California Essays

California has a strong racing culture.   In fact, according to an Internet encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Southern California is considered to be the birthplace of drag racing.  Yet, the state of California considers street racing an illegal activity.  This is because street racing leads to injuries and deaths, many a times of absolutely innocent people, including […]

Although California’s economy is large, strong, and diverse, there are many problems with poverty.   Some major problems include lack of affordable housing, and lack of access to education and health care. Many definitions of poverty exist, but however we define poverty, one thing that remains clear is that it is a problem in the state […]

I-The “Digger” Stereotype: Justification of genocide Judge by prior Native encounters Few practiced agriculture, inferior Digging of roots, gold Facilitated the intense racism and brutal violence against Indians Inferiority of California Indians: easy to push aside/no match for civilized white society I-Acorns *Acorns helped confirm the digger stereotype. They were important to Indigenous tribes because […]

Three-strikes sentencing statute, one of the most controversial and hottest law policies that had approved by the states government in the entire United States of America. Technically, three-strikes sentencing statute had started during the latter part of the 19th century. Throughout the early 1990???s, three-strikes sentencing statute had been the subject for many debate in […]

A group of people united together in the pursuit for social and criminal reasons. In most cases, gangs are comprised by adolescents and / or children. There are some gangs who only have adults as members. Male membership comprises the majority of gangs in existence (World Book Encyclopedia Volume 8 p. 26). It is predominantly […]

The first predecessor of Chevron was named California Star Oil Works. It took aim at Pico Canyon, a remote portion of the rugged Santa Susana Mountains in San Joaquin County. In September 1876, driller Alex Mentry succeeded in striking oil in Pico No. 4, despite rattlesnakes, wasps, mud and underbrush. Pico No. 4 was the […]

Asian Pacific Americans are the fastest growing group in the United States population today. This grouping of people include Japanese, Chinese, Koreans, Southeast Asians, Indochina, Indonesians, Filipinos, and the Pacific Islands. The United States began as a nation of immigrants in the seventeenth century, but citizenship was limited to only whites. “In 1868, the Fourteenth […]

VeriFone is a San Jose, California based company that is a leading provider of secure electronic payment technologies. In addition to point of sale software and terminals the company avails various payment types that include signature and PIN based debit cards, smart cards, prepaid gift and store-value e-cards, credit cards, contactless payment service, electronic bill […]

More gold was taken from the American River and its tributaries than all other rivers and streams of California combined. Gold recovered from streams or rivers is called placer gold. The word placer originates from either a Spanish nautical term meaning “sandbank,” or a more common usage meaning “pleasure. ” Both meanings seem to apply […]

The invention of hydraulic mining is generally attributed to Edward E. Matteson near Nevada City, California in February of 1852 (May, Philip: 1970). Within 5 years of this invention the mining engineers of the Sierra Nevada had constructed five thousand miles of ditches and flumes to supply the water needed to power the monstrous hydraulic […]

Proposition 227. “English for the Children. ” came into being by manner of elector blessing. June 1998. and contention has surrounded it of all time since its execution into the 1998-99 school twelvemonth for the province of California. With alterations in the educational criterions set for bilingual pupils and specifically kids of Spanish speech production […]

Summary California Pizza Kitchen is an upscale pizza parlor based out of California. It was founded in 1985 by defense attorneys Larry Flax and Rick Rosenfield in Beverly Hills, California. The company has 213 stores with approximately 41% of the stores located in California, 6 in foreign counties and the rest scattered throughout 27 other […]

CITEA, or California Industrial and Technology Education Association, advocates and promotes professional development and social and political events improvement, especially in vocational and industrial technology education. It is a group run under contract to the California Department of Education, Career and Technical Education Unit, that caters to professional development in the state. The business case […]

In the late 19th century, the discovery of gold in California drew thousands of people in from across the United States and all around the world in a feverish rush to strike rich. Many left everything behind to dare venture into the final frontier of the wilderness that was California. Word quickly spread about a […]

The “Happy Cows” campaign has been so successful because it gives people the reassurance of where there cheese is coming from. By labeling products that use California Cheese, it gives the people of the images in their commercials of happy cows on rolling plains enjoying their life. Today many animals are caged, mistreated, and hormone […]

I. Dilemma and Stakeholders Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) specialized in developing oil fields around Los Angeles and operating all aspects of the oil business such as extraction, refining, distribution, marketing and even retail. Owning to depletion of oil fields in the United States, the company decided to turn to invest in energy projects […]

At face value, the poem depicts the American journey which takes them all the way to California’s shores, which is as far west as they can go. On a deeper level, the poem depicts the human lifespan. I, a child, very old… the circle almost circled . Line three and four invite readers to take […]

Water is an essential natural resource and its adequate supply must be ensured for all intended uses. Water budgets are computed for various locations to determine the water balance within the respective environments. This is to aid in understanding the periods of surplus, usage, deficit and recharge within the system. The water budgets of Berkeley, […]

On April 18, 1906, San Francisco was struck by an earthquake that shook the city or about 20 seconds. The quake cracked gas lines to homes and businesses and ignited a deadly menace. The fires raged for days on end and burned down the city’s buildings and neighborhoods. 75% of the city was destroyed. Homes, […]

Presented much like a spontaneous journal or diary entry, Allen Ginsberg’s “A Supermarket in California” is a complex and multifaceted poem that stands as an indictment against American government and culture. The opening lines of the poem forward the aforementioned journal-like quality and also present the central focal point of tension in the poem as […]

The “Other”; in The Tortilla Curtain Since its very beginnings, the United States of America has been idealized as ‘the land of the free,’ full of new opportunities for people from all around the globe. In The Tortilla Curtain, written by T. Coraghessan Boyle the reader gets an up close view of the border between […]

Abstract California High-Speed Rail (CHSR) system is a mega project planned by the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CA HSRA), connecting the major metropolitan areas of California. The project finalized in mid-2000, is estimated to be one of the most expensive of its kind. It is in the lines of the high speed rail systems existing […]