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Of the most prominent summits of California, only Mount Whitney exceeds 3000 meters (9843 feet) of topographic prominence. Five peaks exceed 2000 meters (6562 feet), nine peaks are ultra-prominent summits with more than 1500 meters (4921 feet), and 35 peaks exceed 1000 meters (3281 feet) of topographic prominence.
Mushroom Mardi Gras Festival and Run (10K and 5K) Saturday of Memorial Weekend May 26, 2012, Mountain View: Mermaid Mountain View Run 5K,10K, Half Marathon ; Human Race 10K, 5K (cancelled as of 2009) Palo Alto: Moonlight Run ; Skyline Ridge 1/2 Marathon, 10K; San Jose: Quicksilver 50 Mile, 50K, 25K; Silicon Valley Turkey Trot
It also is home to one of the largest theme parks in northern California, California's Great America, and to Levi's Stadium, a football stadium that currently serves as the home of the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers. 47 Clovis: 125,826 Fresno County: Clovis is the second-largest city in Fresno County.
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a metropolitan region surrounding the San Francisco Bay estuaries in Northern California. According to the 2010 United States Census, the region has over 7.1 million inhabitants and approximately 6,900 square miles (18,000 km 2) of land. [1]
Del Norte County, California – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [18] Pop 2010 [19] Pop 2020 [20 ...
Since the events of the California Gold Rush, Northern California has been a leader on the world's economic, scientific, and cultural stages.From the development of gold mining techniques and logging practices in the 19th century that were later adopted around the world, to the development of world-famous and online business models (such as Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Google, Yahoo!, and eBay ...
The grand experiment to revive horse racing in Northern California is coming to an end. On Monday, the board of the California Assn. of Racing Fairs voted unanimously, 6-0, to withdraw its ...
Vallejo circa 1852–53, when it served as the capital city of California and seat of the Californian government. Founded in 1854, Mare Island was the first naval base on the West Coast. In 1851, Vallejo was declared to become the official California State Capitol, with the new government prepared to meet for the first time the following year.