Essays on California

Chevron Company was established on June 19, 1879. Pacific Coast Oil Company was its original name. On June 23, 1984, the name was changed to Chevron Corporation. It is still known by the same name (Corporation, 2001; Dutta, 2013). It is a publicly traded firm headquartered in San Ramon, California,...

I, Jane Doe, a registered nurse, respectfully write to request that you look into the growing issue of nurse shortages in California. As a registered nurse, I have seen firsthand the effects of a nurse shortage on health care delivery in California. We are overworked, burned out, and worried, making...

Kings Canyon National Park Kings Canyon National Park is a significant national park in California, mainly in the southern Sierra Nevada, east of Fresno. The aforementioned park was established in 1940. The park encompasses 461,901 acres of land. The park is recognized for including a sizable portion of America's largest mountain...

Roseville, California and its Geopolitical Significance I live in Roseville, California, a suburb of Sacramento, California's state capital. We are fairly centrally positioned, east of San Francisco and bordered by the world's greatest rice growers, as well as northwest of one of the nation's largest fruit and vegetable growing areas. The...

A group from the University of South California, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Winston Laboratory of Hygiene, Molecular Knowledge System Inc., and the Western Washington University worked on the Airport Cooperation Research Program completed project number 02-01. George Bowman, Steven Corsi, Lee Ferguson, Steven Gesi, Harris Gold, Kevin Joback, and...

California voters approved Proposition 103 in 1988. It was about "prior permission" of policyholders from California's Department of Insurance before any insurance company could implement property, car, casualty, and business insurance rates. Most consumers were concerned about the huge increase in vehicle insurance throughout the 1980s, and campaigners argued that...

Sensationalizing Information Nowadays, information is a valuable asset that most media businesses seek. While individuals prefer to have the facts straight, businesses can sensationalize or depress any data in order to profit from it. It is uncommon to provide complete information. People are always intrigued by a hint of mystery. Occasionally,...

Ocean currents are vertical or horizontal movements that occur in the world's seas, both on the surface and deep depths. Currents typically move in one direction and aid in the circulation of moisture on the ground as a result of water pollution and weather. The size of ocean currents, which...

Obesity has always been a problem in Orange County, California. Several people's health has suffered as a result of the disorder. It reduces worker productivity by interfering with the human body's regular metabolism rate. It contributes significantly to the rise in social and medical costs. California has a substantially lower...

Introduction There was a pandemic H1N1 'Swine Flu' virus in 2009 that had not previously been identified as a source of infections among people. The H1N1 virus originated in Mexico City in a little village called La Gloria in Veracruz. The sicknesses first appeared in Mexico City the next month, and...

These are chapters from a book edited volume. The book does not belong to me. I only have copies of the book's chapters. Tanya Golash Boza is a writer and philosopher. She graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.A. in philosophy. She is currently a philosophy professor at the University...

This article examines the United States Government's case against Ryan Christopher Lynn. Ryan, a 21-year-old citizen from Fresno, California, was accused and convicted of violating a clause that forbids child pornography. Ryan is charged with receiving or distributing child pornography and possessing child pornography after being discovered with a laptop...