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These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals before California became part of the United States of America. [1] Under Spain, no private land ownership was allowed, so the grants were more akin to free leases.
This is a list of current and former companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area, broken down by type of business. Fortune 500 rankings are indicated in parentheses. As of 2020, 38 Fortune 500 companies had headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area. [1]
In 1977, a group led by A. Alfred Taubman and including real estate developer Donald Bren bought the company from the Irvine Foundation. [8] [9] The Bommer Canyon area was sold to the City of Irvine between 1981 and 1982, [5] purchased with grants obtained from the 1974 California Bond Act. [5] By 1983, Bren was the majority owner of the Irvine ...
Rising River Ranch is a 1,067.5 acres (432.0 ha) property situated northeast of Doyles Corner, west of Rising River Lake, near Cassel and Hat Creek, between Fall River Mills and Burney, in Shasta County, California. [1] Rising River Ranch is notable for its owners. Actor Bing Crosby purchased the ranch in 1958. [2] The Bing Crosby Estate sold ...
The legendary actor, 88, known for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Horse Whisperer, originally purchased his four-bedroom home in Tiburon, Calif. with his wife Sibylle Szaggars Redford ...
The company bought the 315-acre (127 ha) ranch in 1959 for $300,000 (~$2.4 million in 2023). [2] [4] Subsequent purchases of adjacent land increased the area of the ranch to 890 acres (360 ha). [4] A business district set and residential street set were built on the ranch by 2012. The district set has 42 stores, while the residential set has 23 ...
Tal Alexander and Oren Alexander on Sept. 20, 2016, in New York City.
A high-end wedding photographer and his Indian American family were subjected to the wrath of a fellow traveler who hurled sickening insults at them after their United Airlines flight.