The San Francisco 49ers NFL football team plays its home games at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. It has been the team’s home venue since 2014 having previously been based at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Read more...
The Intel Museum is located within Intel’s headquarters at 2200 Mission College Boulevard in Santa Clara, California, near the Montague Expressway exit off Highway 101. The museum features exhibits on the history of the company’s microprocessor chips, the chip fabrication process and the development of semiconductor technology more generally. Guided tours are available by prior arrangement. Admission is free and Read more...
The Jelly Belly Factory in Fairfield, California offers free self-guided tours, personal guided tours for $39 for groups of up to 6 people, and an in-depth Jelly Belly University tour costing $59 per person for groups of up to 6 people. Tours are available daily, except the Jelly Belly University tour, which is only offered Monday though Friday when the Read more...
Some of the best times to observe bioluminescence in northern California’s Tomales Bay inlet are on completely dark, moonless nights in late summer or fall. The bioluminescence is caused by tiny marine plankton known as dinoflagellates, which emit blue-green light when the water is agitated by wave action or a boat cutting through the surface. It is thought that the Read more...
Dress code at The French Laundry restaurant in Yountville is jackets for gentlemen, with ties optional, and jeans are permitted provided they are not distressed. Shorts, sportswear, sandals and sneakers are not appropriate. Read more...
The city of Vacaville, California, was named after Juan Manuel Vaca, whose family was one of the first to settle in the area. Vaca had acquired a share in a substantial portion of land in the area through a Mexican land grant. He sold nine square miles of land to William McDaniel in 1850, with a condition that a township Read more...
Over 20 shark species have been observed in California’s Monterey Bay, including white, basking, thresher, blue, mako, and salmon sharks. Great white shark sightings in nearshore waters are not uncommon during summer and early fall when they return to feed on young elephant seals. Shark attacks on humans are rare in Monterey Bay, and the last fatal attack occurred near Read more...
The capital city of California is Sacramento. It is home to the state seat of government, the California State Capitol, which houses the chambers of the California State Legislature, and the office of the Governor of California. When gold-rush era California joined the Union in 1850 as the 31st state, it had yet to establish a permanent location for the Read more...
A person who is a long-time resident or native of Sacramento is called a Sacramentan. It is the commonly used demonym for someone from Sacramento. Read more...
