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border: 2px solid silver; margin: 0 0 .5em .5em; width: 200px;"> <div style="background-color: #e7ece6; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; padding: .3em;"><b>California</b> <b></b></div> <center><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_California.svg" class="image"><img alt="Flag of California.svg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_California.svg/195px-Flag_of_California.svg.png" decoding="async" width="195" height="130" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_California.svg/293px-Flag_of_California.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_California.svg/390px-Flag_of_California.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></center> <table class="collapsible collapsed" style="width: 200px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: #e8e7f2;"><b>Demographics</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population" class="extiw" title="wp:List of U.S. states by population" rel="nofollow">Population</a>: </td> <td>39,368,078 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_GDP_(nominal)" class="extiw" title="wp:List of U.S. states by GDP (nominal)" rel="nofollow">GDP (million)</a>: </td> <td>3,120,386 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita" class="extiw" title="wp:List of U.S. states by GDP (nominal) per capita" rel="nofollow">GDP p/cap.</a>: </td> <td>79,261 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_religiosity" class="extiw" title="wp:List of U.S. states and territories by religiosity" rel="nofollow">% religious</a>: </td> <td>54 (Despite this, actually one of the lowest religious percentages in the whole U.S.) </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a href="/wiki/File:California_in_United_States.svg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/California_in_United_States.svg/300px-California_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/California_in_United_States.svg/450px-California_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/California_in_United_States.svg/600px-California_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:California_in_United_States.svg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>California hugs the Pacific Ocean.</div></div></div> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:197px;"><a href="/wiki/File:CA_winner.gif" class="image"><img alt="CA winner.gif" src="/w/images/d/d3/CA_winner.gif" decoding="async" width="195" height="189" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="195" data-file-height="189" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:CA_winner.gif" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div></div></div></div> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>We have seasons. We just skip the ones that suck.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—Daniel Tosh</cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>California is a <a href="/wiki/Garden_of_Eden" title="Garden of Eden">garden of Eden</a>,<br /> <p>It's a paradise to live in or see.<br /> But believe it or not,<br /> You won't find it so hot,<br /> </p> If you ain't got the <a href="/wiki/Money" title="Money">do-re-mi</a>.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—Woodie Guthrie, "Do Re Mi"<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>The People's Republic of <a href="/wiki/Tankies" title="Tankies">Comrade</a><a href="/wiki/Fornication" class="mw-redirect" title="Fornication">fornia</a></b> consists of three states on the <a href="/wiki/Red-baiting" title="Red-baiting"><span style="color:red"><b>LEFT</b></span></a> Coast of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>: Southern California, Northern California, and Los Angeles (which incorporates the fictional location of "Hollywood"). The Northern and Southern California border is delineated by the Manson-Nixon Line. </p><p>Whereas Florida is the wang of the United States, California represents the ass of the continent. But it's America's ass! </p><p>Since a portion of its territory is on the "wrong" side of the San Andreas Fault and lies on the Pacific plate, California isn't very <a href="/wiki/America" title="America">American</a>. </p><p>Most of California was settled by <a href="/wiki/Hispanic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic">Hispanic</a> peoples long before the fabled East Coast settlements of <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Colony" title="Plymouth Colony">Plymouth</a> and Jamestown. </p><p>It had legalized <a href="/wiki/Gay_marriage" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay marriage">gay marriage</a> for a few months in 2008 until the infamous <a href="/wiki/Proposition_8" class="mw-redirect" title="Proposition 8">Proposition 8</a> struck this down; however, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Brown" title="Jerry Brown">Jerry Brown</a>, of "California Über Alles" fame, is right on the job, and he figures that any gay couples who did get married during that time are still married. </p><p>In August 2010, Proposition 8 was declared <a href="/wiki/Constitution" title="Constitution">unconstitutional</a> by a federal judge, but the decision was stayed pending appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, where it was struck down again, then stayed again pending appeal to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Court">Supreme Court</a>. The justices in their wisdom ruled that the backers of Prop 8 did not have legal standing, and on June 28, 2013 same-sex marriages resumed, and it's been <i>ffabulouss</i>. </p><p>It is the most populous state in the U.S., having a population greater than that of <a href="/wiki/Oregon" class="mw-redirect" title="Oregon">Oregon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington">Washington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="Nevada">Nevada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona" class="mw-redirect" title="Arizona">Arizona</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah" class="mw-redirect" title="Utah">Utah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Idaho" class="mw-redirect" title="Idaho">Idaho</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montana" class="mw-redirect" title="Montana">Montana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wyoming" class="mw-redirect" title="Wyoming">Wyoming</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alaska" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska">Alaska</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a> combined (about 39,368,078 vs. about 39,337,487), but it only gets two <a href="/wiki/Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="Senator">Senators</a> compared to the 24 that those other states get. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#California_in_popular_culture"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">California in popular culture</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Other_principal_exports"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Other principal exports</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Indigenous_creatures"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Indigenous creatures</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Weather"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Weather</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Drought_.28Summer.29"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Drought (Summer)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Fire_.28Fall.29"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Fire (Fall)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Quake_.28Winter.29"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Quake (Winter)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Flood_.28Spring.29"><span class="tocnumber">4.4</span> <span class="toctext">Flood (Spring)</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Customs_.28The_Grapes_of_Wrath.29"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Customs (The Grapes of Wrath)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Pedestrians"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Pedestrians</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Common_misconceptions"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Common misconceptions</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Subway"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Subway</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#SoCal"><span class="tocnumber">8.1</span> <span class="toctext">SoCal</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#NorCal"><span class="tocnumber">8.2</span> <span class="toctext">NorCal</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#Religion"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Religion</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#Gallery"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Gallery</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="California_in_popular_culture">California in popular culture</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:California&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: California in popular culture">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li>Pretty much <s>most</s> all popular culture comes from California.</li> <li>Urrrr DEVON! <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt-tG6ufH90">uuuurrrrrr WHAT rrrrrr you doin' hear</a>?</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_principal_exports">Other principal exports</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:California&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Other principal exports">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wine" title="Wine">Wine</a> and lots of it!</li> <li>Fruits and nuts</li> <li>Surfing!</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erhard_Seminars_Training" title="Erhard Seminars Training">Erhard Seminars Training</a></li> <li>Hot Tubs</li> <li>Like fer shur, totally!</li> <li>Bitchin'!</li> <li>The 5!</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marijuana" class="mw-redirect" title="Marijuana">U.S. out of Humboldt County!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_values" title="Hollywood values">Hollywood values</a></li> <li>Fender electric guitars!</li> <li>Designs for Apple products sent to be made in China!</li> <li>Information!</li> <li>Car exhaust!</li> <li>California, itself, is going to export itself into the Pacific Ocean, if <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Cayce" title="Edgar Cayce">Edgar Cayce</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Earth_changes" title="Earth changes">earth changes</a> are to be believed.</li> <li>"Hella"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quackery" title="Quackery">Quackery</a></li> <li>"Gnarly"</li> <li>Duuuuude!</li> <li>Valley girl stereotypes</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Indigenous_creatures">Indigenous creatures</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:California&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Indigenous creatures">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Brown" title="Jerry Brown">Moonbeam</a>. (His father <a href="/wiki/Nepotism_president" title="Nepotism president">was governor as well</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger" title="Arnold Schwarzenegger">Der Governator</a>. (Technically imported from <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a>, now former Governator.)</li> <li><s>Water</s> Nope.</li> <li><s>Drought</s></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>. (Technically imported from <a href="/wiki/Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>. Turned <a href="/wiki/President" class="mw-redirect" title="President">President</a> and allegedly reached <a href="/wiki/Saint" title="Saint">sainthood</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>. (<i>Not</i> imported, to California's everlasting shame.)</li> <li>Drought</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Streisand_effect" title="Streisand effect">Barbara Streisand's famous shorefront home</a></li> <li>Big burly lumberjacks, in the far northern third of the state, among the redwoods.</li> <li>Lots of guys in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> who <a href="/wiki/Homosexual" class="mw-redirect" title="Homosexual">wish they could meet</a> some of those lumberjacks.</li> <li>Drought</li> <li>Silly-Conman Valley <ul><li>Techies</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nerd" class="mw-redirect" title="Nerd">Nerds</a></li> <li>Techbros</li></ul></li> <li>Berserkeley</li> <li>Drought</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Hollywood">Holly<s>weird</s>wood<s>land</s></a></li> <li>Drought</li> <li>If you have to ask how much it costs to buy a home in San Diego or Marin County, or even the Bay Area in general, you probably can't afford it… (Whatever. It's not like everyone in SoCal can afford to buy <i>any</i> home.)</li> <li>One of Stephen Curry's houses</li> <li>Even more drought</li> <li>Tons of drought</li> <li>Areas where <i>no hablo Inglés</i> is common</li> <li>Super cool and totally legit religions such as <a href="/wiki/Jim_Jones" title="Jim Jones">Jim Jones</a>' People's Temple, <a href="/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate" title="Heaven's Gate">Heaven's Gate</a>, the <a href="/wiki/UFO" class="mw-redirect" title="UFO">UFO</a>-centric <a href="/wiki/Unarius_Academy_of_Science" title="Unarius Academy of Science">Unarius Academy of Science</a>, and Beth Sarim; the winter home of <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witness" class="mw-redirect" title="Jehovah's Witness">Jehovah's Witness</a> president "Judge" Joseph Rutherford and presumed home of the resurrected 12 original disciples.</li> <li>University of California system, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Stanford University</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transhumanism" title="Transhumanism">Transhumanists</a>. They're everywhere in the Bay Area.</li> <li>A lot of drought.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">Disneyland</a></li> <li>In-N-Out Burger.</li> <li>Men who wear handlebar mustaches in the 21<sup>st</sup> century.</li> <li>Great Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indian, and Mexican restaurants.</li> <li>Green Day</li> <li>Real estate speculators</li> <li>PG&E, home of the 40-cent kilowatt-hour</li> <li>Big Freaking Tall Trees</li> <li>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_scrub_jay" class="extiw" title="wp:Island scrub jay" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Island scrub jay">Island scrub jay</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> whose range is limited to the tiny Santa Cruz island off California.</li> <li>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/delta_smelt" class="extiw" title="wp:delta smelt" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: delta smelt">delta smelt</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup>... wherever they are anyway. The disappearance of this <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioindicator" class="extiw" title="wp:Bioindicator" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Bioindicator">indicator species</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> isn't good news at all...</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagalog_language" class="extiw" title="wp:Tagalog language" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Tagalog language">Tagalog</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup>... one of most commonly spoken foreign language in California, after Spanish!</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Weather">Weather</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:California&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Weather">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>California's once mighty middle class has been decimated or sent packing and the state is now populated by a feudal elite lording over the poor, its very landscape cursed and forsaken by the gods, who smite it with fire, earthquake and drought, not to mention more <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-road-buckles-rises-from-the-ground">mysterious</a> afflictions.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.secretsun.blogspot.com/2015/12/havent-you-heard-bacchus-is-dead.html">Christopher Loring Knowles</a></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The four California seasons are Drought, Fire, Quake, and Flood. These represent the classic elements Air, Fire, Earth, and Water respectively, proving all the New Age healers in California right <sup>[<i>citation NOT needed</i>]</sup>. </p> <h3><span id="Drought_(Summer)"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Drought_.28Summer.29">Drought (Summer)</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:California&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Drought (Summer)">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:277px;"><a href="/wiki/File:California_Drought_Dry_Lakebed_2009.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/California_Drought_Dry_Lakebed_2009.jpg/330px-California_Drought_Dry_Lakebed_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="275" height="206" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/California_Drought_Dry_Lakebed_2009.jpg/500px-California_Drought_Dry_Lakebed_2009.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/California_Drought_Dry_Lakebed_2009.jpg/550px-California_Drought_Dry_Lakebed_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="525" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:California_Drought_Dry_Lakebed_2009.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>This used to be a river.</div></div></div> <p>It <s>never</s> almost never rains in southern California. It's really not that bad though the state hasn't had a real winter in years. This causes confusion among people who are not from California and a lot of trash talk about how their state is better because it has "real seasons". To a Californian, though, it just sounds like something akin to penis envy. In recent years it hasn't rained in like, at all. Which would be totally <i>awesome</i> if it were not for like crops and stuff that wither and die if they don't get their like, H<sub>2</sub>O, I mean water, you know? </p><p>The water wars in California's central and southern valley are making headlines. It's mostly farming interests who want to suck dry California's groundwater—with long-term damages that will affect the surrounding regions for thousands of years—for their own profit while claiming the feds are <a href="/wiki/Austrian_school" title="Austrian school">overstepping their boundaries</a> by preventing that from happening.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> Along Highway 99 between Modesto and Bakersfield you can see what non-farmers like to refer to as "water whining" signs claiming that Congress has somehow caused California's drought, and asking "Is growing food wasting water?" (I didn't know you could eat <i>cotton</i>, which is grown heavily in some of these regions). Most farmers are converting anything they can to Almonds due to global demand.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> Almonds are so profitable these days that even housing developers are planting them rather than building houses. It's a gold rush.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> </p><p>Given the circumstances, it looks like changes to agriculture will be slow and painful, so they're focusing on residential water use which people can actually change. Agriculture is a golden goose. They can't kill it. Golf courses, water parks, lawns, fountains, are easier targets. It's pissing in the wind, but that's the reality: residential users will actually conserve if you ask them to. Ask farmers to use less and they cry like babies and refuse to change. Restrict their access to surface water and they just pump more from underground, causing the valley floor to further subside. </p> <h3><span id="Fire_(Fall)"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Fire_.28Fall.29">Fire (Fall)</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:California&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Fire (Fall)">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Rim_Fire_20130817-FS-UNK-0034_(9665091714).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Rim_Fire_20130817-FS-UNK-0034_%289665091714%29.jpg/330px-Rim_Fire_20130817-FS-UNK-0034_%289665091714%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Rim_Fire_20130817-FS-UNK-0034_%289665091714%29.jpg/500px-Rim_Fire_20130817-FS-UNK-0034_%289665091714%29.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Rim_Fire_20130817-FS-UNK-0034_%289665091714%29.jpg/960px-Rim_Fire_20130817-FS-UNK-0034_%289665091714%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Rim_Fire_20130817-FS-UNK-0034_(9665091714).jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>California forests in their natural state.</div></div></div> <p>Hot, dry summers create tinderbox conditions in woodland areas where, despite dire official warnings every Fall, someone invariably drops a cigarette or a match, touching off a "wildfire season" that lasts roughly from late August through October. Powerful hot "Santa Ana winds" blow in from the East and create unusually hot days during fall whose temperatures exceed some warm days in July. No, these winds aren't hot from the desert, but from being compressed by the mountains' geography. During these windstorms, sustained wind speeds of more than 60 mph (96 km/h) are common in the mountain passes. When this happens, any spark can quickly grow into a massive, seemingly unstoppable wildfire. TV news promptly goes into DRAMA mode: intrepid reporters in station-monogrammed fleece jackets file breathless LIVE reports from "the fire ground" while helicopter aerial shots reveal huge walls of flame approaching suburban communities as homeowners desperately water their roofs with pitifully dribbling garden hoses. Thanks a lot, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/9119916-181/pge-could-face-murder-charges">PG&E</a>. </p><p>People in Southern California don't really experience the colorful dump of leaves trees go through that people love about fall in the other areas, so they generally know it's fall because it sometimes rains and it's kind of chilly enough in the morning that they need a thin jacket. </p> <h3><span id="Quake_(Winter)"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Quake_.28Winter.29">Quake (Winter)</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:California&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Quake (Winter)">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Ignoring <a href="/wiki/Statistics" title="Statistics">statistics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">geology</a>, many natives swear that periods of cooler temperatures typically found between November and March bring on "earthquake weather". During this period, stores often promote quake safety items such as straps made of nylon web that anchor tall bookcases and other furniture to walls and "childproof" kitchen cabinet latches that prevent dishware from being hurled to the floor. Also popular are backpacks stocked with first aid kits, flashlights, water, and freeze dried food. See also <a href="/wiki/Earthquake_prediction" title="Earthquake prediction">earthquake prediction</a> and <a href="/wiki/Survivalism" title="Survivalism">survivalism</a>. In the Bay Area and Los Angeles, forget about "White Christmas"; rain (snow in the higher elevations and latitudes) is usually supposed to start happening at late October, but there are some years where there's barely rain at all, with even smack in the middle of December seeing a day or two of showers and the rest of the month being bright, sunny, but cool (still warm enough to wear a T-shirt outside in some days). </p> <h3><span id="Flood_(Spring)"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Flood_.28Spring.29">Flood (Spring)</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:California&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Flood (Spring)">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>It's not actually Spring, but more like January when flooding generally occurs, usually as a result of excessive rainfall due to subtropical storms, excessive snow melt, excessive runoff, or levee failure. In addition to homes and roads suddenly underwater, there are massive landslides to contend with. In LA, several people either drown or are rescued from the Los Angeles River after straying too close to its concrete-lined channels. </p><p>We make fun of our drought all the time, but scientists have been predicting that a mega flood in the future will be more likely and devastating than that giant forecasted quaked deemed as "The Big One". And unlike The Big One, there's that climate change thing that'll only make it worse! </p> <h2><span id="Customs_(The_Grapes_of_Wrath)"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Customs_.28The_Grapes_of_Wrath.29">Customs (The Grapes of Wrath)</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:California&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Customs (The Grapes of Wrath)">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>California is the only lower 48 U.S. state that stops you at the state line to ask whether you have any produce. (<a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a> does the same.) They have enough fruits and nuts already and don't want any more.<sup>[<i>citation NOT needed</i>]</sup> This practice started during the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>, when going through California customs was to keep out <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma">Okies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Arkansas">Arkies</a> fleeing the dust bowl, but the <a href="/wiki/ACLU" class="mw-redirect" title="ACLU">ACLU</a> sued and California wound up with a bunch of Okies and Arkies anyway. They had to settle on keeping fruits and nuts out of the state, but they wound up with a bunch of fruits and nuts anyway. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Pedestrians">Pedestrians</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:California&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Pedestrians">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>When people say nobody walks in California, they usually mean Los Angeles, which is a special case when it comes to pedestrian traffic (and a lot of other things). It's rare to see a skater, jogger, or a bicyclist on the street in LA since everybody knows that public parks and beaches are the only place you should do such things (and <i>always</i> when dressed in fashionable lycra "activewear" bearing a Nike or Reebok logo). Even more rare is seeing a pedestrian outside of a crosswalk since it's common practice for <a href="/wiki/Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Police">police</a> to stop and question anyone seen walking more than two blocks, especially in an upscale neighborhood. (The exceptions are Compton, LAX, and the areas around them, surprisingly.) That being said, Northern California (which in many regards is so different, it could be its own state) does actually contain insane people who <i>walk</i> more than <i>two blocks</i> and are neither too <a href="/wiki/Poor" class="mw-redirect" title="Poor">poor</a> for a car nor out to steal one. Crazy, isn't it? </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Common_misconceptions">Common misconceptions</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:California&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Common misconceptions">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:167px;"><a href="/wiki/File:CPCA.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/w/images/thumb/c/cb/CPCA.jpg/165px-CPCA.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="106" class="thumbimage" srcset="/w/images/thumb/c/cb/CPCA.jpg/248px-CPCA.jpg 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/c/cb/CPCA.jpg/330px-CPCA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1321" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:CPCA.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>LIBERALS RAN CALIFORNIA INTO THE GROUND!</div></div></div> <ul><li>California consists entirely of beaches.</li> <li>Earthquakes, on average, are much more terrifying and destructive than tornadoes, hurricanes, or any other sort of giant swirly formation of air and clouds.</li> <li>All Californians (not just <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Franciscans</a>) are <a href="/wiki/Liberal" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal">liberal</a> <a href="/wiki/Socialist" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist">socialist</a> <a href="/wiki/Democrat" class="mw-redirect" title="Democrat">Democrat</a> bleeding-heart dope-smoking <a href="/wiki/Homosexual" class="mw-redirect" title="Homosexual">homosexuals</a> with <a href="/wiki/AIDS" class="mw-redirect" title="AIDS">AIDS</a>. Have you ever been to the Central Valley? (Especially the southern half.) Or LA / Orange County for that matter?</li> <li>All of California is Los Angeles and the Bay Area. (Or alternatively, all of California is like Hollywood.)</li> <li><s>It never rains in Southern California.</s> (The next line in the song is actually "But it pours. Man, it pours!")</li> <li>The only way around is by car. (The most patronized Amtrak routes outside of the Northeast Corridor are in CA, and LA to San Francisco is the busiest air route in the country. Not to mention the growing ridership of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bart.gov/about/reports/ridership">BART</a> and other similar systems throughout the state.)</li> <li>Every person in California has nicely tanned skin and rides surfboards.</li> <li>There are no Republicans in California. <s>Wait actually it's true!</s> They assume this despite <a href="/wiki/Reagan" class="mw-redirect" title="Reagan">Reagan</a> once being their governor and the election of the <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger" title="Arnold Schwarzenegger">Governator</a>. They also assume the Republicans are somehow less crazy but they're just as awful as Republicans in the South.</li> <li>It's impossible to afford a house in California. (Wrong, it is only mostly impossible. We recommend you dive headfirst into unfathomable depths of debt to pay the property taxes for your $1,300,500 modest suburban 1-floor house. Do note even areas infamous for crime such as Compton and East Los Angeles score an F on affordable housing).</li> <li>Nobody has any <a href="/wiki/Fun:Weapon_of_gun" title="Fun:Weapon of gun">gerns</a> or freedom (movie armorers have all the gerns)</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Subway">Subway</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:California&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Subway">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="SoCal">SoCal</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:California&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: SoCal">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Like, what in the hell is a subway? Like an underground car? Wait--are you talking about the restaurant? </p><p>But seriously, we have the Metro B and D lines, as well as the Regional Connector. Take the B line if you fancy someone offering you a puff of their crackpipe. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="NorCal">NorCal</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:California&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: NorCal">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Up here in the SF Bay Area we have the loudest, and filthiest subway in the whole country, <s>and quite possibly the world</s> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_area_rapid_transit" class="extiw" title="wp:Bay area rapid transit" rel="nofollow">Bay Area Rapid Transit</a> or BART for short. Many of us wish it had been called the Fremont Area Rapid Transit District, but it's too late now to change the name. The first thing you'll notice when riding BART is the extreme noise that the incoming train produces. One could be forgiven if they believed there was a tornado inside the station. Also, unlike N.Y., people are allowed to set up stands and shops inside the stations. With the Downtown Berkeley station having a few small coffee shops inside it. Also of note are the many stands run by Jehovah's Witnesses, especially on <i>Fruit</i>vale Station, who take pride in distributing magazines like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awake!" class="extiw" title="wp:Awake!" rel="nofollow"><i>Awake!</i></a> to the <a href="/wiki/Heathen" title="Heathen">heathen</a> masses. If they try to bother you, just say you're Shinto and they'll leave you alone: this is Oakland after all. </p><p>Sacramento has a robust light rail system that serves the city well, though it's entirely above-ground. It efficiently funnels commuters to and from work, substantially reducing traffic during rush hour. The clientele can become rather sketchy outside of commute hours though. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Religion">Religion</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:California&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Religion">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>California, being less religious than the rest of the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup>, is a heathen state. They will <span style="color: #000000; background: #000000; padding: 1px;">not</span>go to hell<span style="background:black"> because the <a href="/wiki/Devil" class="mw-redirect" title="Devil">devil</a>'s afraid of what a <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_values" title="Hollywood values"><font color="black">bad influence</font></a> all the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=5LQe5nR2CgM&t=2m26s"><font color="black">Hollywood execs would be on the murderers</font></a></span>! Its Bay Area is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunburn" class="extiw" title="wp:Sunburn" rel="nofollow">fiery</a> pit of atheism and homosexuality! (As long as you ignore all the churches and synagogues etc. of course.) </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Gallery">Gallery</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:California&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Gallery">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <center><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:52.5px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Redwood_Creek_Valley_38.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Redwood_Creek_Valley_38.jpg/250px-Redwood_Creek_Valley_38.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="150" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Redwood_Creek_Valley_38.jpg/500px-Redwood_Creek_Valley_38.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redwood_National_Park" class="extiw" title="wp:Redwood National Park" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Redwood National Park">Redwood National Park</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:53px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Zabriskie_Point_Death_Valley_December_2013_002.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Zabriskie_Point_Death_Valley_December_2013_002.jpg/250px-Zabriskie_Point_Death_Valley_December_2013_002.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="149" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Zabriskie_Point_Death_Valley_December_2013_002.jpg/500px-Zabriskie_Point_Death_Valley_December_2013_002.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p><s>Hell</s> Death Valley </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:51.5px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Whitney_Portal,_Mt_Whitney,_CA_99_(33313944141).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Whitney_Portal%2C_Mt_Whitney%2C_CA_99_%2833313944141%29.jpg/225px-Whitney_Portal%2C_Mt_Whitney%2C_CA_99_%2833313944141%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="152" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Whitney_Portal%2C_Mt_Whitney%2C_CA_99_%2833313944141%29.jpg/338px-Whitney_Portal%2C_Mt_Whitney%2C_CA_99_%2833313944141%29.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Whitney_Portal%2C_Mt_Whitney%2C_CA_99_%2833313944141%29.jpg/450px-Whitney_Portal%2C_Mt_Whitney%2C_CA_99_%2833313944141%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1212" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Mt. Whitney, the highest point on the mainland U.S. </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:43px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Los_Angeles_City.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Los_Angeles_City.jpg/250px-Los_Angeles_City.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="169" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Los_Angeles_City.jpg/500px-Los_Angeles_City.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>L.A. </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:52.5px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Sequoia_National_Forest_(48881837886).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Sequoia_National_Forest_%2848881837886%29.jpg/250px-Sequoia_National_Forest_%2848881837886%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="150" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Sequoia_National_Forest_%2848881837886%29.jpg/500px-Sequoia_National_Forest_%2848881837886%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia_National_Forest" class="extiw" title="wp:Sequoia National Forest" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Sequoia National Forest">Sequoia National Forest</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:43px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Salton_Sea_homes.JPG" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Salton_Sea_homes.JPG/250px-Salton_Sea_homes.JPG" decoding="async" width="225" height="169" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Salton_Sea_homes.JPG/500px-Salton_Sea_homes.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="896" data-file-height="672" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Abandoned resort homes at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea" class="extiw" title="wp:Salton Sea" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Salton Sea">Salton Sea</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup>. </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:73px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:SanFrancisco1851a.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/SanFrancisco1851a.jpg/250px-SanFrancisco1851a.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="109" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/SanFrancisco1851a.jpg/500px-SanFrancisco1851a.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3252" data-file-height="1581" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>San Francisco in 1851. </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:79px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:View_of_San_Francisco_from_Ina_Coolbrith_Park-01445.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/View_of_San_Francisco_from_Ina_Coolbrith_Park-01445.jpg/250px-View_of_San_Francisco_from_Ina_Coolbrith_Park-01445.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="97" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/View_of_San_Francisco_from_Ina_Coolbrith_Park-01445.jpg/500px-View_of_San_Francisco_from_Ina_Coolbrith_Park-01445.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="5962" data-file-height="2571" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>San Francisco today. </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Black_Panthers_historical_sign,_north_Oakland.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Black_Panthers_historical_sign%2C_north_Oakland.jpg/169px-Black_Panthers_historical_sign%2C_north_Oakland.jpg" decoding="async" width="169" height="225" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Black_Panthers_historical_sign%2C_north_Oakland.jpg/253px-Black_Panthers_historical_sign%2C_north_Oakland.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Black_Panthers_historical_sign%2C_north_Oakland.jpg/337px-Black_Panthers_historical_sign%2C_north_Oakland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>A historical <a href="/wiki/Black_Panthers" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Panthers">Black Panthers</a> sign in Oakland </p> </div> 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Blood....Oranges.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Durisin, Megan, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-07-16/california-almonds-saved-by-diverting-water-from-veggies">"California Almonds Saved by Diverting Water From Veggies"</a>, Bloomberg (7/17/14, 7:20 AM PDT).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Plevin, Rebecca, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kvpr.org/post/planned-farm-running-horse-site-draws-opposition-west-fresno-residents">"Planned Farm At Running Horse Site Draws Opposition From West Fresno Residents"</a>, NPR 10.9.13.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" 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