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The Center for the Development of Recycling (CDR) was a university-based, non-profit, environmental research and service organization. The CDR operated the recycling services directory website RecycleStuff.us and operated a call center for appointments on the disposal of household hazardous waste on behalf of the counties of Santa Clara and San Mateo until June 30th 2024.
On April 5, 1776, the de Anza Expedition called the area El Cañada de San Vicente. [4] The 1956 Thomas Brothers map spells it San Antone. This spelling mimics the way it is pronounced in common, modern usage by locals. It was spelled San Antone on the 1924 "Mount Boardman, California" U.S. Geological Survey 15-minute quadrangle. [5] [6]: 1–2
The city of Clovis began as a freight stop along the San Joaquin Valley Railroad.Organized on January 15, 1890, by Fresno businessmen Thomas E. Hughes, Fulton Berry, Gilbert R. Osmun, H.D. Colson, John D. Gray, and William M. Williams, in partnership with Michigan railroad speculator Marcus Pollasky, the SJVRR began construction in Fresno on July 4, 1891, and reached the farmlands of Clovis M ...
The city was named after William Helm, the largest individual sheep farmer who arrived in Fresno, California in 1877. [2] The town was built on the Hanford and Summit Lake Railway (later the Hardwick-Ingle or Riverdale Branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad, now abandoned), constructed in 1912. [3] The first post office was opened in Helm in ...
Ripon (/ ˈ r ɪ p ə n /) is a city located in San Joaquin County, California. The population was 14,297 at the 2010 census. The population was 14,297 at the 2010 census. Ripon was originally known as Stanislaus City , but was renamed for Ripon, Wisconsin , in 1876.
Friant (formerly, Converse Ferry, Jones Ferry, Hamptonville, and Pollasky) [7] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fresno County, California, United States. The population was 549 at the 2010 census, down from 778 at the 2000 census. Friant is located 11.5 miles (19 km) north of Clovis, [7] at an elevation of 344 feet (105 m). [1]
Tarpey Village is a census-designated place [4] in Fresno County, California, [2] between Fresno and Clovis, 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the latter, near Tarpey. [5] Tarpey village falls within the Clovis Unified School District. It lies at an elevation of 351 ft (107 m). [2] At the 2010 census, the population was 3,888.
Sanger is a city in Fresno County, California, United States. The population was 26,617 at the 2020 census , [ 10 ] up from 24,270 at the 2010 census and 18,731 at the 2000 census . Sanger is located 13 miles (21 km) east-southeast of Fresno , [ 11 ] at an elevation of 371 feet (113 m).