Northern California

staying is in California - San Jose. The surrounding people mostly are Mexican, Chinese, and Indian, that not the New York style Imaged. After few years college life, I found out my passion because of the place of California has changed my environmental protection sense. Recycling, solar power, sustainable building design,and hybrid car that are the things I had experienced every day. After the basic general course I had told in college, I transferred to the University of California, Davis,…

California Hill, encountered immediately after crossing the South Platte, was the first major grade faced by the emigrants and me. This necessitated a climb of 240 feet in just over 1½ miles in order to reach the plateau between the North and South Platte…

Rush: The California Gold Rush was the biggest mass relocation in American history since it realized 300,000 individuals to California. It began on January 24, 1848, when James W. Marshall discovered gold on his real estate parcel at Sutter's Mill in Coloma. The news of gold rapidly spread around. Individuals from Oregon, Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) and Latin America were the first to hear the breaking news, so they were the first to touch base so as to test their fortunes in California before…

living situations or the pursuit of new opportunities, California has attracted many hopeful migrants from all across the globe. They all share one thing in common and that is to comment a new chapter in their life. California, in general, has always been publicized as the Golden State: home of the intelligent, famous and the wealthy. Many immigrants are deluded into thinking the vast population typically fall under that stereotype. The California Dream isn’t easily accessible to immigrants as…

alone is full of significant events that usually fill our history books. Slavery was prevalent and resulted in violation of human and civil rights. In California, started to advocate for statehood, and civil leaders who wanted to develop a growing region and also to gain power were so excited to have a new civil government. Thus, the California Constitution was drafted by 48 delegates in 1849, aiming to enforce a legal order in this vast territory. The first two sections of this constitution…

this unusual collaboration the sun dial bridge was created. It was unveiled with an appropriate celebration of fireworks on July 4. The bridge its self is 700-foot-long, 23-foot-wide work of art, the likes of which has never been seen spanning the northern reaches of the Sacramento River that are generally unadorned. The total cost for this project was about $23 million.…

potential damages from fracking and state that it is safe and “there is little evidence that water supplies have been contaminated.” However, the people of California disagree with this and have taken action into their own hands. What is Hydraulic Fracking? Hydraulic fracking is the process…

Iroquois villages varied in population, from several hundred to two thousand. The Iroquois traded among themselves for mostly ceremonial and social reasons, and they appear to have engaged in little trade with other groups. In the area of present day California, there were more than three hundred thousand…

to protect yourself and your family. Per the U.S Geological Survey (2016) reported that earthquake preparedness helps to help reduce the number of hazards. On August 24, 2014, a large earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 hit the residents of Napa, California. The South Napa earthquake resulted in houses being moved from their original foundations and lead to damaged chimneys into fires. In addition to having the city’s water main broken. Having people trained in disaster preparedness will make it…

The wildflowers bring people from all around northern California, bringing in lots of tourists. People like to take photos and hike around on the north mountain. There’s even tours offered around this time of year, with days changing every year based on when the flowers are at their peak of blooming. There are several different species of flowers, the most common being lupine, frying-pan poppy, and goldfields. These are all protected by the California department of fishing and wildlife, meaning…