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Website. www.cityofdelano.org. Delano (/ dəˈleɪnoʊ / də-LAY-noh) is a city in Kern County, California, United States. Delano is located 31 miles (50 km) north-northwest of Bakersfield [8] at an elevation of 315 feet (96 m). [1] The population was 51,428 in 2020, down from 53,041 in 2010. It is Kern County's second-largest city after ...
October 6, 2008. The Forty Acres, located in Delano, California, was the first headquarters of the United Farm Workers labor union. The union acquired the site of the compound in 1966, and the buildings were built in the ensuing years. The first building constructed on the property was a service station built in 1967, and several smaller ...
Eventually, California National Guard units assumed responsibilities for manning the other sites. In 1968, the Army deactivated LA-94. LA-29 closed 3 years later. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) LA-45DC was established at San Pedro Hill AFS, CA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l ...
Warden. Christian Pfeiffer. Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) is a male-only state prison in Delano, California. Kern Valley is a Level IV Maximum Security institution, opened in June 2005 with a design capacity of 2,448 inmates. The facility is adjacent to North Kern State Prison and has an annual operating budget of US$123 million.
October 13, 2015. The National Farm Workers Association Headquarters in Delano, California, also known as Iglesia Pentecostal La Nueva Jerusalem, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. [1] It is significant for its historic use as a union hall starting on September 26, 1964. It was the starting point of the National ...
Delano grape strike César Chávez shakes hands with John Giumarra Jr. after signing an agreement to end the strike Date September 7, 1965 – July 29, 1970 (1965-09-07 – 1970-07-29) Location Delano, California Goals Increased wages and working conditions Methods Strikes, boycotting, demonstrations Resulted in Collective bargaining agreement Parties 1965–1966 Agricultural Workers ...
State Route 155 ( SR 155) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California connecting State Route 99 and State Route 178, going through the southern part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. This highway runs from west to east. Its western terminus is in Delano and its eastern terminus is in the small town of Lake Isabella.
Geography of California. Coordinates: 37°9′58″N 119°26′58″W. Map of California topography and geomorphic provinces. California's major mountain ranges. California is a U.S. state on the western coast of North America. Covering an area of 163,696 sq mi (423,970 km 2), California is among the most geographically diverse states.