Notable contributions to
popular culture, for example in
entertainment and
sports, have their origins in California. The state also has made noteworthy contributions in the fields of communication, information, innovation, environmentalism, economics, and politics. It is the home of
Hollywood, the oldest and largest film industry in the world, which has had a profound effect on global entertainment. It is considered the origin of the
hippie counterculture,
beach and
car culture, and the
personal computer, among other innovations. The San Francisco Bay Area and the Greater Los Angeles Area are widely seen as the centers of the global technology and film industries, respectively. California's economy is very diverse: 58% of it is based on finance, government,
real estate services, technology, and professional, scientific, and technical business services. Although it accounts for only 1.5% of the state's economy,
California's agriculture industry has the highest output of any U.S. state. California's ports and harbors handle about a third of all U.S. imports, most originating in
Pacific Rim international trade. (Full article...)
Eureka is the largest
coastal city between San Francisco and
Portland, Oregon, and the westernmost city of more than 25,000 residents in the 48 contiguous states. The proximity to the sea causes the city to have an
extremely maritime climate with very small annual temperature differences and seasons mainly being defined by the
rainy winters and dry summers, whereas nearby inland areas are much hotter in summer. It is the regional center for government, health care, trade, and the arts on the North Coast north of the
San Francisco Bay Area. Greater Eureka, one of California's major commercial fishing ports, is the location of the largest deep-water port between San Francisco and
Coos Bay, a stretch of about 500 miles (805 km). (Full article...)
The following are images from various California-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1The Mojave and Sonoran deserts block easy land travel to California. The easiest way across was to use the Gila River corridor. (from History of California)
Image 5The courtyard of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, with California's oldest pepper tree (Schinus molle), planted in 1830, visible through the arch. (from History of California)
Image 19Map of the route, Juan Bautista de Anza travelled in 1775–76 from Mexico to today's San Francisco via the Gila River corridor and the Yuma Crossing of the Colorado River. (from History of California)
I've seen firsthand coming here with empty pockets but full of dreams, full of desire, full of will to succeed, but with the opportunities that I had, I could make it. This is why we have to get back and bring California back to where it once was.
Jack Leonard Warner (born Jacob Warner; August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978) was a Canadian-American film executive, born in Canada, who was the president and driving force behind the
Warner Bros. Studios in
Burbank,
California. Warner's career spanned some 45 years, its duration surpassing that of any other of the seminal Hollywood studio moguls.
As co-head of production at Warner Bros. Studios, he worked with his brother,
Sam Warner, to procure the technology for the film industry's first talking picture, The Jazz Singer (1927). After Sam's death, Jack clashed with his surviving older brothers,
Harry and
Albert Warner. He assumed exclusive control of the film production company in the 1950s, when he secretly purchased his brothers' shares in the business after convincing them to participate in a joint sale of stocks. (Full article...)
Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th
governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. A member of the
Democratic Party, he was elected
Secretary of State of California in 1970; Brown later served as Mayor of
Oakland from 1999 to 2007 and
Attorney General of California from 2007 to 2011. He was both the oldest and sixth-youngest governor of California due to the 28-year gap between his second and third terms. Upon completing his fourth term in office, Brown became the third longest-serving governor in U.S. history, serving 16 years and 5 days in office.
Born in
San Francisco, he is the son of
Bernice Layne Brown and
Pat Brown, who was the 32nd Governor of California (1959–1967). After graduating from the
University of California, Berkeley and
Yale University, he practiced law and began his political career as a member of the
Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees (1969–1971). He was elected to serve as the 23rd Secretary of State of California from 1971 to 1975. At 36, Brown was elected to his first term as governor in
1974, making him the youngest California Governor in 111 years. In
1978, he won his second term. During his governorship, Brown ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in
1976 and
1980. He declined to pursue a third term as governor in
1982, instead making an unsuccessful run for the
United States Senate that
same year. (Full article...)
Roy Edward DisneyKCSG (January 10, 1930 – December 16, 2009) was an American businessman. He was the longtime senior executive for
the Walt Disney Company, which was founded by his father,
Roy O. Disney, and his uncle,
Walt Disney. At the time of his death, he held more than 16 million shares (about 1% of the company), and served as a consultant for the company, as director emeritus for the board of directors. During his tenure, he organized the ousting of two top Disney executives:
Ron W. Miller in 1984 and
Michael Eisner in 2005.
As the last member of the
Disney family to be actively involved in the company, Disney was often compared to his uncle and father. In 2006, Forbes magazine estimated his personal fortune at $1.2 billion. (Full article...)
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Hartman in character as Chick Hazard, Private Eye,
c. 1978
Philip Edward Hartman (néHartmann; September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and graphic designer. Hartman was born in
Brantford, Ontario, Canada, and his family moved to the United States when he was ten years old. After graduating from
California State University, Northridge with a degree in graphic arts, he designed album covers for bands including
Poco and
America. In 1975, he joined the comedy group
The Groundlings, where he helped
Paul Reubens develop his character
Pee-wee Herman. Hartman co-wrote the film Pee-wee's Big Adventure and made recurring appearances as Captain Carl on Reubens' show Pee-wee's Playhouse.
Sharon Marie Tate Polanski (January 24, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was an American actress and model. During the 1960s, she played small television roles before appearing in films and was regularly featured in fashion magazines as a model and cover girl. After receiving positive reviews for her comedic and dramatic acting performances, Tate was hailed as one of Hollywood's most promising newcomers.
Linus Carl Pauling (/ˈpɔːlɪŋ/; 28 February 1901 – 19 August 1994) was an American
chemist,
biochemist,
chemical engineer,
peace activist, author, and educator. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. New Scientist called him one of the 20 greatest scientists of all time, and as of 2000, he was rated the 16th most important scientist in history. For his scientific work, Pauling was awarded the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954. For his peace activism, he was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1962. He is one of four people to have won more than one Nobel Prize (the others being
Marie Curie,
John Bardeen and
Frederick Sanger). Of these, he is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes, and one of two people to be awarded Nobel Prizes in different fields, the other being
Marie Curie.
Alfred Manuel Martin Jr. (May 16, 1928 – December 25, 1989), commonly called "Billy", was an American
Major League Baseballsecond baseman and
manager who, in addition to leading other teams, was five times the manager of the
New York Yankees. First known as a scrappy infielder who made considerable contributions to the championship Yankee teams of the 1950s, he then built a reputation as a manager who would initially make bad teams good, before ultimately being fired amid dysfunction. In each of his stints with the Yankees he managed them to winning records before being fired by team owner
George Steinbrenner or resigning under fire, usually amid a well-publicized scandal such as Martin's involvement in an alcohol-fueled fight.
Martin was born in a working-class section of
Berkeley, California. His skill as a baseball player gave him a route out of his home town. Signed by the
Pacific Coast LeagueOakland Oaks, Martin learned much from
Casey Stengel, the man who would manage him both in Oakland and in New York, and enjoyed a close relationship with him. Martin's spectacular catch of a wind-blown
Jackie Robinson popup late in Game Seven of the
1952 World Series saved that series for the Yankees, and he was the hitting star of the
1953 World Series, earning the Most Valuable Player award in the Yankee victory. He missed most of two seasons, 1954 and 1955, after being
drafted into the Army, and his abilities never fully returned; the Yankees traded him after a brawl at the
Copacabana club in New York during the 1957 season. Martin bitterly resented being traded, and did not speak to Stengel for years, a time during which Martin completed his playing career, appearing with a series of also-ran baseball teams. (Full article...)
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Perry performing at her
Play concert residency in 2021
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality. She is known for her influence on the
pop sound and style of the 2010s. Pursuing a career in
gospel music at 16, Perry released her commercially unsuccessful debut album, Katy Hudson (2001), under
Red Hill Records. She moved to Los Angeles at 17 to venture into
secular music, and later adopted the stage name "Katy Perry" from her mother's maiden name. With producers
Glen Ballard and
Greg Wells, she recorded an unreleased album titled Fingerprints while signed to Java Records and then
Columbia Records before being dropped. After this, she signed a recording contract with
Capitol Records in April 2007.
... that due to business closures across California during the
COVID-19 pandemic, some of the exotic dancers at Jumbo's Clown Room created the Cyber Clown Girls show so they could continue working?
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