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  2. California State Capitol - Wikipedia

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    California State Capitol. /  38.57667°N 121.49361°W  / 38.57667; -121.49361. The California State Capitol is the seat of the California state government, located in Sacramento, the state capital of California. The building houses the chambers of the California State Legislature, made up of the Assembly and the Senate, along with the ...

  3. Great Seal of California - Wikipedia

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    The Great Seal, or the Great Seal of the State of California as it is officially called, is the impression made on "all commissions, pardons and other public instruments to which the signature of the Governor is required" with the attestation of the Secretary of State; the impression, with or without "wafer," is made by a master die and counter die of an officially adopted design fixed in a ...

  4. History of Sacramento, California - Wikipedia

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    The history of Sacramento, California, began with its founding by Samuel Brannan and John Augustus Sutter, Jr. in 1848 around an embarcadero that his father, John Sutter, Sr. constructed at the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers a few years prior. Sacramento was named after the Sacramento River, which forms its western border.

  5. Dramatic satellite photos show California fire's massive ...

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    Terry Castleman. August 7, 2024 at 4:00 AM. The Park fire, California's biggest and most destructive of 2024, continues to rage in Northern California, having already burned 414,000 acres across ...

  6. List of governors' residences in the United States - Wikipedia

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    NRHP-listed, [2] in original state capital in Milledgeville, occupied 1838–1868 and still open today for public tours. 1868–1870 Unofficial three story, 14-room Charles A. Larenden on east side of Peachtree Street in Atlanta occupied 1868-1870 Third Georgia Governor's Mansion Cain Street and Peachtree Street, Atlanta: 1870–1921

  7. Where is the Sites Fire? What to know as Northern California ...

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    The cause of the blaze remained under investigation as of Tuesday morning. The Sites Fire burns in Colusa County, California, as seen by a Cal Fire camera on Saint John Mountain shortly after 3:15 ...

  8. California Firefighters Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The 17th Annual California Firefighter Memorial ceremony in September 2019. The California Firefighters Memorial is a memorial located on the grounds of the California state capitol in Sacramento, California. It honors firefighters from California or who served in California and who died in line of duty or of other duty-related illness or injury.

  9. Columbia, California - Wikipedia

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    Columbia is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the Sierra Nevada foothills in Tuolumne County, California, United States. It was founded as a boomtown in 1850 when gold was found during the California Gold Rush, and was known as the "Gem of the Southern Mines ." The town's historic central district is within the Columbia State Historic ...