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Herb Caen – legendary and longtime columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle; Biba Caggiano – cookbook author, restaurateur; Raymond Carver – short–story writer, lived in Sacramento, set several works there; John D. Cox – author of general–audience books about weather, storms, meteorology; Pete Dexter (resident) [47] – novelist ...
Barry Bonds – baseball player (San Francisco Giants) Bobby Bonds – baseball player (San Francisco Giants) Chaz Bono – writer; Aaron Boone – baseball player (Cleveland Indians) Scott Borchetta – record executive, entrepreneur, and founder of Big Machine Records; Jonathan Bornstein – soccer player for USA National Team and Chicago Fire FC
Indigenous people such as the Miwok [2] and Maidu Indians were the original inhabitants of the north Californian Central Valley. [3] Of the Maidu, the Nisenan Maidu group were the principal inhabitants of pre-Columbian Sacramento; the peoples of this tribe were hunter-gatherers, relying on foraged nuts and berries and fish from local rivers instead of food generated by agricultural means.
Image credits: Bob Reilly / flickr #5 Harold Holt. Known for being the 17th Prime Minister of Australia, Holt vanished without a trace on December 17, 1967, while swimming at Cheviot Beach ...
Black San Francisco: The Struggle for Racial Equality in the West, 1900–1954. Burchell, R. A. (1980). The San Francisco Irish, 1848–1880. Chen, Yong (2002). Chinese San Francisco, 1850–1943: A Trans-Pacific Community. Cordova, Cary (2017). The Heart of the Mission: Latino Art and Politics in San Francisco. Daniels, Douglas Henry (1980).
On 25 January 1204, the death of co-Emperor Isaac II set off rioting in Constantinople in which the people deposed Alexios IV. He turned to the Crusaders for help, but was imprisoned by the imperial chamberlain, Alexios Doukas, who declared himself Emperor on 5 February before executing Alexios IV on 8 February by strangulation. [11]
He spent much of his career in the Sacramento area, and like Fonda, also taught at Sacramento City College. Thiebaud completed the mural, titled “Water City,” in 1959.
Otis Amey – wide receiver for San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Gladiators, Austin Wranglers, Sacramento Mountain Lions [82] McLeod Bethel-Thompson – quarterback for Minnesota Vikings [83] DaRon Bland – NFL cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys; named First-team All-Pro and Pro Bowler in 2023, also led NFL in interceptions in 2023