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editor — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 09:48:00 +0000

SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST CALIFORNIA 2,159,000 acres. Located in northern California, this enormous National Forest encompasses outstanding high-mountain scenery, with lofty snow-covered peaks, rock pinnacles, lava flows, glaciers, and deep canyons. Highest point is 14,162-foot Mount Shasta, second highest volcano in the Cascades. There are also beautiful lakes and rivers, streams with waterfalls, mountain meadows, areas of chaparral, and mixed forests of fir, pine, and cedar, including old-growth stands. Among the wildlife are mule deer, black bear, mountain lion, coyote, bobcat, and fox. The National Forest has five designated wilderness areas: a portion of the 500,000-acre Trinity Alps Wilderness, the 38,200-acre

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Map of California

editor — Mon, 09 May 2016 20:22:00 +0000

In what is referred to as the Los Angeles Blowouts, thousands of Chicano High School students walk out of their classrooms in protest of poor school conditions. A Chicano moratorium is held in Los Angeles to protest the disproportionate amount of Latino casualties in the Vietnam War. Approximately 25,000 demonstrators participate. Three Chicanos, including well-known Mexican American journalist Ruben Salazar, are killed when the police break up the demonstration. Five Latinos serving in the state legislature establish the Chicano Legislative Caucus to foster the political empowerment of Latinos in California by developing legislative priorities that protect their rights. A group

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