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There are 595 colleges and universities in the state of California. Refer to the following table to find local schools in California sorted by university name. If you are interested, you can follow the link below to see its specific information. Please understand that all higher educational programs in California are listed here in alphabetical order.

Name of College or University Location
Academy Education Services Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Oxnard, CA
Academy of Art University Private for-profit, 4-year or above in San Francisco, CA
Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Oakland, CA
Academy of Hair Design-Poway Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Poway, CA
Academy Pacific Travel College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College-Berkeley Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Berkeley, CA
Adelante Career Institute Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Advance Beauty College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Garden Grove, CA
Advanced College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in South Gate, CA
Advanced Training Associates Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in El Cajon, CA
Allan Hancock College Public, 2-year in Santa Maria, CA
Alliant International University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Alhambra, CA
Alliant International University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Fresno, CA
Alliant International University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Francisco, CA
Alliant International University-San Diego Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Diego, CA
American Academy of Dramatic Arts-West Private not-for-profit, 2-year in Los Angeles, CA
American Baptist Seminary of the West Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Berkeley, CA
American Career College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Anaheim, CA
American Career College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
American College of Health Professions Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Redlands, CA
American College of Medical Technology Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Gardena, CA
American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Francisco, CA
American Conservatory Theater Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Francisco, CA
American Film Institute Conservatory Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
American Institute of Health Sciences Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Long Beach, CA
American Intercontinental University Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
American River College Public, 2-year in North Highlands, CA
Antelope Valley College Public, 2-year in Lancaster, CA
Antioch University-Los Angeles Branch Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Culver City, CA
Antioch University-Santa Barbara Branch Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Santa Barbara, CA
Argosy University-Orange Campus Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Santa Ana, CA
Argosy University-San Francisco Bay Area Campus Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Richmond, CA
Art Center College of Design Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Pasadena, CA
Art Institute of California-Los Angeles Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Santa Monica, CA
Art Institute of California-Orange County Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Santa Ana, CA
Art Institute of California-San Diego Private for-profit, 4-year or above in San Diego, CA
Asian American International Beauty College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Westminster, CA
Associated Technical College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in San Diego, CA
Associated Technical College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Vista, CA
ATI College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Norwalk, CA
Azusa Pacific University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Azusa, CA
Bakersfield College Public, 2-year in Bakersfield, CA
Baldwin Park Adult & Community Education Public, less-than-2-year in Baldwin Park, CA
Barstow Community College Public, 2-year in Barstow, CA
Bay Vista College of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in National City, CA
Berkeley City College Public, 2-year in Berkeley, CA
Bethany University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Scotts Valley, CA
Bethel Seminary San Diego Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Diego, CA
Bethesda Christian University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Anaheim, CA
Biola University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in La Mirada, CA
Brooks College Private for-profit, 2-year in Long Beach, CA
Brooks College Private for-profit, 2-year in Sunnyvale, CA
Brooks Institute of Photography Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Santa Barbara, CA
Brown Mackie College-Los Angeles Private for-profit, 2-year in Santa Monica, CA
Brown Mackie College-Orange County Private for-profit, 2-year in Santa Ana, CA
Brown Mackie College-San Diego Private for-profit, 2-year in San Diego, CA
Brownson Technical School Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Anaheim, CA
Bryan College Private for-profit, 2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Bryman College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Anaheim, CA
Bryman College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Bryman College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Bryman College Private for-profit, 2-year in Ontario, CA
Bryman College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in San Francisco, CA
Bryman College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Torrance, CA
Bryman College-A Corinthian School Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Alhambra, CA
Bryman College-City of Industry Private for-profit, 2-year in Industry, CA
Bryman College-Corinthian Colleges Inc Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Gardena, CA
Bryman College-Hayward Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Hayward, CA
Bryman College-San Bernardino Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in San Bernardino, CA
Bryman College-San Jose Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in San Jose, CA
Bryman College-West Los Angeles Private for-profit, 2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Butte College Public, 2-year in Oroville, CA
Cabrillo College Public, 2-year in Soquel, CA
California Baptist University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Riverside, CA
California Career School Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Anaheim, CA
California Christian College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Fresno, CA
California Coast University Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Santa Ana, CA
California College of the Arts Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Oakland, CA
California College of Vocational Careers Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Bakersfield, CA
California College-San Diego Private for-profit, 4-year or above in San Diego, CA
California Cosmetology College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Santa Clara, CA
California Culinary Academy Private for-profit, 2-year in San Francisco, CA
California Design College Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
California Healing Arts College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
California Institute of Integral Studies Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Francisco, CA
California Institute of Technology Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Pasadena, CA
California Institute of the Arts Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Santa Clarita, CA
California Learning Center Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Anaheim, CA
California Lutheran University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Thousand Oaks, CA
California Maritime Academy Public, 4-year or above in Vallejo, CA
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Public, 4-year or above in San Luis Obispo, CA
California School of Culinary Arts Private for-profit, 2-year in Pasadena, CA
California School of Professional Psychology
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Public, 4-year or above in Pomona, CA
California State University-Bakersfield Public, 4-year or above in Bakersfield, CA
California State University-Channel Islands Public, 4-year or above in Camarillo, CA
California State University-Chico Public, 4-year or above in Chico, CA
California State University-Dominguez Hills Public, 4-year or above in Carson, CA
California State University-East Bay Public, 4-year or above in Hayward, CA
California State University-Fresno Public, 4-year or above in Fresno, CA
California State University-Fullerton Public, 4-year or above in Fullerton, CA
California State University-Long Beach Public, 4-year or above in Long Beach, CA
California State University-Los Angeles Public, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
California State University-Monterey Bay Public, 4-year or above in Marina, CA
California State University-Northridge Public, 4-year or above in Northridge, CA
California State University-Sacramento Public, 4-year or above in Sacramento, CA
California State University-San Bernardino Public, 4-year or above in San Bernardino, CA
California State University-San Marcos Public, 4-year or above in San Marcos, CA
California State University-Stanislaus Public, 4-year or above in Turlock, CA
California Western School of Law Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Diego, CA
Cambridge Career College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Yuba City, CA
Canada College Public, 2-year in Woodside, CA
Career Academy of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Anaheim, CA
Career Academy of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Garden Grove, CA
Career Care Institute Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Lancaster, CA
Career Colleges of America Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in South Gate, CA
Career Networks Institute Private for-profit, 2-year in Costa Mesa, CA
Casa Loma College-Van Nuys Private not-for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Central California School Private for-profit, 2-year in San Luis Obispo, CA
Central Coast College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Salinas, CA
Cerritos College Public, 2-year in Cerritos, CA
Cerro Coso Community College Public, 2-year in Ridgecrest, CA
Chabot College Public, 2-year in Hayward, CA
Chaffey College Public, 2-year in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Chapman University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Orange, CA
Chapman University-University College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Orange, CA
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Willowbrook, CA
Chase College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Church Divinity School of the Pacific Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Berkeley, CA
Citrus College Public, 2-year in Glendora, CA
City College of San Francisco Public, 2-year in San Francisco, CA
City of Hope Graduate School of Biological Science Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Duarte, CA
Claremont Graduate University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Claremont, CA
Claremont McKenna College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Claremont, CA
Claremont School of Theology Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Claremont, CA
Clarita Career College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Santa Clarita, CA
Cleveland Chiropractic College of Los Angeles Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
Coastline Community College Public, 2-year in Fountain Valley, CA
COBA Academy Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Orange, CA
Cogswell Polytechnical College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Sunnyvale, CA
Coleman College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Diego, CA
Colleen O’Haras Beauty Academy Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Santa Ana, CA
College of Alameda Public, 2-year in Alameda, CA
College of Information Technology Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Fullerton, CA
College of Marin Public, 2-year in Kentfield, CA
College of Oceaneering Private not-for-profit, 2-year in Los Angeles, CA
College of San Mateo Public, 2-year in San Mateo, CA
College of the Canyons Public, 2-year in Santa Clarita, CA
College of the Desert Public, 2-year in Palm Desert, CA
College of the Redwoods Public, 2-year in Humboldt Hill, CA
College of the Sequoias Public, 2-year in Visalia, CA
College of the Siskiyous Public, 2-year in Weed, CA
Columbia College Public, 2-year in Columbia, CA
Columbia College Hollywood Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
Community Based Education Development Private not-for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Community Business College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Modesto, CA
Community Christian College Private not-for-profit, 2-year in Redlands, CA
Compton Community College Public, 2-year in Carson, CA
Computer Technologies Program Private not-for-profit, less-than-2-year in Berkeley, CA
Computer Tutor Business and Technical Institute Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Salida, CA
Concorde Career College Private for-profit, 2-year in Garden Grove, CA
Concorde Career College Private for-profit, 2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Concorde Career College Private for-profit, 2-year in San Bernardino, CA
Concorde Career Institute Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in San Diego, CA
Concordia University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Irvine, CA
Conejo Valley Adult Education Public, less-than-2-year in Thousand Oaks, CA
Contra Costa College Public, 2-year in San Pablo, CA
Copper Mountain College Public, 2-year in Joshua Tree, CA
Cosumnes River College Public, 2-year in Sacramento, CA
Court Reporting Institute Private for-profit, 2-year in San Diego, CA
Crafton Hills College Public, 2-year in Mentone, CA
Cuesta College Public, 2-year in San Luis Obispo, CA
Cuyamaca College Public, 2-year in Rancho San Diego, CA
Cypress College Public, 2-year in Cypress, CA
De Anza College Public, 2-year in Cupertino, CA
Defense Language Institute Public, 2-year in Monterey, CA
Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Blue Lake, CA
Design Institute of San Diego Private for-profit, 4-year or above in San Diego, CA
Design’s School of Cosmetology Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Paso Robles, CA
DeVry University-California Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Pomona, CA
Diablo Valley College Public, 2-year in Pleasant Hill, CA
Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Berkeley, CA
Dominican University of California Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Rafael, CA
Don Bosco Technical Institute Private not-for-profit, 2-year in Rosemead, CA
Dongguk Royal University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
DVS College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
East Los Angeles College Public, 2-year in Monterey Park, CA
East San Gabriel Valley Regional Occupational Program Public, 2-year in West Covina, CA
El Camino College Public, 2-year in Alondra Park, CA
Elegance International Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Emperors College of Traditional Oriental Medicine Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Santa Monica, CA
Empire College School of Business Private for-profit, 2-year in Santa Rosa, CA
English Center for International Women Private not-for-profit, less-than-2-year in Oakland, CA
Everest College Private for-profit, 2-year in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Evergreen Valley College Public, 2-year in San Jose, CA
Ex-Pression College for Digital Arts Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Emeryville, CA
Fashion Careers College Private for-profit, 2-year in San Diego, CA
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-Los Angeles Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-Orange County Private for-profit, 2-year in Irvine, CA
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-San Diego Private for-profit, 2-year in San Diego, CA
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-San Francisco Private for-profit, 2-year in San Francisco, CA
Faunt School of Creative Music Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Feather River Community College District Public, 2-year in Quincy, CA
Federico Beauty Institute Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Sacramento, CA
Fielding Graduate University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Santa Barbara, CA
Five Branches Institute Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Twin Lakes, CA
Folsom Lake College Public, 2-year in Folsom, CA
Foothill College Public, 2-year in Los Altos Hills, CA
Foundation College Private for-profit, 2-year in San Diego, CA
Franciscan School of Theology Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Berkeley, CA
Fresno City College Public, 2-year in Fresno, CA
Fresno Pacific University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Fresno, CA
Fuller Theological Seminary in California Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Pasadena, CA
Fullerton College Public, 2-year in Fullerton, CA
Gates College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Torrance, CA
Gavilan College Public, 2-year in Gilroy, CA
Gemological Institute of America Private not-for-profit, 2-year in Carlsbad, CA
Gemological Institute of America-Los Angeles Private not-for-profit, less-than-2-year in Culver City, CA
Glendale Career College-Oceanside Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Oceanside, CA
Glendale Career Schools Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Glendale, CA
Glendale Community College Public, 2-year in Glendale, CA
Golden Gate University-San Francisco Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Francisco, CA
Golden West College Public, 2-year in Huntington Beach, CA
Graduate Theological Union Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Berkeley, CA
Grossmont College Public, 2-year in El Cajon, CA
Hacienda La Puente Unified School District-Adult Education Public, less-than-2-year in Industry, CA
Hair Masters University Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in San Bernardino, CA
Hartnell College Public, 2-year in Salinas, CA
Harvey Mudd College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Claremont, CA
Heald College-Concord Private not-for-profit, 2-year in Concord, CA
Heald College-Fresno Private not-for-profit, 2-year in Fresno, CA
Heald College-Hayward Private not-for-profit, 2-year in Hayward, CA
Heald College-Roseville Private not-for-profit, 2-year in Roseville, CA
Heald College-Sacramento Private not-for-profit, 2-year in Rancho Cordova, CA
Heald College-Salinas Private not-for-profit, 2-year in Salinas, CA
Heald College-San Francisco Private not-for-profit, 2-year in San Francisco, CA
Heald College-San Jose Private not-for-profit, 2-year in Milpitas, CA
Heald College-Stockton Private not-for-profit, 2-year in Stockton, CA
Heartwood Institute Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Garberville, CA
Hebrew Union College-California Branch Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
High-Tech Institute-Sacramento Private for-profit, 2-year in Sacramento, CA
Holy Names University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Oakland, CA
Hope International University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Fullerton, CA
Humboldt State University Public, 4-year or above in Arcata, CA
Humphreys College-Stockton Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Stockton, CA
Hypnosis Motivation Institute Private not-for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
ICDC College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Imperial Valley College Public, 2-year in Imperial, CA
Institute for Business and Technology Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Santa Clara, CA
Institute of Computer Technology Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
Institute of Network Technology Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Signal Hill, CA
Institute of Technology Inc Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Clovis, CA
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Palo Alto, CA
Interamerican College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in National City, CA
Intercoast Colleges Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Burbank, CA
Intercoast Colleges Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Orange, CA
Intercoast Colleges Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Riverside, CA
Intercoast Colleges Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in West Covina, CA
Interior Designers Institute Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Newport Beach, CA
International School of Cosmetology Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Hawthorne, CA
International Technological University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Sunnyvale, CA
Irvine Valley College Public, 2-year in Irvine, CA
ITT Technical Institute Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Anaheim, CA
ITT Technical Institute Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Lathrop, CA
ITT Technical Institute Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
ITT Technical Institute Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
ITT Technical Institute Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Oxnard, CA
ITT Technical Institute Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Rancho Cordova, CA
ITT Technical Institute Private for-profit, 4-year or above in San Bernardino, CA
ITT Technical Institute Private for-profit, 4-year or above in San Diego, CA
ITT Technical Institute Private for-profit, 4-year or above in West Covina, CA
J Boutique College of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in El Cajon, CA
Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Berkeley, CA
John F Kennedy University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Pleasant Hill, CA
Keck Graduate Institute Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Claremont, CA
Kensington College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Santa Ana, CA
Kim Anh Academy of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Westminster, CA
King’s College and Seminary Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
La Sierra University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Riverside, CA
Ladera Career Paths Training Centers Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Laguna College of Art and Design Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Laguna Beach, CA
Lake College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Redding, CA
Lake Tahoe Community College Public, 2-year in South Lake Tahoe, CA
Laney College Public, 2-year in Oakland, CA
Larei Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Downey, CA
Las Positas College Public, 2-year in Livermore, CA
Lassen Community College Public, 2-year in Susanville, CA
Life Chiropractic College-West Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Hayward, CA
Life Pacific College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Dimas, CA
Lincoln University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Oakland, CA
Loma Linda University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Loma Linda, CA
Long Beach City College Public, 2-year in Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles City College Public, 2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health Public, 2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Harbor College Public, 2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Mission College Public, 2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Music Academy Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Pasadena, CA
Los Angeles ORT Technical Institute Private not-for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles ORT Technical Institute-Sherman Oaks Private not-for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Pierce College Public, 2-year in Woodland Hills, CA
Los Angeles Recording School Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Southwest College Public, 2-year in West Athens, CA
Los Angeles Trade Technical College Public, 2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Valley College Public, 2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Los Medanos College Public, 2-year in Pittsburg, CA
Loyola Marymount University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
Lytles Redwood Empire Beauty College Inc Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Larkfield, CA
Marian Health Careers Center Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Maric College Private for-profit, 2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Maric College Private for-profit, 2-year in Vista, CA
Maric College-Anaheim Private for-profit, 2-year in Anaheim, CA
Maric College-Bakersfield Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Bakersfield, CA
Maric College-Carson Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Carson, CA
Maric College-East County Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in San Diego, CA
Maric College-Fresno Private for-profit, 2-year in Clovis, CA
Maric College-Irwindale Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Irwindale, CA
Maric College-Lake Forest Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Lake Forest, CA
Maric College-Los Angeles Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Maric College-Modesto Campus Private for-profit, 2-year in Salida, CA
Maric College-North Hollywood Private for-profit, 2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Maric College-Pomona Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Pomona, CA
Maric College-Riverside Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Riverside, CA
Maric College-Sacramento Campus Private for-profit, 2-year in North Highlands, CA
Maric College-San Diego Private for-profit, 2-year in San Diego, CA
Marin Regional Occupational Program Public, less-than-2-year in San Rafael, CA
Marinello School of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Inglewood, CA
Marinello School of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Marinello School of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Marinello School of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Marinello School of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Marinello School of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
Marinello School of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Ontario, CA
Marinello School of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in San Bernardino, CA
Marinello School of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in San Diego, CA
Marinello School of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in West Covina, CA
Marinello School of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Whittier, CA
Marinello Schools of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Burbank, CA
Marinello Schools of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Industry, CA
Marinello Schools of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Lake Forest, CA
Marinello Schools of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Moreno Valley, CA
Marinello Schools of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Paramount, CA
Martinez Adult Education Public, less-than-2-year in Martinez, CA
Marymount College Private not-for-profit, 2-year in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
MCed Career College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Fresno, CA
Medacom College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Newark, CA
Mendocino College Public, 2-year in Ukiah, CA
Menlo College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Atherton, CA
Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Fresno, CA
Merced College Public, 2-year in Merced, CA
Merritt College Public, 2-year in Oakland, CA
Miami Ad School-San Francisco Private for-profit, 2-year in San Francisco, CA
Mills College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Oakland, CA
Miracosta College Public, 2-year in Oceanside, CA
Miss Martys Hair Academy and Esthetics Institute Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in San Francisco, CA
Mission College Public, 2-year in Santa Clara, CA
Modern Technology School Private for-profit, 2-year in Fountain Valley, CA
Modesto Junior College Public, 2-year in Modesto, CA
Monterey Institute of International Studies Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Monterey, CA
Monterey Peninsula College Public, 2-year in Monterey, CA
Moorpark College Public, 2-year in Moorpark, CA
Mount St Mary’s College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
Mt Diablo Adult Education Public, less-than-2-year in Concord, CA
Mt San Antonio College Public, 2-year in Walnut, CA
Mt San Jacinto College Public, 2-year in San Jacinto, CA
Mt Sierra College Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Monrovia, CA
MTI Business College Inc Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Stockton, CA
MTI College Private for-profit, 2-year in North Highlands, CA
Musicians Institute Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
Napa Valley College Public, 2-year in Napa, CA
National Career Education Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Citrus Heights, CA
National Holistic Institute Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Emeryville, CA
National Institute of Technology Private for-profit, 2-year in Long Beach, CA
National University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Diego, CA
Naval Postgraduate School Public, 4-year or above in Monterey, CA
New College of California Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Francisco, CA
Newbridge College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Santa Ana, CA
Newbridge College-Burbank Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Burbank, CA
Newbridge College-Monterey Park Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Monterey Park, CA
Newbridge College-Stanton Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Stanton, CA
Newschool of Architecture and Design Private for-profit, 4-year or above in San Diego, CA
North-West College-Glendale Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Glendale, CA
North-West College-Pasadena Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Pasadena, CA
North-West College-Pomona Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Pomona, CA
North-West College-Riverside Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Riverside, CA
North-West College-West Covina Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in West Covina, CA
Northwestern College Private for-profit, 2-year in Gold River, CA
Northwestern Polytechnic University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Fremont, CA
Notre Dame de Namur University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Belmont, CA
NTMA Training Centers of Southern California Private not-for-profit, less-than-2-year in Santa Fe Springs, CA
Occidental College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
Occupational Training Services Inc Private not-for-profit, less-than-2-year in San Diego, CA
Oceanside College of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Oceanside, CA
Ohlone College Public, 2-year in Fremont, CA
Orange Coast College Public, 2-year in Costa Mesa, CA
Otis College of Art and Design Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
Oxnard College Public, 2-year in Oxnard, CA
Pacific College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Costa Mesa, CA
Pacific College of Oriental Medicine Private for-profit, 4-year or above in San Diego, CA
Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Palo Alto, CA
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Berkeley, CA
Pacific Oaks College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Pasadena, CA
Pacific School of Religion Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Berkeley, CA
Pacific States University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
Pacific Union College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Angwin, CA
Pacifica Graduate Institute Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Summerland, CA
Palmer College of Chiropractic-West Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Jose, CA
Palo Verde College Public, 2-year in Blythe, CA
Palomar College Public, 2-year in San Marcos, CA
Palomar Institute of Cosmetology Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in San Marcos, CA
Pardee Rand Graduate School of Policy Studies Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Santa Monica, CA
Paris Beauty College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Concord, CA
Pasadena City College Public, 2-year in Pasadena, CA
Patten University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Oakland, CA
Paul Mitchell the School Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Costa Mesa, CA
PCI College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Cerritos, CA
Pepperdine University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Malibu, CA
Phillips Graduate Institute Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
Pima Medical Institute Private for-profit, 2-year in Chula Vista, CA
Pitzer College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Claremont, CA
Platt College Private for-profit, 2-year in Cerritos, CA
Platt College-Los Angeles Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Alhambra, CA
Platt College-Newport Beach Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Huntington Beach, CA
Platt College-Ontario Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Ontario, CA
Platt College-San Diego Private for-profit, 4-year or above in San Diego, CA
Point Loma Nazarene University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Diego, CA
Pomona College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Claremont, CA
Pomona Unified School District Adult and Career Education Public, less-than-2-year in Pomona, CA
Porterville College Public, 2-year in Porterville, CA
Premiere Career College Private for-profit, 2-year in Irwindale, CA
Professional Golfers Career College Private for-profit, 2-year in Temecula, CA
Professional Institute of Beauty Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in El Monte, CA
Redstone College-Los Angeles Campus Private for-profit, 2-year in Inglewood, CA
Reedley College Public, 2-year in Reedley, CA
Remington College-San Diego Campus Private for-profit, 4-year or above in San Diego, CA
Richards Beauty College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Upland, CA
Rio Hondo College Public, 2-year in Whittier, CA
Riverside Community College Public, 2-year in Riverside, CA
Sacramento City College Public, 2-year in Sacramento, CA
Saddleback College Public, 2-year in Mission Viejo, CA
Sage College Private for-profit, 2-year in Riverside, CA
Saint Johns Seminary Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Camarillo, CA
Saint Marys College of California Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Moraga, CA
Salon Success Academy Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Corona, CA
Samra University of Oriental Medicine Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
Samuel Merritt College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Oakland, CA
San Bernardino Valley College Public, 2-year in San Bernardino, CA
San Diego Christian College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in El Cajon, CA
San Diego City College Public, 2-year in San Diego, CA
San Diego Golf Academy Private for-profit, 2-year in Vista, CA
San Diego Mesa College Public, 2-year in San Diego, CA
San Diego Miramar College Public, 2-year in San Diego, CA
San Diego State University Public, 4-year or above in San Diego, CA
San Diego State University-Imperial Valley Campus Public, 4-year or above in Calexico, CA
San Fernando Beauty Academy Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco Art Institute Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Francisco, CA
San Francisco State University Public, 4-year or above in San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Theological Seminary Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Anselmo, CA
San Joaquin College of Law Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Clovis, CA
San Joaquin Delta College Public, 2-year in Stockton, CA
San Joaquin Valley College Private for-profit, 2-year in Visalia, CA
San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield Private for-profit, 2-year in Bakersfield, CA
San Joaquin Valley College-Fresno Private for-profit, 2-year in Fresno, CA
San Joaquin Valley College-Fresno Aviation Campus Private for-profit, 2-year in Fresno, CA
San Joaquin Valley College-Rancho Cucamonga Private for-profit, 2-year in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
San Jose City College Public, 2-year in San Jose, CA
San Jose State University Public, 4-year or above in Santa Clara, CA
Santa Ana College Public, 2-year in Santa Ana, CA
Santa Barbara Business College Private for-profit, 2-year in Bakersfield, CA
Santa Barbara Business College Private for-profit, 2-year in Goleta, CA
Santa Barbara Business College-Santa Maria Branch Private for-profit, 2-year in Santa Maria, CA
Santa Barbara City College Public, 2-year in Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara College of Oriental Medicine Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Clara University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Santa Clara, CA
Santa Monica College Public, 2-year in Santa Monica, CA
Santa Rosa Junior College Public, 2-year in Santa Rosa, CA
Santiago Canyon College Public, 2-year in Orange, CA
Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Francisco, CA
Scripps College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Claremont, CA
Shasta Bible College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Redding, CA
Shasta College Public, 2-year in Redding, CA
Sierra College Public, 2-year in Rocklin, CA
Sierra Valley Business College Private for-profit, 2-year in Fresno, CA
Silicon Valley College Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Fremont, CA
Silicon Valley College Private for-profit, 4-year or above in San Jose, CA
Silicon Valley College Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Walnut Creek, CA
Silicon Valley College-Emeryville Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Emeryville, CA
Silicon Valley University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Jose, CA
Simi Valley Adult School and Career Institute Public, 2-year in Simi Valley, CA
Simpson University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Redding, CA
Skyline College Public, 2-year in San Bruno, CA
Soka University of America Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Aliso Viejo, CA
Solano Community College Public, 2-year in Fairfield, CA
Sonoma College Private for-profit, 2-year in Petaluma, CA
Sonoma State University Public, 4-year or above in Rohnert Park, CA
Sound Master Recording Engineer School-Audio/Video Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Alhambra, CA
South Baylo University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Anaheim, CA
South Coast College Private for-profit, 2-year in Orange, CA
Southern California College of Optometry Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Fullerton, CA
Southern California Institute of Architecture Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
Southern California Institute of Technology Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Anaheim, CA
Southern California Seminary Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in El Cajon, CA
Southern California University of Health Sciences Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in East la Mirada, CA
Southwestern College Public, 2-year in Chula Vista, CA
Southwestern University School of Law Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
Spectrum Community Services Inc Private not-for-profit, less-than-2-year in Hayward, CA
Stanbridge College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Irvine, CA
Stanford University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Stanford, CA
Starr King School for Ministry Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Berkeley, CA
Summit Career College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Colton, CA
Taft College Public, 2-year in Taft, CA
The Academy of Radio Broadcasting Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Huntington Beach, CA
The Art Institute of California-San Francisco Private for-profit, 4-year or above in San Francisco, CA
The Master’s College and Seminary Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Santa Clarita, CA
The National Hispanic University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Jose, CA
The University of West Los Angeles Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Inglewood, CA
The Wright Institute Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Berkeley, CA
Thomas Aquinas College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Santa Paula, CA
Thomas Jefferson School of Law Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Diego, CA
Trinity Law and Graduate School Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Santa Ana, CA
Trinity Life Bible College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in North Highlands, CA
United States International University
Universal Technical Institute of California Inc Private for-profit, 2-year in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
University of California Hastings College of Law Public, 4-year or above in San Francisco, CA
University of California-Berkeley Public, 4-year or above in Berkeley, CA
University of California-Davis Public, 4-year or above in Davis, CA
University of California-Irvine Public, 4-year or above in Irvine, CA
University of California-Los Angeles Public, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
University of California-Merced Public, 4-year or above in Merced, CA
University of California-Riverside Public, 4-year or above in Riverside, CA
University of California-San Diego Public, 4-year or above in San Diego, CA
University of California-San Francisco Public, 4-year or above in San Francisco, CA
University of California-Santa Barbara Public, 4-year or above in Santa Barbara, CA
University of California-Santa Cruz Public, 4-year or above in Santa Cruz, CA
University of Judaism Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
University of La Verne Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in La Verne, CA
University of Phoenix-Bay Area Campus Private for-profit, 4-year or above in San Jose, CA
University of Phoenix-Central Valley Campus Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Fresno, CA
University of Phoenix-Sacramento Valley Campus Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Sacramento, CA
University of Phoenix-San Diego Campus Private for-profit, 4-year or above in San Diego, CA
University of Phoenix-Southern California Campus Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Costa Mesa, CA
University of Redlands Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Redlands, CA
University of San Diego Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Diego, CA
University of San Francisco Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in San Francisco, CA
University of Southern California Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
University of the Pacific Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Stockton, CA
Valley Career College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in El Cajon, CA
Vanguard University of Southern California Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Costa Mesa, CA
Ventura Adult and Continuing Education Public, less-than-2-year in Ventura, CA
Ventura College Public, 2-year in Ventura, CA
Victor Valley Community College Public, 2-year in Victorville, CA
West Coast University Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
West Hills Community College Public, 2-year in Coalinga, CA
West Los Angeles College Public, 2-year in Culver City, CA
West Valley College Public, 2-year in Saratoga, CA
Westech College Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Ontario, CA
Western Career College Private for-profit, 2-year in Pleasant Hill, CA
Western Career College Private for-profit, 2-year in Rosemont, CA
Western Career College Private for-profit, 2-year in San Leandro, CA
Western State University-College of Law-Argosy Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Fullerton, CA
Western University of Health Sciences Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Pomona, CA
Westminster Theological Seminary in California Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Escondido, CA
Westmont College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Montecito, CA
Westwood College-Anaheim Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Anaheim, CA
Westwood College-Inland Empire Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Upland, CA
Westwood College-Long Beach Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Long Beach, CA
Westwood College-Los Angeles Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
Whittier College Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Whittier, CA
William Jessup University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Rocklin, CA
Woodbury University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Burbank, CA
World Mission University Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Los Angeles, CA
Wyo Tech Private for-profit, 2-year in Fremont, CA
Wyotech Private for-profit, 2-year in West Sacramento, CA
Wyotech-Oakland Campus Private for-profit, 2-year in Oakland, CA
Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Culver City, CA
Yuba College Public, 2-year in Linda, CA

San Diego, California

San Diego is a city in the state of California, USA, just off the border with Mexico. The city has 1,419,516 residents, and is the core of the metropolitan San Diego-Carlsbad region with 3,337,685 residents (U.S. Census, 2017).

Population

The population consists of 43 percent white, 30.2 percent Hispanic / Latino, 6.4 percent African American, and 16.8 percent of Asian descent (U.S. Census, 2017). The population doubled from about 2,600 in 1880 to about 16,200 in 1890 – mainly due to the construction of the Santa Fe Railroad in 1884 that linked the city and the west coast to the eastern states of the United States via Albuquerque in New Mexico and Dodge City in Kansas.. San Diego also grew strongly from 1940 (approximately 203,000 residents) to 1960 (approximately 575,000 residents) due to the expansion of a number of military installations and bases. The population again doubled from 1960 to 1990 (about 1.1 million residents) and the growth from 1990 to 2014 was about 21 per cent.

Business

San Diego has a very good harbor, and is the main base for the U.S. Pacific fleet, including Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Naval Base Point Loma and Naval Base San Diego as key installations. This is the world’s largest fleet base. The city has a large aircraft, rocket industry – which has given it the nickname “Fightertown USA”. Other important industries are shipbuilding and petroleum refineries. Noise and tuna catches are still important, but have been declining since the heyday of 1910-1970 when San Diego was called the “Tuna Capital of the World.” The electronics industry is also significant, with head offices for companies like Websense and Novatel Wireless.

Due to a pleasant climate and large, beautiful beaches, tourism is an important part of business. The San Diego Zoo is one of the world’s largest with over 3,700 animals, including pandas. With the University of California, San Diego at the forefront, the city is the second largest area of biotechnology research in the United States – after Boston. San Diego has a number of museums, art galleries, botanical gardens and large exhibition areas.

History

California’s first mission station was founded in San Diego by the Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolà in 1769. In 1821, Mexico was detached from Spain, and San Diego became part of the Mexican state of Alta California. The old mission station was abandoned, and the Mexicans founded a pueblo in 1834. In 1846, the United States went to war against Mexico, and after taking over the area in 1848, the pueblo gained city status as Old Town in 1850. The city lost its city status in 1852 when it went bankruptcy, and the present San Diego was built five miles further south in the years leading up to 1860.

San Francisco, California

San Francisco is a city in the state of California, USA. It is located on a peninsula at the end of the Gulf of San Francisco, and has 884,363 residents (U.S. Census, 2017). The city is part of the larger San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward (CA Metro Area) metropolitan area with 4,727,357 residents (U.S. Census, 2017). San Francisco is America’s second most densely populated city with about 7,000 residents per km 2, in New York.

Business

San Francisco is a major commercial and financial hub in the western United States, and is the headquarters of three of the nation’s largest banks. The city is also the seat of the Pacific Stock Exchange. Large freight traffic over good port facilities around the Gulf of San Francisco makes the city an important, international port city with particularly large trade to countries in East Asia. The city has a multifaceted industry, with shipbuilding, petroleum and sugar refineries, canning and machine factories, steel mills and the textile industry. In addition, there are many printing companies and publishers.

Transport and Communications

The city has a well-developed communications system, and Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), an advanced subway, was opened in 1972. The course is built at a length of 120 km and connects San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley. International Airport is south of the city center, and the freeway and railroad connect to Los Angeles and Seattle.

Several giant bridges cross the Gulf of San Francisco: to the south the San Mateo Bridge, which connects San Mateo with Hayward; farther north the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge (which was severely damaged during the 1989 earthquake) and furthest north Richmond – San Rafael Bridge. To the west, over the Golden Gate, goes the 2.7 km long Golden Gate Bridge.

Culture

San Francisco’s downtown area is the seat of several universities and higher education, including the University of California at Berkeley, San Francisco State University, Stanford University in Palo Alto and California State University in Hayward.

San Francisco has a very disparate population, with large colonies of Asians, Blacks, Italians and Latin Americans. About. 20 percent of the city’s population is Chinese, and Chinatown in the northeast is the largest Chinese city outside Asia. Close by are the Latin Quarter and Japan Town. At Fisherman’s Wharf, there is a boat connection to Alcatraz, a former prison island that was opened to the public in 1973. The city has an image as an avant-garde cultural city.

Description

Surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west, Golden Gate to the north and San Francisco Bay to the east, San Francisco is set in hilly terrain with a range of heights of nearly 300 feet. The city has a regular street network and rectangular quarters, often with steep climbs, including the traffic of the famous Cable Cars, the city’s tram system. Main Street Market Street leads southwest from the former major ferry station across from Oakland. Next to it is the Civic Center with the Town Hall, the Opera and the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, which seats 10,000 people. Close by is SFOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art), designed by the Swiss Mario Botta (1995).

Union Square at Post Street has fashionable shops and flower markets. Further southwest is the city’s oldest building, the Spanish Mission Church Mission Dolores, begun in 1782. To the north lies Nob Hill, where wealthy (so-called “nobs”) built their mansions; Russian Hill and Telegraph Hill, from the top of the Coit Tower looking down on the once infamous red-light district of Barbary Coast. At Golden Gate are fortifications and several parks, including the beautiful Golden Gate Park with three museums, planetarium and aquarium. The sound is connected by the world-renowned Golden Gate Bridge, 2.7 km long and completed in 1937. The city lies by the earthquake-prone San Andreas fault, and has had several serious earthquakes, the largest in 1906 and 1989. In 1906, 452 people were killed, in 1989 63 people.

History

San Francisco was founded by the Spaniards in 1776 and occupied by the Americans in 1846, when the city was given its current name. When gold was found in California in 1848, the population increased from 800 to 25,000 in 1850, further to 150,000 in 1870 and to 417,000 in 1910. In 1860, the city became the endpoint of the famous Pony Express, and in 1869 for the first the transcontinental railroad. In 1906 most of the city was devastated by earthquakes with subsequent fire. At the San Francisco Conference in 1945, the UN Charter was created. The peace agreement with Japan was signed here in 1951.

The multicultural city has been a center for alternative movements since the 19th century. In the 1950s, the city became a center for the beat movement, and here the hippie movement emerged with peak years in 1967-68. The Haight – Ashbury district was a popular place for “flower children” in the 1960s. San Francisco has also later retained its character as a “liberal” city, including in its view on homosexuality and the use of intoxicants.

San Jose, California

San Jose is a city in the state of California, USA, about 70 miles southeast of San Francisco, in a valley of abundant fruit cultivation. The city has 1,035,317 residents, and is the core of the larger San Jose-Sunnyvale- Santa Clara urban region with 1,998,463 residents (U.S. Census, 2017). This is again part of the San Jose – San Francisco – Oakland conurbation, which is the United States ’fifth largest metropolitan area with 8,837,789 residents. San Jose passed San Francisco in 1989, and is the largest city in Northern California.

Founding

The indigenous people lived in the area for thousands of years before the first pueblo (village) – St. Joseph of Guadalupe – was founded by the Spanish explorer and soldier José Joaquín Moraga in 1777. The city was taken by Thomas Fallon in 1846 during the war against Mexico and declared American. In 1850, San Jose became the first formal city in California and the state’s first capital.

Business

San Jose was a central area for fruit cultivation for hundreds of years, which was the main industry right up until IBM established its headquarters on the West Coast here in 1943. It grew a strong military industry during World War II, and from 1950 – with approximately 95,000 residents – to In 1980, with approximately 629,000 residents, the city developed as a huge growth area and went from being “Valley of Heart’s Delight” to “Silicon Valley”. Especially the northern part of the Santa Clara Valley became a center of high technology, especially electronics and computer technology. Companies such as Adobe, Altera, Cisco and eBay are headquartered in San Jose, and Samsung U.S. headquarters is located here. Institutions such as San Jose State University (from 1859), University of Santa Clara and Stanford University close by provide a stream of well-trained technologists who contribute to further innovation in the area. The city also has some activity in wine production and food processing. San Jose is among the cities with the highest wages and highest living costs in the United States, and more patents are being developed in the city than anywhere else in the United States.

Geology

San Jose is very close to the San Andreas fault and is very prone to earthquakes. During the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, the city suffered significant damage and hundreds died. The city is hit by earthquakes of 1-2 on Richter’s scale a couple of times a year, but was exposed to major earthquakes around 6.0 in both 1984 and 1989 and 2007.

Santa Ana, California

Santa Ana, Orange County headquarters, 50 miles southeast of Los Angeles; 339,500 inbound (2007). Center for a rich fruit growing district, electronic industry. Founded 1869, City Status 1886. Sleeping City of Los Angeles.

Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara, city of USA, California, 140 km northwest of Los Angeles; 86,200 inbound (2007). With its lavish vegetation and fine swimming beach, it is a much visited resort. After an earthquake in 1925, many buildings were rebuilt in Spanish colonial style. Headquarters for a Department of California State University (1944). Airbase, research industries.

Spanish military post established in 1782 and a mission station in 1786. Is still the headquarters of the western branch of the Franciscan Order in the United States.

Santa Clara, California

Santa Clara, city of USA, California, just northwest of San Jose; 109 700 in. (2007). Center in a fruit district. Mechanical and chemical industry. Amusement park. The University, founded in 1851, is California’s oldest higher education institution. The city suffered some damage during the earthquake on October 17, 1989.

Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica is a coastal city in the United States located in the state of California, at Santa Monica Bay, 25 miles west of Los Angeles. The city has 92,306 residents (U.S. Census, 2017), and is a popular seaside resort. Many multinational companies are headquartered in Santa Monica, and many in the game development industry in particular are located here.

Sacramento, California

Sacramento, the capital of the state of California, USA, is located on the Sacramento River in the Central Valley. The city has 501,901 residents, and is the core of the greater Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville city region with 2,324,884 residents (U.S. Census, 2017).

Population

Of the population, whites make up 33.6 percent and African Americans 13.7 percent. 18.4 percent are of Asian descent. 28.1 percent are Hispanic, most of whom are of Mexican origin (U.S. Census, 2017).

Business

The Sacramento River is navigable for larger ships to the city. The city is a communications and trade center in a rich agricultural district. The industry is multifaceted with processing of agricultural products, manufacturing of aerospace equipment and printing. Annual scene of the California State Fair exhibition.

History

The Swiss -American colonizer Johann Augustus Sutter created his New Helvetia (“New Switzerland”) here in 1839. The city was built in 1848 and became the state capital in 1854. In 1869 it became the terminus of the Central Pacific Railroad, the first transcontinental railroad. Sacramento was one of the first cities in the state to reintroduce the light rail in 1987.

Palo Alto, California

Palo Alto, city of USA, California, 48 km southeast of San Francisco; 58,200 inbound (2007). Electronic and other research-related industry. Seats for Stanford University. The high-tech center “Silicon Valley” extends south to San Jose. The Hewlitt-Packard Garage is considered the “birthplace” of the Silicon Valley adventure in the computer industry. Palo Alto was originally Senator Leland Stanford’s farm.

Palm Springs, California

Palm Springs, city of USA. Located in the state of California, it has about 47,300 residents (estimate 2015). The city is a well-known health resort with sulfur-rich springs, and since the 1920s has been a fashionable recreation site that attracts rich tourist groups, especially from the Hollywood and Los Angeles area. Sonny Bono in the song group Sonny & Cher was the mayor of the city from 1988 to 1992.

Palm Springs has more than 1.6 million tourists a year, and is especially popular as a Spring Break destination. Many gay / lesbian couples live in the city – 7.2 percent of households – versus less than one percent in the United States overall. The city has a World War II fighter museum and a distinctive gondola – the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway – opened in 1963. It is the world’s longest gondola lane with rotating gondolas, giving travelers a 360-degree view. The gondola course starts at 805 meters above sea level. in Palm Springs and ends at San Jacinto Peak 2596 masl. Then you have traveled through five biozones, from desert to alpine forest.

Oakland, California

Oakland is a city in the state of California, USA with 429,082 residents (U.S. Census, 2018) and is part of the San Francisco- Oakland-Berkeley (metropolitan area) region of about 4.7 million.

The city is located on the east bank of San Francisco Bay, at and at one end of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Two-thirds of the city lies on a flat coastal plain that rises to the hills in the east; the highest point is 540 meters above sea level. Oakland is California’s eighth largest city and the fifth busiest port city in the United States.

The name is after the oak trees on the Carpentier grassland.

Population

34.5 percent are white, 28.0 percent are African American, 16.8 percent are Asians, and 0.8 percent are descendants of North American Indigenous peoples. 18.1 percent of Oakland’s population is of Mexican descent.

Economics and culture

Oakland has a large deep water port and is the largest port city in the San Francisco Bay area. The city, which is an important commercial center and transit port, is the largest container port in the United States. Nearly 200,000 jobs are related to shipping.

About 13 percent of the workforce is employed in the wholesale and retail trade. Among other things, it produces processed food, transport equipment, industrial machinery, electrical and electronic equipment and chemical products. Health care, entertainment industries and tourism are important employers. Previously, car production and shipyards were of great importance.

Oakland has several universities, departments of universities elsewhere in California and a number of colleges.

Oakland has a large number of parks and trails as well as the zoo. The large tidal lagoon Lake Merritt just east of downtown became the United States’ first official nature reserve in 1870. There are many art galleries and a number of museums, including the Oakland Aviation Museum and the Oakland Museum of California. There is a buzzing music scene, including at Fox Oakland Theater and Paramount Theater.

There are many annual festivals and events, such as the Oakland Running Festival (March), Oakland Art Month (May), Oakland Triathlon and Oakland Half Marathon (August), Rolling Loud Music Festival (September) and Oaktoberfest (October).

History

Huchien Indians lived in the Oakland area for thousands of years. In 1772 it was colonized by Spanish settlers. The later town was on a part of Rancho San Antonio. In 1842 the heirs divided this. The part of the present Oakland is called “Enchar” (Spanish: “Oak Oak”) after the oak forest in the area. Here Moses Chase leased arable land and planned the city of Clinton, later Brooklyn. Horace Carpentier started a ferry service across San Francisco Bay in 1851 and acquired the year after an area he named Oakland, after the coastal oak trees, to develop a city west of Clinton. In 1852 Carpentier and his companions expanded the Edson Adams and Andrew Moon area, which then had 75-100 residents and included two hotels and a boat yard. In 1854, Oakland gained city status.

The city was chosen as the terminus for the first transcontinental railroad in 1869 and the port area was gradually developed. Oakland and Brooklyn, which had been bridged the year before, were merged in 1872. The first of several electric tram lines between Oakland and Berkeley came into operation in 1891. Refugees following an earthquake in San Francisco in 1906 doubled the population. General Motors opened the first car factory in Oakland in 1916.

The 7.1-kilometer-long San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge complex opened in 1936. During World War II, there was a lot of war-oriented industry in Oakland, including shipbuilding and canning production. At the same time, many, including African-American workers and poor whites, immigrated from other parts of the United States. It should create economic competition and racial friction. The militant civil rights organization Black Panthers was founded in 1966.

October 17, 1989, parts of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge were destroyed by a severe earthquake. In 1991, a fire storm broke down from the Berkeley and Oakland hills, destroying more than 4,000 homes. Since the mid-1990s, major development and urban renewal projects have been completed, particularly in Oakland’s downtown and port areas.

Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a city in the United States in the state of California located at the San Pedro Bay, 30 km south of Los Angeles. The city has 469 450 residents (U.S. Census, 2017), and is part of the Los Angeles – Long Beach – Anaheim city region.

Long Beach has a common port with Los Angeles through the Cerritos Channel. The port is one of America’s busiest container ports, and among the world’s largest in shipping. The industry also includes the production of aircraft and car parts, electronic and audiovisual equipment, petrochemicals, metals and furniture.

The town has a 13 km long beach and lively tourist traffic. Nearby are rich petroleum fields, but the oil sector has gradually become less important. The ship Queen Mary has been here since 1969 as a maritime museum.

Hollywood, California

Hollywood is a 9.1 square kilometers large district in the city of Los Angeles in the state of California in the United States. Hollywood has 85,489 residents (U.S. Census, 2008) and is located northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Hollywood is famous as the center of, and is synonymous with, the U.S. film industry and is the seat of several television and film companies as well as the home of many of the film industry’s most famous actors and filmmakers. Hollywood is also known for its elegant residential and business district.

Hollywood borders the Hollywood Hills to the north, Los Felis to the northeast, East Hollywood to the east, Larchmont and Hancock Park to the south, Fairfax to the southwest, West Hollywood to the west and Hollywood Hills West to the northwest. The fashionable Beverly Hills villa district is southwest of Hollywood.

The name Hollywood means ” holly woods” and may have originally been the name of a ranch built near Los Angeles in the 1880s. Hollywood may also have been named after a Chicago residence.

History, economics and culture

The first house was an adobe built in 1853. In the 1870s, there was a thriving farming community in the district also known as the Cahuenga Valley. In 1887, Hollywood was founded by Horace Wilkins as a religious colony, and in 1910 Hollywood was merged with Los Angeles.

Due to the varied landscape, good light conditions and stable climate, Hollywood became a preferred place to establish film studios. The first movie studio was established in 1911, and a growing number of film companies, including Warner Brothers, Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Universal Universal Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount Pictures, were established and had their headquarters and studios.

Until the late 1940s, Hollywood’s position as a leading movie center was unquestioned. Movie stars built great houses with large swimming pools. Many had outrageous behaviors that were described by authors such as Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Aldous Huxley and in the gossip columns of newspapers.

After World War II, movie studios began to move out of Hollywood due to the use of real movie locations. After a “golden age” from about 1920 to 1950, many movie studios were left to show producers for television. The first commercial television station came into operation in 1947. In the early 1960s, Hollywood was the center of production for most of American television entertainment. However, Hollywood is still an important administrative center for the film and television industry.

The big letter line HOLLYWOODLAND was erected in the Hollywood Hills in 1923 to promote housing development, but in 1949 the last four letters of the landmark were removed to refer to the district. The sign on Mount Lee is in fact not in Hollywood, but in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood.

The Hollywood Bowl Amphitheater was built in 1922, accommodates more than 17,000 people and is used primarily for concerts. From the same year, “Symphonies under The Stars”, which are annual summer concerts, have been arranged here.

“Academy Awards” (Oscar -statuetter) for best films, performances and a variety of other categories awarded since 1929 annually in The Dolby Theater, which opened in 2001.

The Hollywood Walk of Fame was created in 1958 as an ever-expanding system of terrazzo tiles along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. The tiles have pink stars with names of people honored with one of five different symbols of industries in the entertainment industry.

Also famous are the annual “Hollywood Half Marathon” and “Hollywood Christmas Parade”.

Since several years of severe decline in the 1980s, much of Hollywood has been revitalized. In 1999, the Hollywood extension of a subway from downtown Los Angeles to the San Fernando Valley opened with stops in Western Avenue, Vine Street and Highland Avenue. In 2001, by a referendum, an unsuccessful attempt was made to dislodge Hollywood from Los Angeles.

Several elementary schools and colleges in Hollywood are run by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).

Fresno, California

Fresno is a city in the state of California, USA with 530,093 residents (U.S. Census, 2018). Fresno and Madera counties form a larger metropolitan area with about 1.1 million residents. Fresno is California’s fifth largest city.

Fresno is located near the California Geographic Center about 270 miles north of Los Angeles and centrally in the San Joaquin Valley, part of the Central Valley.

The name is from Spanish: ash, the tree species of which there is a rich population of along the San Joaquin River.

Population

49.6 percent of the population is white, 8.3 percent are African-American, and 12.6 percent are North American Indigenous people.

Economics and culture

Fresno is the center of an area with extensive cultivation of fruits and grapes by artificial irrigation. Among other things, cotton, wheat and fruit are grown, and wine and milk products are produced. Industry can include canned factories, fruit packs and fertilizer production. Many are employed in health care, education and the public sector. Bank of America has a financial center in Fresno.

California State University was founded in 1911, and there are several colleges.

Fresno has several theaters, including Tower Theater and Warnors Theater, and Fresno Grand Opera. There are several museums, including the Fresno Art Museum, the African-American Museum of the San Joaquin Valley and the Discovery Center. Of annual events include the Rogue Festival in March and The Big Fresno Fair with many events 12 days in October and considered Central Valley’s most important cultural event. The Fresno Film Festival is held in November each year.

Fresno has three large public parks, two within the city limits and one in the county southwest of the city. Fresno Chaffee Zoo is located in Roeding Park near the city center.

History

Early residents were yokuts and miwok people who traded with other indigenous peoples. The first European to come to the San Joaquin Valley was Pedro Fages in 1779. Fresno County was established in 1856 after the California gold rush. A major flood in the San Joaquin River in 1867 caused major destruction and a lot of new buildings were created in the area.

Fresno was founded as a station on the Central (later Southern) Pacific Railroad in 1872 and gained city status in 1885. Prior to World War II, Fresno had many ethnic neighborhoods, including German Town, Little Italy, Little Armenia and Chinatown.

Urban development took place at the expense of much previously cultivated land after World War II. The population increased strongly from 134,000 in 1960 to 428,000 in 2000.

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