San Gabriel Mountains

Fantastic Fates and Where to Find Them In writing One Hundred Year of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Márquez fuses political commentary, magic realism, and reflections on humanity through his creation of the fictional town Macondo. Despite killer ants, gorgeous women ascending to the heavens, and soothsayers, Márquez claims that “there’s not a single line in all [his] work that does not have a basis in reality” (Hamilton 1). If taken literally, Márquez may be referring to the inspiration overbearing…

to notice that many young children were getting diagnosed with childhood cancers that were rare. They wanted further and deeper examinations being done on the land near the Santa Susana Field Laboratory located in the hills above Simi Valley and the San Fernando Valley. This site had a partial nuclear meltdown in 1959 and the amount of radioactive substances that were released into the land and air were unknown. The site has not been cleaned up and the longer it takes to get cleaned up the more…

Carter, Jemica M., and Feleta L. Wilson. “Cyberbullying: A 21st Century Health Care Phenomenon.” Pediatric Nursing, vol. 41, no. 3, 2015, pp. 115–125. CINAHL Complete, eds.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=34&sid=3e34c396-34b8-4696-b468-9beaeca5f3ff%40sessionmgr4007&hid=4205&bdata=jnnpdgu9zwhvc3qtbgl2zq%3d%3d#an=109799994&db=ccm. The authors of this article conducted their research in order to find out just how common cyberbullying is among individuals aged 10-18 years. In order to do so…

reference to the first piece I wrote in class “Freshly Out of the Womb,” I have stopped crying at the overwhelming nature of my new world. My eyes have been cleared and the umbilical cord has been cut. I learned where to park and I never found my Gabriel Garcia Marquez books. That ending is fine because I know I’m just beginning my life as a student and a writer and I have the opportunity to develop and…

The commission is purportedly designed to deliver a “politically-responsive, democratic process” encompassing the regional management of the Bay in San Francisco (McAteer-Petris 66600). With the regulatory Authority provided by the McAteer-Petris, the Policies and Bay Plan which aims to resolve issues from ports and public access to transportation and development design were completed in 1969 and designated…

Part 1 - Overview of the San Andreas Fault System Where exactly is the San Andreas Fault System (SAFS)? The SAFS is located in California, mainly towards the West coast. B) What is the dominant type of fault within the system? The dominant fault within the SAFS is a right lateral strike slip fault. C) Where exactly is the SAFS in California? The SAFS begins in Cape Mendocino (Northern California) and ends in Salton Sea (Southern California). D) Dimensions of the fault? How long? How wide? How…

meetings are always gentrification and the rising cost of housing in the Bay Area. In the Bay area, housing Rents and Housing prices are up. We're all paying more, and it seems no one is immune to rising housing prices as they aren't only increasing in San Francisco anymore. According to handouts from my most recent Public Policy class from July 2011 and July 2016, the median price of a home in Oakland nearly doubled to $626,000, and according to real estate website, Trulia median rents went up…

San Francisco Quake of 1906 On April 8, 1909, a catastrophic earthquake crippled the San Francisco and most of northwest California: sundering the northern two-hundred and ninety-six miles of the San Andreas Fault from northwest of San Juan Bautista to the triple junction at Cape Mendocino. Causing over three thousand deaths and turning one out of every eight houses into rubble. The initial tremors destroyed the city’s water mains, leaving firefighters with no means of combating the growing…

The Oxford dictionary defined literature as “Familiarity with letters or books; knowledge acquired from reading or studying books, esp. the principal classical texts associated with humane learning; literary culture; learning, scholarship”. The definition of literature leads to understand the significance of reading literature. It is important to read literature because we can free our minds, have a better understanding of history, and to improve our communication skills. Although, literature…

to use old tricks bur Angela is not able to go through with it. The Vicario brothers procrastinate in carrying out the murder hoping to be stopped but seemed to be content after they killed Santiago. Angela also seemed reluctant in marrying Bayardo San Roman but went through it after slight pressuring. She later yearned for him after their…