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	Locke, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Locke, California is a community built in California, USA by Chinese immigrants during the early 20th century.
		Afterwards, the town of Locke was leased, settled and established by Yuehai-speaking Chinese (a subdialect of Cantonese) from the Zhongshan region of Guangdong province in China.
		The Locke Historic District bounded on the west by the Sacramento River, on the north by Locke Rd., on the east by Alley St., and on the south by Levee St. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 6, 1971.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Locke,_California (464 words)

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		California -> History European Exploration and Colonization The first voyage (1542) to Alta California (Upper California), as the region north of Baja California (Lower California) came to be known, was commanded by the Spanish explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, who explored San Diego Bay and the area farther north along the coast.
		California State University System California State University System, coordinating agency established in 1960 by the merger of individual California state colleges, now consisting of 22 campuses.
		Alta California Alta Californiaäl´te kăland180;Ĭfôr´nye, term used by the Spanish to refer to their possessions along the entire Pacific coast north of the Mexican state of Baja California.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=Locke,+California (537 words)

	Locke, California -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Afterwards, the town of Locke was leased, settled and established by Yuehai-speaking Chinese (a subdialect of (The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China) Cantonese) from the Zhongshan region of (A province in southern China) Guangdong province in China.
		Ironically, however, the current population of Locke is predominantly white and the population of (additional info and facts about Chinese Americans) Chinese Americans (i.e., descendants of the town's original settlers) is 10.
		The Locke Historic District bounded on the west by the Sacramento River, on the north by Locke Rd., on the east by Alley St., and on the south by Levee St was listed on the (additional info and facts about National Register of Historic Places) National Register of Historic Places on May 6, 1971.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/lo/locke,_california.htm (495 words)

	Locke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Locke is the last name of John Locke in Lost, see John Locke (Lost).
		Locke is the name of several places in the United States.
		Locke, California, a town in Sacramento County, California
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Locke (184 words)

	The Seattle Times: Local News: Locke backs tougher emissions standards
		The proposal to adopt California's auto standards, effective with the 2009 model year, is the centerpiece of Locke's package of bills to combat global warming.
		Locke said Washington will monitor the lawsuit, but he said federal law clearly allows the California standards and other states are free to adopt them.
		Locke said he hadn't lobbied his potential successors, Democrat Christine Gregoire and Republican Dino Rossi, but was optimistic that the next governor will take up the cause.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2002113745_emissions09m.html (599 words)

	PAL: Alain LeRoy Locke (1886-1954)
		Locke was a self-confessed "philosophical midwife" to a generation of fl artists and writers.
		Locke was also a leading figure in the adult education movement of the 1930s.
		McLeod, A. "Claude McKay, Alain Locke, and the Harlem Renaissance." Half-Yearly Literary.
	www.csustan.edu /english/reuben/pal/chap9/locke.html (779 words)

	Locke - the Last Chinese town in California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Locke is the only rural Chinese village remaining in the whole of America.
		Locke's aged Chinese residents number less than two dozen, and those are slowly dying out.
		Ping Lee, son of one of the town's founders, was born in Locke in 1917.
	www.gluckman.com /Locke.html (2311 words)

	Locke, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It was originally named Lockeport after George Locke, a local land owner.
		There have been plans to convert Locke into a housing development and tourist attraction.
		In addition, it was designated a National historic landmark on December 14, 1990.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Locke,_CA (464 words)

	Keypad Lock -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A canal lock is an enclosure in a canal or river used to raise or lower the water level for ships and boats passing through.
		A lock (computer science) is a bookkeeping object associated with a piece of data that is used to serialize concurrent access.
		Locke, New York, a town in Cayuga County, New York Locke is also a common Western surname of English origin, most notably of John Locke, an Enlightenment philosopher.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/82/keypad-lock.html (567 words)

	Locke, California
		Locke was founded in 1915 after a fire broke out in the Chinese section of nearby Walnut Grove.
		Locke had many businesses that catered to the farm workers and residents of this region.
		On August 2, 1970, Locke was added to the registry of national historical places, by the Sacramento County Historical Society, because of its unique status as the only town in the United States built exclusively by the Chinese for the Chinese.
	www.locketown.com (369 words)

	You are invited to an historic event in Locke, California this
		You are invited to an historic event in Locke, California this Saturday, December 11.
		Locke residents were not allowed to buy land because of their being Asian Pacific American.
		Locke is a Sacramento Delta town and a National Historic Landmark for being this country's last remaining rural Chinese American town.
	www.weekendplans.net /lockeinfo.htm (256 words)

	National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Founded in 1915, Locke is the largest and most intact surviving example of an historic rural Chinese-American community in the United States, including more than 50 commercial and residential frame buildings and covering approximately 14 acres along the east bank of the Sacramento River, south of the city of Sacramento.
		Locke is the only such community remaining in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, which was a particularly important area of rural Chinese settlement.
		The California State Historic Preservation Office has identified the district and several other adjacent historic towns and districts as a potential heritage corridor.
	tps.cr.nps.gov /nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1080&ResourceType=District (333 words)

	Townhall.com :: Columns :: Depends on what the meaning of 'expelled' is by Terence Jeffrey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 2000-2001 at Locke, there were 13 sex offenses, 43 robberies, 2 weapons possessions, 57 batteries, and 19 assaults with a deadly weapon.
		The rule says that to be listed as "persistently dangerous," a California school must expel more than 1 percent of its students for any of nine types of crimes in each of three consecutive years.
		California school authorities concocted a Clintonian definition of "persistently dangerous school." It will protect the state's federal education funding while keeping poor kids trapped in places like Locke.
	www.townhall.com /columnists/terencejeffrey/tj20030806.shtml (770 words)

	Encyclopedia: Locke, California
		Sacramento is the county seat of Sacramento County, California and the capital of the U.S. state of California.
		California State Route 160 is a north-south highway through the inland delta of the Sacramento River between Sacramento, California and Antioch, California (junction California State Route 4) through downtown Sacramento.
		The second-largest Chinatown in North America is in San Francisco, California, where signs, storefronts, proprietors, and even lamp posts bring the culture of China to the United States.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Locke,-California (878 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / N.H. / Sex offender released by California registers in Olympia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He was released Monday by a California judge after spending a year under constant surveillance in a trailer on prison grounds at Soledad, following more than six years in post-prison treatment.
		He is the first graduate of California's post-prison treatment program for sexually violent predators at Atascadero State Hospital.
		Those who fit the profile are sent to the mental hospital after serving their prison sentences, and can be recommitted every two years until a judge decides they're no longer a threat to society.
	www.boston.com /news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2004/09/16/sex_offender_released_by_california_registers_in_olympia (514 words)

	CycleForums Archive - Locke wants California emissions standards for Washington
		The proposal to adopt California's auto standards, effective the 2009 model year, is the centerpiece of the lame-duck governor's package of bills to combat global warming.
		Locke said Washington will monitor the lawsuit, but believes federal law clearly allows the California standards and that other states are free to adopt them.
		Locke said he hasn't yet lobbied his two potential successors, Democrat Christine Gregoire and Republican Dino Rossi, but is optimistic that the eventual winner will take up the cause.
	www.cycleforums.com /forums/showthread/t-138947.html (9716 words)

	Locke and Walnut Grove: Havens for Early Asian Immigrants in California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Locke and Walnut Grove: Havens for Early Asian Immigrants in California
		Also fronting the Sacramento River, one mile to the north of Walnut Grove, is Locke, a small, peaceful community settled by people who had earlier lived in Walnut Grove.
		Locke Historic District has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/locke/locke.htm (250 words)

	Hotel dispute sending meetings out of town / Planners try to work around stalled contract negotiations
		Because there's a dispute involving workers at the Hyatt Regency, the group is moving its June 23-26 convention, said Karen Locke, executive director of the group, which is based in Sacramento.
		Locke said that in her negotiations with hotels, she included a clause that says the group is released with no penalty in the event a labor dispute arises, and so she faces no forfeiture.
		The group probably will have to move the June meeting to Southern California, said Locke, because the only other hotel in the city that can accommodate the large meeting she is planning, which includes 60 exhibitors, is the San Francisco Marriott.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/03/29/BUGGABVRQ31.DTL&type=printable (764 words)

	Category:Cities in California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Articles about cities in the U.S. state of California.
		For a manually maintained list, see List of cities in California.
		List of urbanized areas in California (by population)
	moorpark.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Category:Cities_in_California (102 words)

	The only real "China Town" in the U.S.
		California history is rich with the contributions of Chinese immigrants.
		Dating back to 1915, when much of the work for Chinese laborers was farm-oriented, Locke, California has the distinction of being the only town in the U.S. built exclusively by and for Chinese.
		Located in the Sacramento River Delta area, Locke now has a population of around 90 people, with only 10 or so being Chinese - a far cry from the town's hayday in the 1940s when the population was closer to 900 residents.
	www.photo.net /bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=002jcu (861 words)

	Featured Coin Drops Month by Month (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		California's new system doesn't approach that level of sophistication, but it's a step in the right direction.
		But in California's new highway measurement system, the three-way intersection of the Pacific Ocean, Mexico, and California is established as the new zero point of measurement.
		And with California's new roadside direction-finding assistance, the upside of being surrounded by 1.3 million square miles of state-sponsored pavement is that we will be better able to find our way around it.
	home.earthlink.net /~alysons/coin.monthly02.html (2710 words)

	Change in the air for Locke, legacy of Chinese pioneers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It was 1917, two years after a group of Chinese, led by Lee's father, Lee Bing, came to landowner George Locke and asked permission to build a settlement among his pear orchards after their old quarters in neighboring Walnut Grove burned down.
		Locke said yes and the 10-acre town took shape, a cluster of houses leading up to a Main Street lined by balconied buildings that included grocery and dry goods stores, restaurants, gambling halls, a one-room schoolhouse and a movie theater that obligingly doubled as a brothel.
		Once one among scores of Chinatowns that dotted California, Locke is one of the last remaining relics.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2000/09/16/state1835EDT0157.DTL&type=printable (1163 words)

	From the Family Farm to Agribusiness
		The Common Hawks and Owls of California from the Standpoint of the Rancher.
		California Ranchos and Farms, 1846-1862, Including the Letters of John Quincy Adams Warren of 1861, Being Largely Devoted to Livestock, Wheat Farming, Fruit Raising...
		California Farm Organizations: A Historical Study of the Grange, the Farm Bureau, and the Associated Farms, 1929-1941.
	www.cnr.berkeley.edu /departments/espm/env-hist/ca-bib/business.html (2494 words)

	ilwu.org : Washingrton Gov. Locke Defends ILWU
		Washington Gov. Gary Locke has made public his strong opposition to intervention by the Bush Administration in the ongoing labor negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA).
		In his letter to Bush Locke urged the president to stay out of the ILWU/PMA negotiations, and also made clear to Bush that he opposes the use of the National Guard or other federal troops to act as strikebreakers in the event of a contract impasse.
		"Governor Locke, like many other elected officials, understands that the threats of the Bush Administration to intervene are a violation of the basic rights of working people," Spinosa said.
	www.ilwu.org /press/2002/2002-08-29-defendilwu.cfm?renderforprint=1 (367 words)

	Locke, California - Historic Chinese Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The town of Locke was built in the Sacramento river Delta in 1915 by immigrants from the Chongshan area in southern China.
		To get to Locke from Sacramento, take Interstate 5 South and exit onto Twin Cities Road, then follow the signs to the town of Walnut Grove, which is one half mile south of Locke.
		It is easy to miss Locke as you are driving down the River Road on top of the Sacramento river levee.
	www.scrapbookpages.com /photoessays/Locke/Locke00.html (244 words)

	Locke, California - Old Chinese Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the 1950ies, Locke was still a vibrant community with 400 residents, mostly Chinese.
		In the 1920ies, the main crop in the Locke area was asparagus.
		The residents of Locke could own their houses, but not the land on which they were built.
	www.scrapbookpages.com /photoessays/Locke/Locke06.html (224 words)

	California Files "Friend of the Court" Brief with 19 States Urging U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Washington State's Oil ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		California Files "Friend of the Court" Brief with 19 States Urging U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Washington State's Oil Spill Prevention Program - News and Alerts - California Dept. of Justice - Office of the Attorney General
		California was joined in the amicus curiae brief by 19 other states and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
		California was joined in the "friend of the court" brief by the states of Alaska, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Utah.
	caag.state.ca.us /newsalerts/1999/99-085.htm (275 words)

	CDC, NCBDDD - Cystic Fibrosis Meeting - Criteria for Newborn Screening (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In California, irrefutable scientific evidence on CAH was presented and praised, but still rejected by the state Department of Finance, because it was not considered an Administration priority.
		Public health in California has been effective by working as part of a coalition of medical practitioners, experts and advocacy groups such as the CF Foundation.
		While some states were banning all cloning, Californias cloning committee recommended banning reproductive genetic interventions as unsafe, but they would permit and even promote cloning for research purposes.
	www.cdc.gov /ncbddd/cf/day1/8-10am/panelcunningham.htm (848 words)

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