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Kroger bought the chain in 1963 when Market Basket annual sales were $121 million (~$923 million in 2023). [4] In 1982, Kroger decided to exit the competitive Southern California supermarket business and broke up the 65 store Market Basket chain by selling many of stores to Ralphs, Boys, Hughes and Vons while closing the rest.
The death toll from the earthquake and resulting fire is the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California's history. The most widely accepted estimate for the magnitude of the earthquake is a moment magnitude (M w) or Richter magnitude (M L) of 7.8; [7] however, other values have been proposed, from 7.7 to as high as 8.25. [8]
The History Channel's original logo used from January 1, 1995, to February 15, 2008, with the slogan "Where the past comes alive." In the station's early years, the red background was not there, and later it sometimes appeared blue (in documentaries), light green (in biographies), purple (in sitcoms), yellow (in reality shows), or orange (in short form content) instead of red.
0–9. 1978 California Proposition 13; 1983 San Jose School District California bankruptcy; 1985–1987 Watsonville Cannery strike; 1992 California budget crisis
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California (/ ˌ k æ l ɪ ˈ f ɔːr n j ə /) is a state in the Western region of the United States that lies on the Pacific Coast.It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the south.
The California Channel Islands. In some areas such as along the Santa Barbara Channel separating the Channel Islands from the coast, the Chumash and Tongva people developed highly sophisticated canoes. These canoes were used in fishing and in widespread trade between different villages on and off the Channel Islands.
The 2000–2001 California electricity crisis, also known as the Western U.S. energy crisis of 2000 and 2001, was a period during which the U.S. state of California had a shortage of electricity supply caused by market manipulations and capped retail electricity prices. [10]