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Stanford, Leland
(Encyclopedia) Stanford, Leland, 1824–93, American railroad builder, politician, and philanthropist, b. Watervliet, N.Y. After practicing law in Wisconsin, he went (1852) to California, where he…Westminster
(Encyclopedia) Westminster. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 78,118), Orange co., S Calif.; founded 1870 as a temperance colony for Presbyterians, inc. 1957. It has several industrial parks. Naval…Santa Barbara Islands
(Encyclopedia) Santa Barbara Islands, California: see Channel Islands.Owens Lake
(Encyclopedia) Owens Lake: see under Owens, river, California.Cortés, Sea of
(Encyclopedia) Cortés, Sea of: see California, Gulf of.Molina, Mario
(Encyclopedia) Molina, Mario (Mario José Molina-Pasquel y Henríquez), 1943–2020, Mexican chemist, Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1972. Molina was a professor at the Univ. of California, Irvine…Scripps Institution of Oceanography
(Encyclopedia) Scripps Institution of Oceanography: see California, Univ. of.Beach Boys, The
(Encyclopedia) Beach Boys, The, American rock music band formed in 1961 by brothers Brian Wilson, 1942–, Dennis Wilson, 1944–83, and Carl…pepperwood
(Encyclopedia) pepperwood, name for several trees, among them the California laurel.Bakke, Allan
(Encyclopedia) Bakke, Allan: see Regents of the University of California v. Bakke.Trending
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