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Agoura click hereAgoura Hills is located in southern California, 40 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. The City has the advantages of being a city while maintaining a friendly, rural, small-town atmosphere. The City is the gateway to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. | ||
Anaheim click hereAnaheim is located in Orange County, in the southeast section of the metropolitan region centered on Los Angeles. It is a convention and tourist center. Disneyland amusement park and the large Anaheim Convention Center are located in the city. | ||
Arcata
Community Realty Phone: 707-498-3830 Humboldt County's newest listings UPDATED DAILY from Arcata, Eureka, McKinleyville, Fortuna and beyond. | ||
Auburn
Lifestyle Real Estate Phone: 530-887-2315 E-mail: hopper@foothill.net Placer, El Dorado, Sacramento and Nevada Counties - Wherever your needs take us. Visit our site to access the MLS. | ||
Bakersfield click hereBakersfield is located in south central California, on the Kern River. It is situated at the southern end of the valley of the San Joaquin River. Bakersfield is a commercial, distribution, and manufacturing center situated in an agricultural and petroleum-producing region. | ||
Big Bear Lake
RE/MAX BIG BEAR Phone: 909-229-8093 Big Bear Lake Real Estate Featuring Big Bear Lake Real Estate with detailed property information on all listings for our entire community. Search for primary homes, vacation cabins or investment property located throughout our community including; Fox Farm, Moonridge, Big Bear City or Sugarloaf. Hud and Mary Wilson are sales leaders in Big Bear Valley year after year. | ||
Bonsall
CENTURY 21 Award Phone: 760-822-2114 Bonsall Real Estate Free Bonsall and Fallbrook real estate search. Buyers will find a wide selection of properties on the market in Bonsall, Fallbrook, Oceanside, Vista, Escondido, Carlsbad and other San Diego County cities. | ||
Brentwood
RE/MAX Associates Phone: 925-516-3030 x45 E-mail: shari@livewhereyouplay.com Assisting the homebuyer in East Contra Costa County, Brentwood and Discovery Bay area. | ||
Burbank
Bryan Ridgley, GRI, CRS, SRES, e-PRO, RECSThe OracleGroup, Keller Williams Realty Phone: 818-788-7800 Serving Los Angeles, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Hollywood Hills, Encino, Burbank, Toluca Lake, Valley Village, and the San Fernando Valley. | ||
Cameron Park
Jill BerniSell Your Home For All Its Worth Phone: 866-866-6662 ext. 2222 Cameron Park Real Estate 79 Step System to Get Your Home Sold Fast. Core Values: 1. Honesty & Integrity at all times and in all situations. 2. Continually improve our services to exceed our client's expectations. 3. Create and nurture a fun, exciting, creative and productive work environment. 4. Tirelessly pursue personal & Team growth while reaching well-formulated goals. 5. Work with only the most enjoyable and motivated clients and co-workers. | ||
Colfax
Lyon & Associates Phone: 888-596-6732 E-mail: wyla@wyla.com All along the I-80 corridor from the Sacramento Airport to Blue Canyon. I work well with both buyers and sellers. | ||
Coloma
Jill BerniSell Your Home For All Its Worth Phone: 866-866-6662 ext. 2222 Coloma Real Estate 79 Step System to Get Your Home Sold Fast. Core Values: 1. Honesty & Integrity at all times and in all situations. 2. Continually improve our services to exceed our client's expectations. 3. Create and nurture a fun, exciting, creative and productive work environment. 4. Tirelessly pursue personal & Team growth while reaching well-formulated goals. 5. Work with only the most enjoyable and motivated clients and co-workers. | ||
Colton
Trossen Real Estate Phone: 800-894-JONI Buyer's agent specializing in representing only purchasers seeking residential property - for 30+ years. Unique personalized service with courtesy and integrity. | ||
Cottonwood
The Real Estate Group Phone: 530-222-5522 Cottonwood Real Estate Being a REALTOR means more than selling homes. It's about people, families, and their hopes and dreams. It's about a relationship based on trust, knowledge and expertise. | ||
Del Cerro
Casa Pacific Realty Phone: 619-251-0501 Del Cerro Real Estate Search real estate in Del Cerro, San Carlos, San Diego, La Mesa, El Cajon, Allied Gardens, Linda Vista, Miramar, and San Diego County. Browse through featured listings, check your property value, and read buyer/seller tips. | ||
El Cajon
C21 All Service Phone: 619-440-2020 El Cajon Real Estate As your Buyer's Exclusive Agent, ePro®, and your personal loan officer, I am uniquely prepared to go anywhere in San Diego County to effectively represent you in your search for a home. | ||
El Dorado Hills
Jill BerniSell Your Home For All Its Worth Phone: 866-866-6662 ext. 2222 El Dorado Hills Real Estate 79 Step System to Get Your Home Sold Fast. Core Values: 1. Honesty & Integrity at all times and in all situations. 2. Continually improve our services to exceed our client's expectations. 3. Create and nurture a fun, exciting, creative and productive work environment. 4. Tirelessly pursue personal & Team growth while reaching well-formulated goals. 5. Work with only the most enjoyable and motivated clients and co-workers. | ||
Encino
David HittColdwell Banker Phone: 818-422-1702 Encino Real Estate Search homes for sale in the San Fernando Valley real estate areas of Encino, North Hollywood, Sherman Oaks and Van Nuys. | ||
Eureka
RE/MAX Humboldt Realty Phone: 707-269-2326 Humboldt County Homes for Sale. Free Humboldt County Listing Search! | ||
Fairfield
Jim Stever Realty Phone: 707-455-8100 ext. 106 E-mail: JimSteverRealty@sbcglobal.net Web Site Serving all of Napa and Solano Counties in Northern California. Specializing in Residential Real Estate Listings and sales | ||
Fallbrook
Prudential California Realty Phone: 760-941-9212 Fallbrook Real Estate Real estate in Fallbrook, San Diego, Bonsall, Vista, Escondido, Oceanside, Carlsbad, and Valley Center. | ||
Folsom
Jill BerniSell Your Home For All Its Worth Phone: 866-866-6662 ext. 2222 Folsom Real Estate 79 Step System to Get Your Home Sold Fast. Core Values: 1. Honesty & Integrity at all times and in all situations. 2. Continually improve our services to exceed our client's expectations. 3. Create and nurture a fun, exciting, creative and productive work environment. 4. Tirelessly pursue personal & Team growth while reaching well-formulated goals. 5. Work with only the most enjoyable and motivated clients and co-workers. | ||
Fremont click hereFremont is located in western California, on San Francisco Bay, north of San Jose. Fremont is part of a broad swath of communities collectively dubbed Silicon Valley for their many high-technology companies; manufactures include computers and computer manufacturing equipment. | ||
Fresno click hereFresno is located at the hub of the state’s fertile San Joaquin Valley, which is one of the richest farming areas in the United States. The region’s Mediterranean climate, which includes a warm, dry season, and a cool, damp season, contributes to Fresno’s agricultural bounty. | ||
Gardena
CENTURY 21 Success Phone: 562-981-9899 Gardena Real Estate Find real estate listings in Gardena, Los Angeles, Inglewood, Hawthorne, Carson, Long Beach, Compton, Torrance, and Los Angeles County for senior housing. | ||
Glendale click hereGlendale is located in southwestern California. The city is located at the junction of the San Gabriel and San Fernando valleys. Glendale is a services and residential suburb of Los Angeles. | ||
Hayfork
Great Northern Realty/GMAC Phone: 530-628-4023 E-mail: secretagent@thegrid.net Hayfork, Hyampom, Peanut, Douglas City, Lewiston, Weaverville, all of Trinity County, California. | ||
Hayward
Your Family Realty Center Phone: 510-732-1050 Hayward Real Estate Find Hayward Real Estate and Newark CA Real Estate listings with our FREE online search tools. Alameda County area specialist. Also explore Union City, Fremont, Castro Valley and more. | ||
Hollywood Hills
Bryan Ridgley, GRI, CRS, SRES, e-PRO, RECSThe OracleGroup, Keller Williams Realty Phone: 818-788-7800 Serving Los Angeles, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Hollywood Hills, Encino, Burbank, Toluca Lake, Valley Village, and the San Fernando Valley. | ||
Huntington Beach click hereHuntington Beach is located on the Pacific Ocean southeast of Long Beach, in the huge metropolitan expanse of the Los Angeles Basin. It is a commercial, industrial, and recreational center. | ||
La Canada
Dilbeck Realtors Phone: 818-952-0077 Want to buy or sell a home in Southern California? FREE search of multiple listing service (MLS) listings plus information for buyers and sellers. Special resources for seniors. Save time and money, call Fran and Rowena of Dilbeck Realtors. | ||
Laguna Beach
Sean BallardAltera Real Estate Phone: 714-625-6322 Laguna Beach Real Estate Relocation Specialist. Great place to retire, raise family. Hunt, fish, boating, relax in clean fresh air. Escape the traffic and big city life!! | ||
Laguna Hills
CENTURY 21 Rainbow Realty Phone: 949-770-9626 Laguna Hills Real Estate Your local real estate experts for Laguna Hills real estate and Leisure World real estate, including homes in Laguna Woods, Tustin Ranch, Irvine, Mission Viejo, Aliso Viejo, Lake Forest, and Orange County. | ||
Laguna Niguel
O.C. Real Estate Advisors Phone: 1-866-570-9488 We are a flat-fee real estate brokerage based on Laguna Niguel. We represent sellers for a flat fee and give buyers cash back at closing. We sell homes in San Clemente, Dana Point, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Beach, Mission Viejo, Aliso Viejo, Lake Forest, Irvine, Tustin, and Newport Beach. | ||
La Jolla
LJ Platinum Phone: 858-337-1417 La Jolla Real Estate La Jolla Real Estate Broker focusing on La Jolla CA homes for sale, La Jolla Real Estate, and La Jolla Vacation Rentals. | ||
La Quinta
KSL Real Estate Phone: 760-341-3172 Toll Free: 866-Move Here (668-3437) E-mail: Susan@deserthomes4you.com I represent buyers and sellers in PGA WEST, the balance of La Quinta, Palm Desert and Rancho Mirage. | ||
Latrobe
Jill BerniSell Your Home For All Its Worth Phone: 866-866-6662 ext. 2222 Latrobe Real Estate 79 Step System to Get Your Home Sold Fast. Core Values: 1. Honesty & Integrity at all times and in all situations. 2. Continually improve our services to exceed our client's expectations. 3. Create and nurture a fun, exciting, creative and productive work environment. 4. Tirelessly pursue personal & Team growth while reaching well-formulated goals. 5. Work with only the most enjoyable and motivated clients and co-workers. | ||
Lincoln
Lyon & Associates Phone: 888-596-6732 E-mail: wyla@wyla.com All along the I-80 corridor from the Sacramento Airport to Blue Canyon. I work well with both buyers and sellers. | ||
Livermore
Re/Max Executive Phone: 925-455-2468 Livermore Real Estate Livermore real estate, Dublin, Pleasanton, Castro Valley, Tracy, Union City, Fremont, Manteca, and Alameda County. Find buyer and seller tips along with a free search of the MLS. | ||
Long Beach click hereLong Beach is located in southwestern California, on San Pedro Bay. The city is located in a vast metropolitan region centered on Los Angeles. Long Beach is a major shipping, industrial, commercial, and resort center. The Port of Long Beach, adjacent to Los Angeles Harbor, is one of the nation’s largest container ports. | ||
Los Alamitos
Coldwell Banker Star Realty Phone: 562-508-1411 Los Alamitos Real Estate Browse Los Alamitos Real Estate and Rossmoor CA Real Estate as well as homes in the surrounding areas. Search for homes in Orange County California, sign up for free real estate reports, and browse helpful real estate resources. | ||
Los Angeles click hereLos Angeles is the second most populous city in the United States, exceeded only by New York City. It is one of the nation’s major industrial, commercial, and financial centers. Los Angeles is also noted for its balmy climate, lush scenery, motion-picture and television industries, freeways, and occasional earthquakes. Long established as the financial, commercial, and industrial capital of southern California, the sprawling Los Angeles metropolitan area is among the nation’s leading urban-industrial complexes. | ||
Malibu
Coldwell Banker Malibu Phone: 310-456-7676 Malibu Real Estate I have been an award-winning top producing sales agent for Coldwell Banker every year since beginning my career in 1990. In the Big Rock area alone, I have sold over 150 homes--a record unmatched by any other agent in any neighborhood. | ||
Milpitas click hereMilpitas is located in western California, just north of San Jose. The major industries include the manufacture of plastics and electrical and electronic equipment. | ||
Mission Viejo
The Michael Clifford Group Phone: 949-999-9201 Mission Viejo Real Estate Find exclusive real estate and luxury home listings in Mission Viejo, Coto de Caza, and many more local area markets. Let us be your real estate match maker for orange county real estate where you can find exactly what you want! | ||
Montecito
Prudential California Realty Phone: 805-879-5011 Montecito Real Estate Montecito Real Estate area expert including Santa Barbara Real Estate and the surrounding communities of Goleta, Carpinteria, Summerland, and Hope Ranch. Beautiful Beachfront properties and homes for sale. Brook Ashley can help you find the home of your dreams. | ||
Newport Beach
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Oakland click hereOakland is located in central California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay and a major industrial center and West Coast port. Oakland is among the most ethnically diverse cities in the United States. Oakland is one of the largest container-ship ports in North America. | ||
Orange County click hereOnce Walt Disney decided to locate Disneyland in Orange County, other theme parks and attractions followed suite. Orange County has emerged from obscurity to become almost as famous as Los Angeles, and perhaps the greatest single tourist destination in the region. | ||
Palmdale
Century21 McNairy & Assoc Phone: 661-728-0071 E-mail: Kats90@aol.com Web Site Antelope Valley in Northern LA County, affordable living in a beautiful desert setting, including Palmdale, Lancaster. | ||
Palm Springs
RE/MAX Real Estate Consultants Phone: 760-861-5118 Palm Springs Real Estate Palm Springs real estate, Palm Desert Real Estate, Also Specializing in Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, Indian Wells, La Quinta, Indio, Desert Hot Springs, and The Desert County. Nancy Hankin helping to find and buy the home of your dreams. | ||
Pasadena
Dickson Podley REALTORS Phone: 818-949-4133 Pasadena Real Estate Pasadena real estate as well as Altadena real estate. Search South Pasadena, La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta, and San Gabriel Valley homes. See local partners and check out local listings. | ||
Pleasanton
Alain Pinel Realtors Phone: 510-673-2792 Pleasanton Real Estate Find Pleasanton real estate, Livermore real estate, Dublin real estate, and much more with my free search. Register and receive free listing updates for all Alameda County California properties for sale via e-mail! | ||
Rancho Bernardo
Coldwell Banker Assoc Phone: 858-676-6123 Rancho Bernardo Real Estate Search Rancho Bernardo real estate. Poway real estate and San Diego county homes for sale. Also serving surrounding communities of Santaluz, 4S Ranch, Carmel Valley, Escondido and Del Mar. Weekly featured listings and more! | ||
Rancho Mirage
Tarbell, Realtors Phone: 760-902-0512 Rancho Mirage Real Estate Real estate and homes for sale in Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Indian Wells, La Quinta, Indio, Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs, and Riverside County. Find buyer/seller tips, community information, free reports, and more. | ||
Rancho Santa Fe
Prudential California Realty Phone: 858-336-5735 Rancho Santa Fe Real Estate Rancho Santa Fe real estate agents helping buyers and sellers in all of San Diego County. Real estate services available in Del Mar, La Jolla Carmel Valley, Encinitas and other great cities. | ||
Redlands
Trossen Real Estate Phone: 800-894-JONI Buyer's agent specializing in representing only purchasers seeking residential property - for 30+ years. Unique personalized service with courtesy and integrity. | ||
Rescue
Jill BerniSell Your Home For All Its Worth Phone: 866-866-6662 ext. 2222 Rescue Real Estate 79 Step System to Get Your Home Sold Fast. Core Values: 1. Honesty & Integrity at all times and in all situations. 2. Continually improve our services to exceed our client's expectations. 3. Create and nurture a fun, exciting, creative and productive work environment. 4. Tirelessly pursue personal & Team growth while reaching well-formulated goals. 5. Work with only the most enjoyable and motivated clients and co-workers. | ||
Riverside click hereRiverside is located in southwestern California, on the Santa Ana River. It is a center for growing and packing citrus fruits. Manufactures include irrigation equipment, housings for aircraft engines, electronic equipment, custom auto wheels, paper products, and plastics. | ||
Rohnert Park
Prudential California Realty Phone: 707-303-4114 Rohnert Park Real Estate Rohnert Park and Cotati are a great places to buy or sell your home or property. Whether moving up or down we offer professional, caring, full service that assures you know what you're buying and protect you when you sell. | ||
Royal Oaks
Abodeum.com Realty Phone: 831-763-1316 E-mail: jdroque@abodeum.com Homes and land in Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey County. | ||
Sacramento click hereSacramento is located in the central part of the state in the fertile Sacramento Valley. Sacramento is situated at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River. | ||
San Bernardino click hereSan Bernardino is located in southern California, at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains in the eastern extreme of a huge metropolitan region centered on Los Angeles. San Bernardino is a transportation, commercial, and residential center. Manufactures of the metropolitan area include furniture, food products, plastic products, aerospace and electronic equipment, and medical equipment. | ||
San Diego click hereSan Diego is located in the southwest corner of California. It is known for its superb climate and recreational attractions. The Pacific Ocean tempers the local climate. The summers are relatively cool and the winters are warm in comparison to other locales at the same general latitude. The total value of all the goods and services produced in San Diego make it one of the most powerful economies in the world. | ||
San Francisco click hereSan Francisco is famous for its beautiful setting, San Francisco is built on a series of steep hills located on the northern tip of a peninsula at the entrance to San Francisco Bay. The bay and its extensions, which include San Pablo Bay and Suisun Bay, constitute one of the great natural harbors of the world, embracing more than 450 sq mi of water. Because of this, San Francisco was once the major Pacific Coast seaport of the United States. Today the city is an important center for finance, technology, tourism, and culture. | ||
San Jose click hereSan Jose is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay in Santa Clara County, California. One of the largest cities in population in the United States, San Jose lays claim to being the capital of Silicon Valley, a nickname for a swath of communities engaged in high-technology research and manufacturing. The San Jose metropolitan area is an economic powerhouse. It is the single most important high-technology center in the United States, specializing in aerospace and computer technology. | ||
San Marcos
Realty Executives Phone: 760-744-5755 San Marcos Real Estate Serving all of North San Diego County... San Marcos, Carlsbad, Oceanside, Escondido, Encinitas, Vista, and Rancho Santa Fe. | ||
Santa Ana click hereSanta Ana is located in the southern portion of a vast metropolitan region centered around Los Angeles. Santa Ana is a hub for commercial, financial, and governmental activity. The retail, manufacturing, and professional services sectors are important to the economy. | ||
Santa Barbara
Re/Max Santa Barbara Phone: 805-692-2000 Santa Barbara Real Estate The number one Goleta Ca real estate agent in town. Find out why we are able to provide quality service to buyers and sellers looking for homes in Goleta Ca, Santa Barbara, Carpenteria and other fine Santa Barbara County cities. | ||
Scripps Ranch
Keller Williams Realty Phone: 760-941-9212 Scripps Ranch Real Estate Scripps Ranch is a community within the City of San Diego, about a 20 minute drive from Downtown. | ||
Sherman Oaks
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Shingle Springs
Jill BerniSell Your Home For All Its Worth Phone: 866-866-6662 ext. 2222 Shingle Springs Real Estate 79 Step System to Get Your Home Sold Fast. Core Values: 1. Honesty & Integrity at all times and in all situations. 2. Continually improve our services to exceed our client's expectations. 3. Create and nurture a fun, exciting, creative and productive work environment. 4. Tirelessly pursue personal & Team growth while reaching well-formulated goals. 5. Work with only the most enjoyable and motivated clients and co-workers. | ||
South Pasadena
Keller Williams Phone: 323-369-5111 South Pasadena, Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Mount Washington, Echo Park, Glassell Park. Search property values, featured listings, and browse the MLS. | ||
Stockton click hereStockton is located in central California, a deepwater port at the head of navigation on the San Joaquin River. It is an important warehousing, distribution, and processing center for the fertile San Joaquin Valley. Agriculture is the city’s primary industry. | ||
Studio City
Heather Farquhar
Phone: 818-388-2743 Studio City Real Estate Studio City Real Estate and Sherman Oaks Real Estate information. Also featuring the latest homes for sale in Studio City, Sherman Oaks, Valley Village, Toluca Lake, and Valley Glen. | ||
Temecula
RANCON Real Estate Phone: 951-757-8314 As a full service Realtor, I can assist you in all of your Real Estate needs. | ||
Thousand Oaks
Thousand Oaks Real Estate - California Phone: 805-558-6624 Buy or sell a home in Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, Simi Valley, Wood Ranch, Camarillo, Calabasas. Search MLS. | ||
Toluca Lake
Dilbeck Realtors Phone: 818-843-7100 ext. 255 Toluca Lake Real Estate Find real estate listings in Toluca Lake, Burbank, and all of Los Angeles County. Real Estate Agent provides assistance with property in Studio City, San Fernando Valley, North Hollywood, Glendale, Valley Village and, Eaglerock. | ||
Tracy
Tracy Homes Phone: 209-835-9300 Tracy CA Homes The Silveria Team offers real estate services for the Tracy, CA and Mountain House, CA housing markets. We provide local information, buyer and seller resources and MLS Search. | ||
Valley Village
Bryan Ridgley, GRI, CRS, SRES, e-PRO, RECSThe OracleGroup, Keller Williams Realty Phone: 818-788-7800 Serving Los Angeles, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Hollywood Hills, Encino, Burbank, Toluca Lake, Valley Village, and the San Fernando Valley. | ||
Whittier
Chuck Allen Real Estate Co. Phone: 714-870-4448 E-mail: info@chuckallenRE.com Real Estate services for Orange and Los Angles Counties. | ||
Yorba Linda
Exit Realty North O.C. Phone: 714-693-2460 Yorba Linda, Brea, Anaheim Hills, Placentia, La Habra, Fullerton, Chino Hills, Irvine, Anaheim, Corona, Chino, Diamond Bar, Orange, Costa Mesa, Southern California | ||
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California’s farms are among the most productive in the world. For example, the state’s highly automated rice industry generates a yield three times greater than the labor-intensive rice paddies of Asia. The high production is based in large part on the fertile soils and long growing season of the region, the widespread practice of advanced farming techniques, and the availability of water. Most of the farmlands lie in the dry Central Valley and southern areas of the state, where farmers are dependent on irrigation projects, such as the Central Valley Project, for water. With the exception of only a few commodities, such as barley, most of the state’s numerous crops are grown on irrigated lands. Livestock ranching is the main activity on the nonirrigated farmlands. However, livestock are also frequently raised on irrigated pastures. California leads all other states in the total amount of land irrigated. Although many crops are grown in each of the farming areas of the state, within each area the individual farms tend to specialize in certain products. A great variety of crops, especially fruits and vegetables, are grown in California. The state accounts for nearly the entire U.S. production of walnuts, almonds, nectarines, olives, dates, figs, pomegranates, and persimmons. It leads the nation in the production of vegetables, including lettuce, tomatoes, broccoli, celery, cauliflower, carrots, lima beans, and spinach, and also of apricots, grapes, lemons, strawberries, plums and prunes, peaches, cantaloupes, avocados, and honeydew melons. It is the nation’s leading producer of hay and the second leading producer of cotton. California is also the second ranking state in the production of rice, oranges, tangerines, grapefruit, apples, pears, sweet corn, and asparagus. Nearly every crop grown in the United States is represented in California fields. California leads the nation in egg and milk production and ranks high in the marketing of cattle and calves, chickens, turkeys, and sheep and lambs. Beef cattle and sheep are raised primarily in the hillier parts of the Central Valley and the adjacent foothills. In addition, cattle ranching is the most important activity in some of the dry, sparsely populated basins east of the Sierra Nevada. Dairy cattle and poultry are raised in the Central Valley and near the major urban centers. Among the most important commercial fish caught in Californian waters are species of tuna, salmon, halibut, mackerel, and anchovy. Shellfish taken in coastal waters include crab, shrimp, and abalone. California usually ranks third among the states, after Oregon and Washington, in output of timber and lumber. Lumbering is the chief economic activity in the Sierra Nevada and in northwestern California. Redwood and Douglas fir are the most important commercial species in the northwest. Ponderosa or yellow pine is the principal commercial species in the Sierra Nevada. About two-fifths of the forestland is classified as commercial forest; more than half of the commercial forest is managed by the United States Forest Service. Crude oil and natural gas account for two-thirds of the value of California’s mineral production. California ranks third in the nation in the production of oil, behind Texas and Louisiana. The oil fields of Kern County and the Los Angeles area are the most important. Oil is also produced in offshore waters. Natural gas wells are found in the Sacramento Valley and in all the oil-producing areas. Yet reserves of natural gas are seriously depleted, so much so that the state imports most of the natural gas it consumes each year. The bulk of natural gas piped into California originates in the province of Alberta, Canada, and the states of New Mexico and Texas. California leads all other states in the production of sand and gravel for construction, Portland cement, diatomite, asbestos, and sodium sulfate. In addition, much of the world’s supply of boron minerals comes from Searles Lake and other areas in California’s Mojave Desert. The state is also the nation’s second largest producer of feldspar, soda ash, titanium, and magnesium compounds, and the third largest producer of gold, perlite, and pumice. Other minerals found in California include stone, lime, clays, gypsum, talc, silver, gemstones, salt, copper, molybdenum, peat, and various high grade iron ores. In spite of the great variety of minerals found in the state, large quantities must be imported to meet the needs of California, which is the nation’s leading consumer of minerals. California’s leading industry, in terms of the value added by manufacturing, is electronic and electrical equipment manufacturing. Value added by manufacturing is the difference between the price of raw materials used in a product and the price it commands as a finished item. The largest employers were firms making semiconductors, radios and televisions, printed circuit boards, and telephones, although the diverse industrial sector contained manufactures ranging from the makers of electron tubes to household lighting fixtures. Ranking high in California’s economy is the manufacture of industrial machinery, principally computers and related equipment but including the making of pumps, engines, turbines, and machines for the service industry. Many computer companies are located in what is known as Silicon Valley, in the San Jose-Palo Alto area. Food processing, which includes the drying, freezing, and packaging of fruit, vegetables, fish, and livestock products, is another of the state’s biggest industries. Included in this sector is the California wine industry, which accounts for four-fifths of the nation’s annual wine production. The manufacture of instruments contributes significantly to California’s industrial economy, led by firms making such things as surgical and medical instruments, appliances, and supplies, while also including those making electric meters, analytical tools used in research and by other industries, and photographic equipment. Manufacturing is concentrated in southern California and around San Francisco Bay. The aircraft industry is centered in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas and is based in large part on federal military expenditures. Automobile assembly plants are located near Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley, and in Fremont. There are shipbuilding yards at San Diego. In Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno, Bakersfield, and other Central Valley cities, foodstuffs are manufactured. In the San Francisco area, manufacturing is highly diversified and includes food processing, automobile assembly, shipbuilding, chemical production, printing and publishing, and the manufacture of machinery. The computer and electronics industry is centered in Silicon Valley, which is lesser known as, but officially, the Santa Clara Valley. Hydroelectric facilities provided 22 percent of the electricity generated in California in 1999. Thermal power plants burning fossil fuels provided another 48 percent, while 18 percent of California’s electricity generation comes from four nuclear reactors, two at Diablo Canyon west of San Luis Obispo and two at San Onofre southeast of San Clemente. The city of Los Angeles imports power from a nuclear plant at Palo Verde in Arizona. Southern California also imports electricity generated at coal-fired thermal plants in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. Renewable energy sources such as wind-power generators and geothermal power plants, which use heat from the Earth to make steam, accounted for 12 percent of electricity production in 1999. Southern California, with its year-round sunshine, variety of landscape, and excellent technical facilities, has dominated the U.S. motion-picture industry since the 1920s. The name Hollywood has long been synonymous with the world of motion pictures. Since the late 1940s the Los Angeles area has also become a major center of the U.S. television industry. California plays host to millions of visitors each year, and many Californians are employed in providing for these tourists. Tourists are drawn to the state’s magnificent scenery and recreational facilities and to such cities as Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco, which are also popular convention centers. Visitors to California spend $50 billion on lodgings, rental cars, and other traveling needs each year, by far the largest sum for any state. | ||
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