Central Valley

Born on the Bayou

Creedence Clearwater Revival got their start not far from here singing songs about the South. But the reality of the Delta is not as far off as it may seem. Though there are no real bayous in the Golden State, the marshy lowlands along the lower Sacramento River come as close as California gets. And like the swamps of Louisiana, much of this land is at or even below sea level. There are no alligators though.

Multi-Use Spaces

The Golden 1 Center is a part of Downtown Commons (DoCo). This mixed-use urban space features sporting events, shopping, businesses and entertainment. The modern and sleek center is a stark departure from nearby, Chinatown, Oldtown and K-Street.

Pastoral Scenes

Not all of the Central Valley is farms, suburbs and distribution centers, here and there are rural scenes which harken back to a gentler past.

Locke

Locke is an oddity in America. It is a well preserved example of rural Chinese-American culture dating to the early 20th Century.

California's Longest River?

When all of its branches and canals are factored together the California Aqueduct (the official name is the Governor Edmund G. Brown California Aqueduct) is over 700 miles in length. That makes it longer than any single river system in the state. The aqueduct is the main feature of the California State Water Project. The gargantuan project has a storage capacity of over 5.7 million acre feet and delivers some 2.4 million acre feet of water to over 750,000 irrigated acres as well as a string of cities as far south as San Diego. As impressive as those figures may sound, it has never come close to fulfilling the 4.23 million acre feet of entitlements as was originally conceived when construction began in 1960.