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Library Journal and Gale (part of Cengage Learning) conferred the 2012 Library of the Year award on the San Diego County Library. [ 5 ] During the 2015–2016 fiscal year the San Diego County Library circulated over 11.5 million books, CDs, DVDs, and other material formats; recorded 5.4 million visits to library branches and hosted 34,890 ...
The community approved of California Proposition 8 with 57.57%, [17] while Proposition 4 passed with 53.06% of the vote. [18] In the California State Legislature, Rancho Santa Fe is in the 38th Senate District, represented by Democrat Catherine Blakespear, and in the 77th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Tasha Boerner. [19]
The arrival of an English couple, Edward and Jane Hammond, and their seven children to the small town of Encinitas boosted its population to 22. Founded in 1842, it still did not have a school, but Edward G. Hammond, [ 2 ] a cabinetmaker, and his 17-year-old son Ted were paid $600 to construct a schoolhouse up to the eighth grade.
Encinitas (Spanish for "Small Oaks") is a beach city in the North County area of San Diego County, California, United States.Located in Southern California, it is approximately 25 miles (40 km) north of San Diego, [5] between Solana Beach and Carlsbad, and about 95 miles (153 km) south of Los Angeles.
In 2010 the county library had 33 branches and two bookmobiles; circulated over 10.7 million books, CDs, DVDs, and other material formats; recorded 5.7 million visits to library branches; and hosted 21,132 free programs and events. The San Diego County Library is one of the 25 busiest libraries in the nation as measured by materials circulated.
Times Square New Year's Eve celebration is in its 120th year. The tradition of thousands of people crowding to watch a shimmering ball be lowered in Times Square began in 1907, though the first ...
James Dean, who starred in "Rebel Without a Cause" opposite Natalie Wood and "Giant" alongside Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson, died in 1955 at age 24.
Bumann Ranch is a ranch in Encinitas, California. Previously owned by German colonists, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 6, 2020. Currently, the ranch contains twenty buildings on its 10 acres of land.