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1376:Santa Cruz
1306:Costa Mesa
1166:Santa Rosa
1071:Long Beach
1066:Sacramento
983:Stanislaus
953:Santa Cruz
908:San Benito
903:Sacramento
584:Water wars
566:Since 1900
480:Precontact
253:References
228:, Captain
169:puáąa wuwwe
166:Lake Miwok
46:California
38:agronomist
1441:Red Bluff
1416:Hollister
1401:El Centro
1366:Yuba City
1321:Fairfield
1311:Inglewood
1271:Roseville
1241:Fullerton
1231:Sunnyvale
1226:Escondido
1191:Elk Grove
1186:Lancaster
1171:Oceanside
1096:Riverside
1091:Santa Ana
1046:San Diego
938:San Mateo
918:San Diego
898:Riverside
848:Mendocino
778:El Dorado
773:Del Norte
758:Calaveras
730:By county
677:By region
652:Railroads
632:Etymology
609:Tech boom
554:Civil War
549:Gold Rush
128:sea otter
1491:Lakeport
1456:Piedmont
1436:Oroville
1411:Martinez
1386:Woodland
1296:Berkeley
1291:El Monte
1236:Pasadena
1216:Torrance
1196:Palmdale
1146:Glendale
1101:Stockton
1051:San Jose
1008:Tuolumne
968:Siskiyou
868:Monterey
843:Mariposa
798:Imperial
793:Humboldt
700:Yosemite
685:Bay Area
647:Missions
642:Maritime
637:Highways
624:By topic
242:Pio Pico
204:schooner
1506:Alturas
1496:Jackson
1476:Willows
1391:Hanford
1331:Redding
1316:Ventura
1281:Vallejo
1266:Concord
1256:Visalia
1221:Hayward
1206:Salinas
1181:Ontario
1136:Fontana
1126:Modesto
1111:Fremont
1086:Anaheim
1076:Oakland
1033:By city
1013:Ventura
998:Trinity
738:Alameda
713:Regions
662:Slavery
657:Ranchos
95:History
1486:Sonora
1481:Colusa
1446:Auburn
1421:Eureka
1406:Lompoc
1371:Madera
1351:Merced
1301:Downey
1246:Orange
1211:Pomona
1201:Corona
1131:Oxnard
1116:Irvine
1061:Fresno
1003:Tulare
993:Tehama
988:Sutter
978:Sonoma
973:Solano
963:Sierra
958:Shasta
893:Plumas
888:Placer
883:Orange
878:Nevada
853:Merced
833:Madera
823:Lassen
783:Fresno
763:Colusa
748:Amador
743:Alpine
336:
36:, and
34:cowboy
1466:Yreka
1431:Ukiah
1346:Chico
858:Modoc
838:Marin
813:Kings
788:Glenn
753:Butte
574:Labor
52:near
1356:Napa
1023:Yuba
1018:Yolo
873:Napa
863:Mono
818:Lake
808:Kern
803:Inyo
369:2011
334:ISBN
295:2008
139:PuhĂş
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