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Sacramento's preeminent university, California State University, Sacramento (alias Sac State), was founded in 1947. In 1966, Sacramento was the endpoint of a civil rights march of the United Farm Workers led by Cesar Chavez. In the 1990s Joe Serna, Sacramento's first Hispanic mayor, named a park in Downtown Sacramento after Chávez.
Sacramento is home to Sacramento State (California State University, Sacramento), founded as Sacramento State College in 1947. In 2004, enrollment was 22,555 undergraduates and 5,417 graduate students in the university's eight colleges.
1942 - Sacramento Horsemen's Association organized. 1947 Sacramento Opera Guild founded. [19] Vic's Ice Cream in business. 1948 Sacramento Symphony formed. [20] Belle Cooledge elected mayor. [21] 1954 – Sacramento Ballet founded. 1955 – KCRA-TV begins broadcasting. 1956 – Sacramento Youth Symphony founded. 1957 – Arden Fair Mall in ...
Shakey's Pizza was founded in Sacramento, California, on April 30, 1954, by Sherwood "Shakey" Johnson and Ed Plummer. Johnson's nickname resulted from nerve damage following a bout of malaria suffered during World War II.
Founded in 1869, Burnett & Sons has been a family-owned planing mill and lumber company for more than 150 years. ... The Sacramento Bee covered Beers Books’ 70th anniversary in April 2006.
The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez, which applied the name California for the first time.. California was the name given to a mythical island populated only by beautiful Amazon warriors, as depicted in Greek myths, using gold tools and weapons in the popular early 16th-century romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) by ...
Moran, who co-founded Spiritual Life Center, died March 24 at his home in Idaho. He was 75. To many, Moran was a role model on interfaith work, said the Rev. James Trapp, senior minister at the ...
The Sacramento City Council will vote Tuesday on a five-year pending plan for $52.7 million in Measure L funds set aside for investments in youth and children.. Approved by voters in November 2022 ...