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The State of California is the most populous state of the United States of America. Located on the Pacific coast of North America, it is bordered by Oregon, Nevada and Arizona in the United States, and Baja California in Mexico. The state’s four largest cities are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose and San Francisco. California is known for its diverse climate and ethnically diverse population. The state has 58 counties.
Inhabited by indigenous people for millennia, Alta California was first colonized by the Spanish Empire in 1769, and after Mexican independence in 1821, continued as part of Mexico. Following one brief week as the independent California Republic in 1846, and the conclusion of the Mexican-American war in 1848, California was annexed by the United States and was admitted to the Union as the thirty-first state on September 9, 1850.
California’s diverse geography ranges from the sandy beaches of the Pacific coast to the rugged, snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountains in the east. The central portion of the state is dominated by the Central Valley, one of the most vital agricultural areas in the country. The Sierra Nevada contains Yosemite Valley, famous for its glacially-carved domes, and Sequoia National Park, home to the largest living organisms on Earth, the giant sequoia trees, and the highest point in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney. The tallest living things on Earth, the ancient redwood trees, dot the coastline, mainly north of San Francisco. California is also home to the second lowest and hottest place in the Western Hemisphere, Death Valley. Bristlecone pines located in the White Mountains are the oldest known trees in the world; one has an age of 4,700 years.part of the Ozarks.

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Gunman held after hospital hostage incident

Jul 30, 2010 7:00 am

A homeless man armed with a gun burst into the emergency room of Children's Hospital Oakland early today and briefly took an employee hostage before surrendering to police, authorities said. The 49-ye...

Bay Area's chilly summer not its coldest

Jul 30, 2010 7:00 am

This has been the summer of our discontent. Not only has the economy been lousy, but the summer fog has also hung around day and night, like a houseguest that won't leave. Everybody's noticed it. &quo...

Board seeks to shutter failing charter schools

Jul 30, 2010 7:00 am

Failing charter schools across California could be shut down by the state Board of Education under a major policy shift aimed at ensuring that the alternative public schools fulfill their role as mode...

2007 data show state had 6.5 million uninsured

Jul 30, 2010 7:00 am

More than one fifth of Californians went without health insurance in 2007, with Bay Area counties having some of the lowest rates of uninsured people in the state, according to statistics released thi...

City Hall lovefest as Mayor Newsom signs budget

Jul 30, 2010 7:00 am

It was pretty much one big lovefest at City Hall Thursday as Mayor Gavin Newsom signed the city's $6.55 billion budget for the new fiscal year. Newsom used the opportunity to heap praise on everyone f...

Suit over Prop. 14 abolishing party primaries

Jul 30, 2010 7:00 am

California's voter-approved law abolishing party primary elections was hit with its first lawsuit Thursday, a challenge to provisions that discard write-in votes in runoffs and limit candidates' right...

Quarter celebrating Yosemite rolls out

Jul 30, 2010 7:00 am

U.S. Mint Director Ed Moy, above, hands out the new Yosemite National Park quarter to children in the park Thursday. The coin features El Capitan on one side and George Washington on the other. Three ...

Suspect smashes sprinkler, soaks police station

Jul 30, 2010 7:00 am

Suspect bashes sprinkler, soaks police station Modesto police are wading through the damage from a flood at the downtown station after a suspect broke a sprinkler. Police say 33-year-old Joseph McHenr...

State high court limits courts' parole power

Jul 30, 2010 7:00 am

Judges who decide a life-term prisoner was unfairly denied parole can't order the inmate freed but must return the case to the state parole board for a new review, the California Supreme Court ruled T...

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