Visalia (/ v aɪ ˈ s eɪ l j ə, v ɪ-/ vy-SAYL-yə, vih-) is a city in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley of California.The population was 141,384 as per the 2020 census.Visalia is the fifth-largest city in the San Joaquin Valley, the 42nd most populous in California, and 192nd in the United States. As the county seat of Tulare County, Visalia serves as the economic and governmental center ...

Tulare County (/ t ʊ ˈ l ɛər i / tuu-LAIR-ee) is a county located in the U.S. state of California.As of the 2020 census, the population was 473,117. The county seat is Visalia. The county is named for Tulare Lake, once the largest freshwater lake west of the Great Lakes.Drained for agricultural development, the site is now in Kings County, which was created in 1893 from the western …

Bakersfield is a city in Kern County, California, United States.It is the county seat and largest city of Kern County. The city covers about 151 sq mi (390 km 2) near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Valley region. Bakersfield's population as of the 2020 census was 403,455, making it the 48th-most populous city in the United States of America and the 9th …

Fairfield is a city in and the county seat of Solano County, California, in the North Bay sub-region of the San Francisco Bay Area.It is generally considered the midpoint between the cities of San Francisco and Sacramento, approximately 40 miles (64 km) from the city center of each city, approximately 40 miles (64 km) from the city center of Oakland, less than 19 miles (31 km) …

Coordinates. The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature, the upper house being the California State Senate.The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.. The Assembly consists of 80 members, with each member representing at least 465,000 people.

Central California is generally thought of as the middle third of the state, north of Southern California, which includes Los Angeles, and south of Northern California, which includes San Francisco.It includes the northern portion of the San Joaquin Valley (which itself is the southern portion of the Central Valley, beginning at the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta), part of …

The California Public Records Act (Statutes of 1968, Chapter 1473; currently codified as Chapter 3.5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the California Government Code) was a law passed by the California State Legislature and signed by then-governor Ronald Reagan in 1968 requiring inspection or disclosure of governmental records to the public upon request, unless exempted …

History. In 1858, Aaron G. Lane came to what is now known as Victorville and founded a waystation called "Lane's Crossing." For many years it provided shelter and supplies for people journeying across the desert from the east to San Bernardino.Lane's Crossing was on the Mojave River on today's Turner Road, two miles north of where Interstate 15 crosses the river.

Mariposa (/ ˌ m ær ɪ ˈ p oʊ z ə,-s ə / (); Spanish for "Butterfly") is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Mariposa County, California, United States. The population was 1,526 at the 2020 census. The community is named after the flocks of monarch butterflies seen overwintering there by early explorers.

The history of Sacramento, California, began with its founding by Samuel Brannan and John Augustus Sutter, Jr. in 1848 around an embarcadero that his father, John Sutter, Sr. constructed at the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers a few years prior.. Sacramento was named after the Sacramento River, which forms its western border. The river was named by …

Oroville (Oro, Spanish for "Gold" and Ville, French for "town") is the county seat of Butte County, California, United States.The population of the city was 15,506 at the 2010 census, up from 13,004 in the 2000 census.Following the 2018 Camp Fire that destroyed much of the town of Paradise, the population of Oroville increased as many people who lost their homes relocated …

Susanville (formerly known as Rooptown) is a town in and the county seat of Lassen County, California, United States. Susanville is located on the Susan River in the southern part of the county, at an elevation of 4,186 feet (1,276 m). Its population is 16,728 as of the 2020 census, down from 17,947 from the 2010 census. Susanville, a former logging and mining town, is the …

Temecula (/ t ə ˈ m ɛ k j ʊ l ə /; Spanish: Temécula, ; Luiseño: Temeekunga) is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, United States.The city had a population of 110,003 as of the 2020 census and was incorporated on December 1, 1989. The city is a tourist and resort destination, with the Temecula Valley Wine Country, Old Town Temecula, the Temecula Valley …

General Sherman is a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) tree located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, in the U.S. state of California.By volume, it is the largest known living single-stem tree on Earth. It is estimated to be around 2,200 to 2,700 years old. While General Sherman is the largest currently living tree, it is not the largest …