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Parent topics
- United States of America [r]: A country of North America, north of Mexico, south of Canada. [e]
Subtopics
Principal cities
- Bakersfield [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Fresno [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Long Beach [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Los Angeles [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Monterey [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Oakland [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Palm Springs [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Sacramento [r]: Add brief definition or description
- San Diego [r]: City in southwestern California; the second most populous in the state. [e]
- San Francisco [r]: Add brief definition or description
- San Jose [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Santa Barbara [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Stockton [r]: Add brief definition or description
Politics and government
State government
- Arnold Schwarzenegger [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jerry Brown [r]: Add brief definition or description
U.S. Senate
- Barbara Boxer [r]: U.S. Senator (D-California), U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations [e]
- Dianne Feinstein [r]: A U.S. Democratic Party Senator from California, elected in 1992; serves on Senate Committees on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Appropriations, and chairs the U.S. Senate Rules and Administration Committee; former two-time mayor of San Francisco [e]
Social, cultural, and educational
- Cal Tech [r]: A major research and education university for science and technology, located in Pasadena, California [e]
- California Culinary Academy [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Loma Linda University [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Naval Postgraduate School [r]: Add brief definition or description
- University of California at Berkeley [r]: Add brief definition or description
- University of California at Davis [r]: Add brief definition or description
- University of Californai at San Diego [r]: Add brief definition or description
- UCLA [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USC [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Stanford University [r]: A major educational institution in Palo Alto, California, noted for academics, athletics, and contributions to technology in the surrounding Silicon Valley [e]
- Hoover Institution [r]: A long-established think tank at Stanford University, of generally American conservative ideology and respected academic quality; founded by President Herbert Hoover [e]
Industry and agriculture
Geographical and geological features
Noteworthy places
People
- Ronald Reagan [r]: Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States. [e]
- Earl Warren [r]: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Governor of California [e]
Current State government
Current Senators
- Barbara Boxer [r]: U.S. Senator (D-California), U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations [e]
- Dianne Feinstein [r]: A U.S. Democratic Party Senator from California, elected in 1992; serves on Senate Committees on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Appropriations, and chairs the U.S. Senate Rules and Administration Committee; former two-time mayor of San Francisco [e]
Current Representatives
- Joe Baca [r]: U.S. Representative (D-California); Agriculture Commitee: Chair Subcommittee on Departmental Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry; Financial Services Committee: Subcommittees on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit; Natural Resources Committee: Water and Power Subcommittee; former chair, Congressional Hispanic Caucus; Blue Dog Coalition; voted against 2002 Iraq War authorization [e]
- Xavier Becerra [r]: U.S. House of Representatives (D-California); voted against 2002 Iraq War resolution; participant, 2009 White House Forum on Health Reform; Congressional Hispanic Caucus; Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus; Congressional Progressive Caucus; Out of Iraq Caucus [e]
- Howard Berman [r]: U.S. Representative (D-California); Chair, U. S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs; House Judiciary Committee [e]
- Brian Bilbray [r]: U.S. Representative (R-California); U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Republican Study Committee [e]
- Mary Bono [r]: U.S. Representative (R-California); Vice-chairman, Congressional Native American Caucus [e]
- Ken Calvert [r]: U.S. Representative (R-California); Congressional Native American Caucus [e]
- John Campbell [r]: U.S. Representative (R-California), House Financial Services Committee and House Budget Committee; member of the Republican Study Committee [e]
- Lois Capps [r]: Registered nurse and U.S. Representative (D-California); House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Vice Chair of its Health Subcommittee and Subcommittee on Energy and Environment; Committee on Natural Resources: and Subcommitee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands; Member, New Democrat Coalition; participant, 2009 White House Forum on Health Reform; voted against 2002 Iraq War resolution & member of Out of Iraq Caucus; 0% "true liberal" 2008 rating from American Conservative Union [e]
- Dennis Cardoza [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jim Costa [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Susan Davis [r]: U.S. Representative (D-California), U.S. House Armed Services Committee, U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, U.S. House Administration Committee [e]
- John Doolittle [r]: Add brief definition or description
- David Dreier [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Anna Eshoo [r]: U.S. Representative (D-California); House Energy and Commerce Committee: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet and Subcommittee on Health; Intelligence Committee: Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management; 2002 vote against Iraq War [e]
- Sam Farr [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bob Filner [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Elton Gallegly [r]: U.S. Representative (R-California), House Judiciary Committee: Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law; House Natural Resources Committee; Foreign Affairs Committee: Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Europe, Intelligence Committee: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence Subcommittee [e]
- Jane Harman [r]: U.S. Representative (D-California) from the Los Angeles area; member, Blue Dog Coalition and New Democrat Coalition; special interests in defense and intelligence issues; GLBT, women's, and senior citizen rights [e]
- Wally Herger [r]: U.S. Representative (R-California); participant, 2009 White House Forum on Health Reform; Republican Study Committee [e]
- Mike Honda [r]: Congressional Progressive Caucus; U.S. Representative (D-California); vice chair, Democratic National Committee; opposed 2002 Iraq War resolution; Congressional Caucus on Bosnia; Chair, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus; Congressional Native American Caucus [e]
- Duncan Hunter [r]: U.S. Representative, (R-California), U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House Armed Services Committee; first elected 2008; not to be confused with his father, Duncan L. Hunter, who represented the same district in Congress from 1981 to 2009 and who was briefly a presidential candidate in 2008. [e]
- Darrell Issa [r]: U.S. Representative (R-California) 49th, Ranking Republican, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; House Judiciary Committee; Republican Study Committee [e]
- Barbara Lee [r]: U.S. Representative, (D-California}; House Appropriations Committee; House Foreign Affairs Committee; Chairwoman, Congressional Black Caucus; Co-Founder, Out of Iraq Caucus [e]
- Jerry Lewis [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Zoe Lofgren [r]: U.S. Representative (D-California); chair of the California Democratic congressional delegation, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary; [[U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security]; U.S. House Committee on Administration; opposed 2002 Iraq War authorization; Congressional Caucus on Bosnia [e]
- Dan Lungren [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kevin McCarthy [r]: U.S. Representative, (R-California) House Financial Services Committee [e]
- Buck McKeon [r]: U.S. Representative; (R-California); Ranking minority member, U.S. House Armed Services Committee; U.S. House Education and Labor Committee; Republican New Media Caucus; Republican Study Committee; Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Caucus [e]
- Jerry McNerney [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Doris Matsui [r]: U.S. Representative (D-California); Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus; 0% "true liberal" 2008 rating from American Conservative Union [e]
- Gary Miller [r]: Add brief definition or description
- George Miller [r]: U.S. Representative (D-California), chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee; represents East Bay suburbs of San Francisco; member, Congressional Progressive Caucus; participant in 2009 White House Forum on Health Reform; voted against 2002 Iraq War authorization and member ofOut of Iraq Caucus; 0% "true liberal" 2008 rating from American Conservative Union [e]
- Grace Napolitano [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Devin Nunes [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nancy Pelosi [r]: Speaker of the House and U.S. Representative (D-California); 0% "true liberal" 2008 rating from American Conservative Union [e]
- George Radanovich [r]: U.S. Representative (R-California); Congressional Caucus on Bosnia; Republican Study Committee [e]
- Laura Richardson [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dana Rohrabacher [r]: U.S. Representative (R-California) House Foreign Affairs Committee [e]
- Lucille Roybal-Allard [r]: U.S. Representative (D-California); participant, 2009 White House Forum on Health Reform; Congressional Progressive Caucus; Congressional Hispanic Caucus; Associate member, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus; opposed 2002 Iraq War authorization [e]
- Ed Royce [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Linda Sanchez [r]: U.S. Representative (D-California); House Ways and Means Committee; House Judiciary Committee; Congressional Hispanic Caucus; former labor union attorney; sister of Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-California) [e]
- Loretta Sanchez [r]: U.S. Representative (D-California), Vice Chair of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism, U.S. House Armed Services Committee and Oversight and Investigations, Strategic Forces, and Military Personnel Subcommittees, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology; against 2002 Iraq War resolution; Member, New Democrat Coalition; Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Vietnam, Blue Dog Coalition, and the Congressional Human Rights Caucus; sister of Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-California) [e]
- Adam Schiff [r]: Member, New Democrat Coalition; U.S. Representative (D-California) [e]
- Brad Sherman [r]: Certified Public Accountant and attorney; U.S. Representative (D-California), House Financial Services Committee; House Committee on Foreign Affairs; House Judiciary Committee [e]
- Hilda Solis [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Pete Stark [r]: U.S. Representative (D-California); voted against 2002 Iraq War authorization; 2009 White House Forum on Health Reform; Congressional Caucus on Bosnia; Congressional Progressive Caucus; associate member, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus [e]
- Mike Thompson [r]: U.S. Representative (D-California); Blue Dog Coalition [e]
- Maxine Waters [r]: Congressional Progressive Caucus; U.S. Representative (D-California), House Financial Services Committee; voted against Iraq War in 2002 and founding member and Chair of the Out of Iraq Congressional Caucus; Democratic National Committee (1980-); 0% "true liberal" 2008 rating from American Conservative Union [e]
- Diane Watson [r]: Vice Chair, Congressional Progressive Caucus; U.S House of Representatives (D-California) [e]
- Henry Waxman [r]: U.S House of Representatives (D-California); participant, 2009 White House Forum on Health Reform; Congressional Progressive Caucus [e]
- Lynn Woolsey [r]: U.S. Representative (D-California), U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor; Co-Chair, Congressional Progressive Caucus; (CA-06) Associate member, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus; Co-Founder, Out of Iraq Caucus [e]
Federal
Military
- Beale Air Force Base [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Edwards Air Force Base [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Fort Irwin [r]: Add brief definition or description
- National Training Center [r]: The first major U.S. Army battle simulation facility to use the MILES "laser tag" system, a heavily instrumented battlefield, and a dedicated "aggressor" force to provide highly realistic training center for armored and mechanized infantry forces, of battalion/brigade size; located at Fort Irwin, California [e]
- Los Angeles Air Force Base [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Camp Pendleton [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Naval Base San Diego [r]: Largest shore base of the United States Navy; headquarters of the Third United States Fleet [e]
- Travis Air Force Base [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Vandenberg Air Force Base [r]: Add brief definition or description
Department of Energy
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [r]: A government-owned contractor-operated United States Department of Energy laboratory, largely concerned with nuclear weapons, in Livermore, California (50 miles east of San Francisco_; do not confuse with the unclassified Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [e]
NASA
- Ames Research Center [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory [r]: Operated under contract by the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration facility concerned with the design and operation of deep space missions beyond Earth orbit [e]
Federal lands
- Channel Islands National Park [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Death Valley National Park [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Joshua Tree National Park [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kings Canyon National Park [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lassen Volcanic National Park [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Redwood National and State Parks [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Yosemite National Park [r]: A national park, established in 1890, located in the Yosemite Valley in the Sierra Nevada range of central California. [e]
California state history
- California, history since 1846 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- California, history to 1845 [r]: Add brief definition or description
Other related topics
Contiguous U.S. and Mexican states
- Arizona [r]: 48th state of the USA [e]
- Baja Claifornia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nevada [r]: 36th state of the USA [e]
- Oregon [r]: State in the north west of the United States of America. [e]
Native American
- Tribes, reservations, etc
Subtopics
- California Environmental Protection Agency [r]: A state cabinet-level agency within the government of California whose mission is to restore, protect and enhance the environment, to ensure public health, environmental quality and economic vitality. [e]
- Historic theaters of California [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hollywood [r]: District of the city of Los Angeles, California, synonymous with the American movie and television industry. [e]
- Lassen National Forest [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Local government in California [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mission San Diego de Alcalá [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mojave National Preserve [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Santa Ana [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Silicon Valley [r]: Part of the San Francisco Bay Area in California that is home to a large number of technology companies. [e]
- South Coast Air Quality Management District [r]: The local governmental agency in California responsible mainly for regulating stationary sources of air pollution in all of Orange county and the urban portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. [e]
- Spanish missions in California [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Yosemite [r]: Add brief definition or description
Other related topics
- Barry Goldwater [r]: (1909-1998) An American politician from Arizona who served as a U.S. Senator and unsuccessfully ran for president in 1964 against incumbent Lyndon Johnson. [e]
- Earl Warren [r]: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Governor of California [e]
- Filoli [r]: A mansion and formal gardens built in 1915 by the Bourne family, and designed by Willis Polk. [e]
- Of Mice and Men [r]: Novella by John Steinbeck, set in California during the Great Depression. [e]
- Pacific Ocean [r]: the largest single mass of water in the world, lying between Asia and Australia on its west, and North America and South America on its east. [e]
