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The district became a multi-campus operation following the construction of Golden West College in 1966, following being renamed from the Orange Coast Junior College District. [ 2 ] In 2002, the voters approved Measure C, which was a $365 million bond for improvements at the three campuses. [ 3 ]
Orange Coast College (OCC) is a public community college in Costa Mesa in Orange County, California. It was founded in 1947, with its first classes opening in the fall of 1948. It was founded in 1947, with its first classes opening in the fall of 1948.
Costa Mesa (/ ˌ k oʊ s t ə ˈ m eɪ s ə /; Spanish for "coastal tableland") [7] is a city in Orange County, California, United States.Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to an urban area including part of the South Coast Plaza–John Wayne Airport edge city, one of the region's largest commercial clusters, with an economy based ...
Bear Creek is an approximately 1 mile long creek in Contra Costa County, California. [1] It is the largest tributary to San Pablo Creek . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Its name comes from a 1,000 pound California grizzly bear killed on the stream by Ramon Briones in 1897.
Vanguard University (officially Vanguard University of Southern California) is a private Protestant university in Costa Mesa, California. It was the first four-year college in Orange County. Vanguard's required core curriculum includes courses on American politics and history, theology, fine arts, and public speaking. [1]
Clairemont Development in the 1950s (courtesy of San Diego Historical Society) Prior to in-migration by Europeans, the area was populated by the Kumeyaay people. The Spanish arrived in 1542 and founded Mission San Diego de Alcalá nearby in 1769.Judge Hyde was one of the first settlers of Clairemont and began farming in Tecolote Canyon in 1872.
Bear Creek (Santa Ana River tributary), San Bernardino Mountains, San Bernardino County, California Bear Creek (Contra Costa County) , a tributary of San Pablo Creek Bear Creek (Colusa County) , a tributary of Cache Creek and ultimately the Sacramento River in the Inner Coastal Ranges
Southwest Skill Center (now part of GateWay Community College) in 2000; the Red Mountain campus part of Mesa Community College in 2001; Glendale Community College North in 2008; Paradise Valley Community College at Black Mountain in 2009. In 1971, the "Junior College" portion of the name was changed to "Community College".