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Alta (Spanish for "Upper") is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Placer County, California, United States, about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Auburn. The village is located off Interstate 80 and along the historical First transcontinental railroad. The ZIP code is 95701 and the area code 530. One of the few ...
[81] [82] The West Hills Hospital Surgical Center opened in 1996, and performs procedures in specialties such as general and hand surgery (done by The Hand Center of Southern California), gynecology, gastroenterology, and orthopedics. [83] The West Hills Hospital and Medical Center facilities also include a large maternity ward and an oncology ...
Alta California ('Upper California'), also known as Nueva California ('New California') among other names, [a] was a province of New Spain formally established in 1804. Along with the Baja California peninsula , it had previously comprised the province of Las Californias , but was made a separate province in 1804 (named Nueva California ). [ 1 ]
The Conquest of California, also known as the Conquest of Alta California or the California Campaign, was a military campaign during the Mexican–American War carried out by the United States in Alta California (modern-day California), then part of Mexico, lasting from 1846 to 1847, and ending with signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga by military leaders from both the Californios and Americans.
This battle gave the control of Los Angeles and Alta California to the United States, and was a decisive battle in the Mexican-American War. Two days later, after several battle losses and defeats, Mexico was forced to cede Alta California to the United States. By 1852, after American occupation, San Gabriel became one of the first townships in ...
The storefront, located in a residential area in West Hills, was previously an Alpha Beta that opened in the 1950s. [1] Sources disagree on when Rinck and Smith became owners of the store; according to Rinck and Smith, Fields Market opened in 1993, [4] but the Los Angeles Times reported that Fields Market was purchased for $700,000 and opened in March 2004.
West Hills (Box Elder County, Utah), a mountain range Tualatin Mountains , a.k.a. the West Hills of Portland, Oregon, United States West Hills Community College District , a community college district located in California, with campuses in Coalinga, Lemoore, etc.
These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals before California became part of the United States of America. [1] Under Spain, no private land ownership was allowed, so the grants were more akin to free leases.