to use a large portion of their land to plant crops. Many California residents have no access to water for drinking and showering. Sparkling lakes and rivers now run placid and dry. Throughout this four-year deprivation of water and struggles with mitigation efforts, I remained completely ignorant…

America more land. It presented the United States with new types of land and elevated the population. The Westward expansion migration led to more important events of American history., some of the important event it led to are the gold rush in California, Texas becoming a United States state, the Mexican American war, and the Battle of Alamo. These four individuals are only a few people who are important or were involved in the westward expansion migration. Nevertheless they each had an impact…

As all of us might know, being residents of California, an earthquake can be a terrifying thing small or big. Losing assurance from the ground, something we never think about, but always rely heavily on, can really have traumatic affect one’s self. For as long as I can remember, my core family was made up of my three older brothers, my dad, and last but not least my beloved mother. They were my ground who I rarely thought about but relied on constantly. However, my world shook when I heard there…

writer-businessman Sam and Andrew Wyly, the appropriate response is crystal clear in the book called “Texas Got It Right” published on October 16, 2012 by Melcher Media and foreword by Walter Isaacson. What’s more, exhausted, over-managed states like California, New York, and Illinois missed the…

who experienced the storm first hand. She also uses colloquialisms including “Route 66” and “Cajon/San Gorgonio Passes,”information only people that live in or have visited that area would know. Her explicit audience is to people that live in the California but may not have experienced the storm themselves while her implicate audience would be to the people that had not been in the storm. As Didion describes the strange occurrences that happen in the preparation of a Santa Ana, she works…