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    Long Beach Geography

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    Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the United States and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257. In addition, Long Beach is the second largest city in the Greater Los Angeles Area and a principal city of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Port of Long Beach is the United States' second busiest container port and

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    The First Los Angeles Aqueduct: With the rapid population growth during the year of 1902, Los Angeles had a larger demand of water than what they could provide and searching for a way to bring water was a must. William Mulholland, superintendent of the Los Angeles City Water Company, began to search for a new supply. He started looking on nearby local areas but it generated to nothing. In his search for a new source, he began by surveying all the rivers and groundwater basins south of the city. He

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    decide to associate with gang members. In the novel, G-Dog and the Homeboys by Celeste Fremon, focuses on the gang members about East Los Angeles. This book draws the attention on the youth residing within the East Los Angeles territory and a look at the East Los Angeles gang members and how they play a major role in the book as one of the Latino gangs in East Los Angeles. Situated oftentimes between violence and death, being recruited in this criminal lifestyle is a risk that these young adults take

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    Effects Of World War II On America Essay

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    In September of 1939, a global war had begun when Hitler led the German forces to invade Poland. The American president was reluctant on entering the war because he was building allies in the western hemisphere and was focused on making life better on the home front. Tragedy struck America on the morning of December 7, 1941 when the Japanese conducted a surprise aerial attack against the United States naval base at pearl harbor. The lethal and deadly force of the attack spurred President Franklin

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    Alaska Airlines’ existing footprint into California, strengthens its platform for growth and evolve the company as a competitor to the four largest U.S. airlines. Combining Alaska Airlines’ well-established core markets in the Pacific Northwest and the state of Alaska with Virgin America’s strong foundation in California will make Alaska Airlines the go-to airline for the more than 175,000 daily fliers in and out of Golden State airports, including Los Angeles and San Francisco. Thus, for Virgin America

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    Home Interview Essay

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    Israel but in 2013 there were a reported 9 million speakers of the language worldwide and, according to the 2010 Census in the United States there were 216, 615 speakers. However, since California is known as America’s melting pot it is home to approximately 39, 275 speakers. Today Hebrew speakers in California can range from religious figures to everyday individuals who strive

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    growth in Los Angeles: 1855 Gold Rush, 1885 Railroad, 1891 Oil Industry, 1914 Los Angeles Ports, 1932 Winter Olympics, and more. All of these periods have common: mass media. Mass media takes an important role within city population. It delivers information, rumors, and sometimes persuade or convince people. In 1855, as soon as people heard about Gold Rush rumors, they started to head toward California with a hope of a small chance of being wealthy. The roads from the Southern California were full

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    Omaha, Nebraska

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    Home Omaha, Nebraska is a beautiful city, but my heart belongs to Los Angeles, California. There are some beautiful places here in Nebraska. We have beautiful lakes, hiking trails, the Iowa-Nebraska bridge downtown, and we actually get all four seasons here. But, I feel like nothing will ever compare to California. First of all, in California, you could hike, surf, ski, and ride dune buggies all in the same day! There are so many trails and canyons to hike, so many beaches to sun bathe, and so much

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    The California Earthquake

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    California Earthquakes California’s unique geography as a state makes it a very appealing place to call home. From the odd east to west transverse San Gabriel mountain ranges of the Los Angeles Basin, to the bumpy coastal ranges of the Bay Area, any person can find a compatible topographic terrain to their liking. California may seem to be the perfect place to live with its ideal climate and extensive geographic features. However, due to California’s location over the shifting continental plates

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    Geographically California is located in the Western Coast of North America, and is the third largest State in the United States. The largest cities are; Los Angeles which is known for Disney Land, San Diego which is known for the Sea World, San Francisco which is known for the Golden Bridge and Sacramento which is known for the largest preserved historic district of the Gold Rush and for being its capital since 1854. Although California superiority comes from its warm weather, it does have the most

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