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The following are approximate tallies of current listings in California on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008, [1] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [2]
In mid-1982, Walters and his then girlfriend, Carol Van Deusen, purchased 45 eight-foot (2.4 m) weather balloons from a military surplus store [5] and helium tanks from California Toy Time Balloons. They used a forged requisition from his employer, FilmFair Studios , saying the balloons were for a television commercial.
The 1880s Southern California real estate boom, also the boom of the eighties, sometimes just called the 1887 real estate boom, was the first big settlement push into Los Angeles County (including what is now Orange County), San Diego County (including what is now Imperial County), San Bernardino County (including what is now Riverside County ...
The authentic California Street Cable Railroad San Francisco Cable Cars, converted to battery-electric power, operated as transportation tram servicing the East parking lots – North and South. They were sold back to San Francisco Muni [ 1 ] in 1979 for the proposed California St. & Hyde St. expansion of the national monument and clearing the ...
In 2002, Pioneer Balloon released 3,000 balloons as part of a Sept. 11 remembrance. Ted Vlamis said “with that kind of strong background, we can attract partners that can be helpful.”
He launched the 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom from Northam, Western Australia on June 19, 2002 and returned to Australia on July 3, 2002, subsequently landing in Queensland. Duration and distance of this solo balloon flight was 13 days, 8 hours, 33 minutes (14 days 19 hours 50 minutes to landing), 20,626.48 statute miles (33,195.10 km ...
The owners of the California gas station who sold the fifth largest Mega Millions ticket in history on Friday were elated to learn their store had played a small part in the $1.22 billion jackpot ...
Filoli, also known as the Bourn-Roth Estate, is a country house set in 16 acres (6.5 ha) of formal gardens surrounded by a 654-acre (265 ha) estate, located in Woodside, California, about 25 miles (40 km) south of San Francisco, at the southern end of Crystal Springs Reservoir, on the eastern slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains.