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Website. www.californiacity-ca.gov. California City is a city located in northern Antelope Valley in Kern County, California, United States. It is 100 miles (160 km) north of the city of Los Angeles, and the population was 14,973 at the 2020 census. Covering 203.63 square miles (527.4 km 2), California City has the third-largest land area of ...
Moss Landing, formerly Moss, [6] is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monterey County, California, United States. [4] It is located 18 miles (29 km) north-northeast of Monterey, at an elevation of 10 feet (3.048 m). [4] It is on the shore of Monterey Bay, at the mouth of Elkhorn Slough and at the head of the ...
The Moss Landing Power Plant is a natural gas powered electricity generation plant located in Moss Landing, California, United States, at the midpoint of Monterey Bay. Its large stacks are landmarks, visible throughout the Monterey Bay Area. The plant is owned and operated by Houston -based Dynegy and currently has a generation capacity of 1020 ...
The region is home to three major cities: San Francisco, Oakland and, the largest, San Jose. The Bay Area has been inhabited since antiquity, first by the Ohlone and Miwok peoples, followed by the Spanish, who first arrived in 1769 and established the area's first mission, Mission San Francisco de Asís, in 1776. [2][3][4] After being ceded to ...
City Population (2023 est.) [1] County Image Description 1 Los Angeles: 3,820,914 Los Angeles County: Los Angeles is the largest city in California and one of the largest cities in the Americas. Los Angeles is a global city and famed worldwide as home to the Hollywood film industry and for its influence in popular culture.
Drake in California. In 1579, Francis Drake was halfway during his circumnavigation and sailed out in the Pacific, then turned east seeking the Strait of Anián (a water passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic, known in the reverse direction as the Northwest Passage), or for a place to repair his ships. [1]
1657936, 2409715. Website. www.ci.antioch.ca.us. Antioch is the third-most populous city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city is located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area along the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. The city's population was 115,291 at the 2020 census. [ 12 ]
Local government in California. The government of California has an extensive system of local government that manages public functions throughout the state. Like most states, California is divided into counties, of which there are 58 (including San Francisco) [note 1] covering the entire state. Most urbanized areas are incorporated as cities ...