Brentwood is a city in Contra Costa County,California,United States. It is located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population is 66,854 as of 2022,an increase of 287% from 23,302 at the 2000 census.
Anderson Marsh State Historic Park is a California State Historic Park and nature reserve preserving a tule marsh,archaeological sites of the Pomo people,and historic ranch structures. It is located in Lake County,California,United States. Anderson Marsh is located at the head of Cache Creek on the southeast corner of Clear Lake,the largest natural lake completely within the borders of California. The park is between the cities of Lower Lake and Clearlake on State Route 53,north of Calistoga in the wine country. The park is open year-round.
Deep Springs College is a private,selective two-year college in Deep Springs,California. With the number of undergraduates restricted to 26,the college is one of the smallest institutions of higher education in the United States. Though it offers an associate degree,most students transfer into a four-year college after completing their studies. Those enrolled pay no tuition and are given room and board.
Don Pío de Jesús Pico was a Californio politician,ranchero,and entrepreneur,famous for serving as the last governor of California under Mexican rule. A member of the prominent Pico family of California,he was one of the wealthiest men in California at the time and a hugely influential figure in Californian society. His legacy can be seen in the numerous places named after him,such as the city of Pico Rivera,Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles,Pio Pico State Historic Park,and the numerous schools that bear his name.
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve is a marine reserve in California on the Pacific Ocean,located just north of Pillar Point Harbor and Mavericks in the San Mateo County community of Moss Beach. Moss Beach is located approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of San Francisco and 50 miles (80 km) north of Santa Cruz. The reserve is a 32-acre (0.13 km2) holding which extends from Montara light station at the north to Pillar Point on the south. The reserve consists of a three-mile stretch of beach,tidepool habitat,marsh,erosive bluffs,clifftop trail and cypress and eucalyptus forests. The property is owned by the State of California and managed by San Mateo County as a county park and nature preserve. The reserve is administratively assigned to be part of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Adjacent to and possibly within the reserve is an endangered species of butterfly,the San Bruno elfin butterfly.
John Otho Marsh Jr. was an American politician and an adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law. He served as the United States Secretary of the Army from 1981 to 1989,and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia from 1963 to 1971.
Richardson Bay is a shallow,ecologically rich arm of San Francisco Bay,managed under a Joint Powers Agency of four northern California cities. The 911-acre (369 ha) Richardson Bay Sanctuary was acquired in the early 1960s by the National Audubon Society. The bay was named for William A. Richardson,early 19th century sea captain and builder in San Francisco. It contains both Strawberry Spit and Aramburu Island.
Ridgway's rail is a near-threatened species of bird. It is found principally in California's San Francisco Bay to southern Baja California. A member of the rail family,Rallidae,it is a chicken-sized bird that rarely flies.
Anthony Joseph Corrente is a former American football official in the National Football League (NFL) who served for 26 years from 1995 until his retirement in 2021. He wore uniform number 99. He was the referee of Super Bowl XLI. He served as the Coordinator of Football Officiating for the Pac-12 Conference from June 2011 until he resigned this position in October 2014.
John Marsh,later known in Spanish as Don Juan Marsh,was a physician,ranchero,and linguist in California when it was still part of the Republic of Mexico. Born in Massachusetts,Marsh immigrated to California in 1836,where he became a Mexican citizen. He was baptized as Roman Catholic in order to buy land,and acquired the vast land grant of Rancho Los Méganos in Contra Costa. He became one of the wealthiest ranchers in California,and was among the highly influential men who worked to gain United States statehood after Mexico ceded this area following its defeat in the Mexican-American War.
Marian Marsh was a Trinidad-born American film actress and later an environmentalist.
San Leandro Creek is a 21.7-mile-long (34.9 km) year-round natural stream in the hills above Oakland in Alameda County and Contra Costa County of the East Bay in northern California.
In 1841,the Bartleson–Bidwell Party,led by Captain John Bartleson and John Bidwell,became the first American emigrants to attempt a wagon crossing from Missouri to California.
Rancho Los Méganos was a 13,316-acre (53.89 km2) Mexican land grant in the southwestern Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region of present-day Contra Costa County,California.
Marsh Creek is a stream in east Contra Costa County,California in Northern California which rises on the eastern side of Mount Diablo and flows 30 miles (48 km) to the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta at Oakley,California,near Big Break Regional Shoreline. The creek flows through Marsh Creek State Park (California),where water is impounded to form Marsh Creek Reservoir,then through the city of Brentwood,California.
The William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge (WTDWR) is an 814-acre (3.29 km2) wildlife refuge straddling the New Springville and Travis sections of Staten Island. The park was named in honor of Staten Island native William T. Davis,a renowned naturalist and entomologist who along with the Audubon Society started the refuge with an original acquisition of 52 acres (210,000 m2). Additional acreage was acquired in increments and the park is today 814 acres (3.29 km2). Beginning in 2010,the adjacent 223-acre (0.90 km2) North Park section of Freshkills Park has undergone preparation to serve as an expansion of the wildlife refuge.
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Scripps Coastal Reserve is a 126-acre University of California Natural Reserve System reserve located west of UC San Diego in the La Jolla Farms area of La Jolla,California. Administered by UC San Diego,the site is owned by the University of California and managed for teaching and research.
Pam Marsh is an American Democratic politician currently serving in the Oregon House of Representatives. She represents the 5th district,which covers southern Jackson County,including the city of Ashland.
Hooks Island is an uninhabited,approximately 36-acre (15 ha) tidal salt marsh island in San Francisco Bay,in Palo Alto,California,United States. In the 2010s,it was observed to be a home for tens of near-endangered California clapper rails.
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