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Capetown (formerly, Gas Jet and False Cape [1]) is a locality [1] in Humboldt County, California. It is located on the Bear River 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Cape Mendocino, [1] at an elevation of 49 feet (15 m). [2] The Gas Jet post office operated from 1868 to 1876. [1] The name referred to escaping gas from an oil well. [1]
California’s exorbitant cost of living is another factor pushing businesses away. Employees struggle to afford housing in cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego, where median home ...
Cape Canaveral was renamed Cape Kennedy between 1963 and 1973. [46] [47] Cowford (1763–1822) is now Jacksonville; Dade County (1836–1997) is now Miami-Dade County. [48] Flagler was changed to Miami before becoming official; Ocean City (1913–1923) is now Flagler Beach (there is another Ocean City, Florida elsewhere)
Regional Seismicity 1985–2003. The Cape Mendocino region of California's north coast is one of the most seismically active regions in the contiguous United States.Three earthquakes with epicenters nearby at the town of Petrolia and offshore west of Cape Mendocino, 25–26 April 1992, were outstanding, one reaching 7.2 M w; [8] shaking the town so badly, fires broke out and burned down ...
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The attorney general also scored high-profile housing wins in Huntington Beach and La Cañada Flintridge, but wealthy, development-resistant towns are not the state's only barrier to more homes.
The area known today as Cape Town has no written history before it was first mentioned by Portuguese explorer Bartholomeu Dias in 1488. The German anthropologist Theophilus Hahn recorded that the original name of the area was 'ǁHui ǃGais' – a toponym in the indigenous Khoe language meaning "where clouds gather."
The LA Times considered four key factors in identifying its ranking of the best towns to retire in: The climate in the area; affordability; recreational opportunities; and health and wellness ...