Napa is the largest city and the county seat of Napa County, in California's Wine Country. It is the principal city of the Napa County Metropolitan Statistical Area, with a population of 80,011 as of the 2010 census. It is the second-largest city in California's Wine Country, after Santa Rosa. Napa was incorporated as a city in 1872.
Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park is a California state park located in Napa County between St. Helena and Calistoga. The park is the site of a water-powered grist mill that was built in 1846 is one of only two water-driven mills remaining west of the Mississippi River.
The Spanish and later Mexican governments encouraged settlement of the coastal region of Alta California by giving prominent men large land grants called ranchos, usually two or more square leagues, or 35 square kilometres (14 sq mi). Land-grant titles (concessions) were government-issued, permanent, unencumbered property-ownership rights to land called ranchos. The ranchos encompassed virtually all of the most valuable land near the coast, around San Francisco Bay, and inland along the Sacramento River and nearby lands in the Central Valley.
Reed is an unincorporated community in Marin County, California. It is located on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad 5 miles (8 km) south-southeast of downtown San Rafael, at an elevation of 52 feet.
Meeks Bay is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It lies on Lake Tahoe at the mouth of Meeks Creek, at an elevation of 6240 feet. The place is named for John Meeks, who owned the land. The Meeks brothers baled 25 tons of wild hay in the meadows at the mouth of Meeks Creek in 1862.
Burdell is an unincorporated community in Marin County, California. It is located on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of downtown Novato, at an elevation of 3 feet.
Garcia is a former settlement in Marin County, California. It was located on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Point Reyes Station.
Coburn is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad and County Route G15 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east-southeast of Greenfield, at an elevation of 282 feet.
Pleyto is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California. It is located on the San Antonio River 12.5 miles (20 km) southeast of Jolon, at an elevation of 781 feet.
Spence is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California.
Vega is a former settlement in Monterey County, California. It was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 2.5 miles (4 km) west-northwest of Aromas, at an elevation of 62 feet. Vega still appeared on USGS maps as of 1917.
Rancho Carne Humana was a 17,962-acre (72.69 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Napa County, California, given in 1841 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Edward Turner Bale. The name means "human flesh" in Spanish. There is speculation as to why the name was chosen. The grant was originally known to the native residents as "Huilic Noma" and also "Colijolmanoc". One naming theory speculates that Bale, in a bit of black humor, twisted "Colijolmanoc" into the similar-sounding Spanish "Carne Humana". Rancho Carne Humana was at the northern end of the Napa Valley, stretching from present-day Rutherford northward to Calistoga, ending at Tubbs Lane and including present-day St. Helena.
Rancho El Alisal was a 8,912-acre (36.07 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, California, given in 1833 by Governor José Figueroa to the brothers Feliciano and Mariano Soberanes and to William Edward Petty Hartnell. Alisal means Alder tree (sycamore) in Spanish. The land is approximately four miles southeast of present-day Salinas.
Rancho Los Ojitos was a 8,900-acre (36 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, California given in 1842 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Mariano de Jesus Soberanes. The grant is now mostly Lake San Antonio which was created when the San Antonio dam was built across the San Antonio River.
Rancho San Bernardo was a 13,346-acre (54.01 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, California given in 1841 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Mariano de Jesus Soberanes and Juan Soberanes. The grant extended along the west bank of the Salinas River. The grant encompassed present-day San Ardo.
Rancho Ojai was a 17,717-acre (71.70 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Ventura County, California given in 1837 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Fernando Tico. Rancho Ojai is located on the east side of the upper Ventura River, across from the Rancho Santa Ana grant made in the same year. The grant encompassed present-day city of Ojai, at the foot of the Topatopa Mountains.
Krug is an unincorporated community in Napa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 236 feet. Krug is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 1 mile (1.6 km) north-northwest of Saint Helena. The name for the community was derived from Charles Krug, one of Napa Valley's pioneer winemakers, and the Charles Krug Winery. Krug is located on land that was part of Rancho Carne Humana.
Carne Humana is the first studio album by Brazilian rock band Zero, following their EP Passos no Escuro. It came out in 1987 by EMI. Even though it was not as commercially successful as Passos no Escuro, the album spawned the hit singles "Quimeras" and "A Luta e o Prazer". Despite not being released as a single, "Abuso de Poder" was also a very memorable track, being that it criticized the Brazilian military government. The album also includes the only song by Zero written in English, "Game Over".
